-We're in the old
Sandpoint Naval Base and an old airplane hangar
is one of the largest indoor spaces that the city has.
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-We roll out the three rugs, we tape them down,
we do the perimeter, we fill in the blanks with the pipe.
The driver stand goes up.
Before long, usually in 25 minutes,
we're up and running.
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-This is a qualifying run guys.
-Playing with little toy cars.
[ long beep ]
-Craig, Pete, Rick.
[ toy car motor whirls ]
-We’re racing electric race cars.
[ toy cars motoring ]
-They appeal to me as this competition. -Alright, we got a good race going.
-It's hard to describe.
It's like racing in a real race car, but you're not.
It breaks up
the monotony of a work week, keeps your mind active.
You're playing with wrenches and screws and electronics,
and you get to do it with a bunch of friends.
You get to see them every couple of weeks.
-Well, everybody here I know
through racing, you know, and if it wasn't for racing,
you know,
I'd just be sitting home watching some more Gunsmoke.
It's a safe hobby. [ laughter ] You don’t have to worry about
breaking bones to blow knees out or anything like that.
[ muffled announcement ]
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Pretty much anybody can do:
young, old, boys, girls.
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-It's a lot of fun.
It's exciting.
Nobody gets injured.
You're not injured
at the end of the day [ thud ] if you crash and hit the wall.
We're in, we're out.
It's not life and death. It's fun.
It's it's a social thing.
There's more to this than you could imagine.
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Just a ton of fun