Dirt Burner Hobbies and Raceway — Local services in Livonia

The track is the main reason to go here. My first trip to RC clay track racing and I was very impressed. With 17 years of “real” motorcycle racing experience you will be surprised at the intensity and competitiveness evident here. There’s a lot to learn as you should expect as it is highly technical when you start learning the difference between classes, the massive amounts of differences in performance parts and setup. Recommend an approach that uses a notebook to record what you learn, bringing home 3-5 key learnings each race. The people are very friendly and very willing to help share knowledge. Keep in mind I have never driven an RC vehicle and attend to help my son who seems to have a talent for this so my knowledge base for RC was at zero. The part I enjoy is the racing part. There my years of experience do bring some value. So if you’ve a Motorsports background I highly recommend spending a day observing the races and the open pits. I think you might find yourself...

I went here as a novice to buy a new traxxas. There's no clear entrance point, so you have to go in thru the pits and track. I was greeted with a, "be right with you". I waited 25 minutes. Appeared to be 3 people working. But not a single one addressed me again. I looked around the store. Saw a couple cars that intrigued me. I turned back to the counter at one point, and nobody was there anymore. I just left.

I went to Nankin hobby in Southgate. Was greeted and the clerk spent time answering questions. Ending up buying from them. Plus some upgrade parts, and he told me the common parts that break, and I got those too. Just to be prepared. Overall I spent almost $700.

I chose DB first because it's close to my job. But, Nankin is close to home too.

I won't try to shop at DB again. It was almost disheartening.

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Great place to race or just practice and havefun, everyone who works there are very friendly and willing to help you out or answer any questions if you may have. Very knowledgeable about all forms of RC and every area of it. The track is clay and kept in good order. The pit areas are great, lots of room plus plenty of power outlets for you to use even or race day. The hobby shop is well stocked for any kind of RC stuff, plus if they don't have it in stock they will ordered it for you. The prices are very competitive with everyone else, sometimes you will find that they will beat online pricing. I have been going here for well over 6 years now and have never had a bad time. They change out the track layout regular basis to keep it interesting. If you are interested in driving on a track, I think you will not be disappointed...