LSR Speedway

What a unique and fun family place the LSR speedway is. This place provides an enticing twist to race car driving as its all done electronically with a hand held e-​manifold. What makes this most exciting to watch is the fact that all age groups can «drive» their car and all participants are challenged to meet their «own» expectations on this fantastic course. By the way, if you decide to check it out be ready to volunteer and help «car flipping», which in my opinion is just as fun to watch as the racing itself.
I came here on a spur to observe my friends race their little cars. I quickly discovered that this place is the ultimate venue for the young at heart who enjoy a fast paced «gamer» type of environment. Its grungy here and has a faint aroma of a garage… you know that oil-ish.greas-ish, lots of tools and a work-​bench-​ish aroma. Yep… that’s what I’m talking about! If you are a competitive spirit and are not afraid of immersing yourself in this edgy environment you will love LSR. You girly –girls have been warned :)
The fun fast-​paced scene at LSR will undoubtedly bring out the «kid» in you. The owners are super friendly family oriented people. You gotta check this place out… and bring the kids so they can learn how to be your «car flippers». Its such fun!

This is home away from home. Totally family atmosphere! We come out a few times a week to practice and race Friday nights and Sunday mornings. If your looking for a place to hang out and race rc cars this is the place to be. They have a shop just in case you break any parts. Need a car they a have many here some used and new. If your new to the sport stop by and get some tips, ask anyone everyone is willing to help. The owners are fully involved in the sport and give great advice. The track is clay, so normal tires won’t work as well. You will want to invest in clay tires to be successful. I have a four year son and he loves to come out with us and play with the other kids who come out. I feel totally safe with him running around and be able to be a kid. There are so many adult eyes watching the kids, they are never left unattended. The owners BBQ on certain days and it is paid with paid practice. $ 10 to practice for the whole day and races are $ 15 dollars. If you have an itch it see what it’s all about stop by, before long you’ll wonder why you hadn’t sooner. Tons of tables and chairs provided and each table has electrical outlets on them. If your nervous because your a beginner, so what! I’m still learning to drive and bring down my lap time. Support is here and encouragement from the everyone. We all start from newbie drivers and advance our way. Start out in the rookie race on race day. All ages and all drivers. Come out and practice and get a feel for it. LSR Speedway is one of our favorite places to come. Family time is important to us and we are all to spend time together and cheer on everyone. We have meet some wonderful people here that have turned into extended family. There are couches to watch from along the side of the track if you just wanna watch and get a feel for the place. I didn’t think I would ever enjoy racing a rc car but after coming to LSR Speedway and trying it out, there is no way I couldn’t. Come see what I am talking about, you won’t regret it. I don’t! See you there.

Just getting back in the hobby and have found this track to be well run and friendly. Veteran racers were very helpful and owners were very accommodating with several in our group having traveled from the bay area.

What a great place to come and have a great time! My entire family enjoys the track, the people and mostly the owners! The owners Scott and Heather are so into the sport that you can tell it is genuine interest and not just a business venture. Their daughters are also into the sport which goes to show what am amazing place it is to bring your family. It seems everyone at the track loves to be there and cannot wait to come back.
I love how there is always a new layout. There are tables supplied by the track, usually a BBQ on the weekend and always a vending machine for soda, water and whatever else.
The track has AC which is nice in the summer, everyone is always joking and having a great time. The people that race there are competitive but nice and respectful as well.
When you visit LSR don’t forget to check out all of the parts. They are priced well and everything you will need. If not just ask.
I cannot wait for when I am in Sacramento again, this will be our first stop so we can visit and just hang out in the most amazing atmosphere. This is a great place and I do highly recommend you check it out for yourself.

This place is the best when it comes to family fun! It is a great place for all ages. The owners are totally into the sport and it shows with the way they operate the business. Everyone from the ownership to the racers are very helpful. If you need something someone has it. If you need help someone will help you.
The track is clay and kept in great shape and it is change every once in a while to keep the racing interesting. They have an off road course and an oval track.
They have a good hobby shop with just about any part you need. The prices are very competitive and very reasonable.
I dont have kids of my own and way to old to start having them but if you do have kids this is a great place and your kids will be safe and feel like they are at home. But really it is more of a day care for adults during the week!
If you are into Radio controlled trucks and cars this is the best place around. It is definitely a got to go place to race!
Check out their Facebook page and they will keep you up to date with the action.
Come on down for open practice or racing on Friday night and Sundays!

LSR raceway is one fun place. the owners are the best. great place to bring the whole family learn about and race RC race cars. now the have a hobby shop there for parts.
Everyone is very helpful and friendly.
Certainly all great fun. Plenty of helpful racers and racing is every week. plus practice until 10 pm except Mondays
The owner also makes a kick BBQ every race day fridays sat and sunday’s.
a must go to. if you are thinking of a new hobby or just want to come watch.
Badboy

LSR Speedway probably isn’t going to show up in a Sacramento tour guide anytime soon but, since my husband likes radio controlled cars and I had the day off today, I got to see what this track for radio-​controlled cars is like. In a word, it’s fun.
The track itself is made of clay. (Which means, as my husband discovered, that all-​purpose wheels are not best suited to it.) It has three medium-​sized jumps, where the trick is avoiding the wall; then a kind of step and then a big jump. The arrows show you which way to go. Folks who are experienced at it can race their cars all the way round it in under 18 seconds.
It has practice days (every weekday except Monday and Friday from 1 to 10 pm) and it hosts national racing events on the weekends. So even though this race track may not be in the tour guide, it’s well known in the radio-​control car community. For me, one of the highlights of the day was watching the marshal. The marshal is the guy (this is a guy’s world so yes, unless otherwise stated everyone involved is a «he» and that includes the dog) who gets to go out on the track when your car overturns and pick it up and set it in the proper direction. Sounds easy, right? Well when the marshal wasn’t there, I got to do it a few times and it isn’t. Because you have to watch out for all the other cars. It’s a little like picking up an overturned car in the middle of the road. Except that in this case you’re trying to not hurt the other cars.
Anyway, I doubt that in all the history of radio-​controlled car racing there have been many marshals half as enthusiastic – or as adept – at their job as this teenager. He would be off after the cars when they were still wobbling and he had an uncanny way of gauging exactly how fast the other cars were going – and so was able to get out of the way. I was seriously impressed. All the more so when I realized that when he wasn’t fully occupied with his marshal duties, he was helping repair cars just behind the track. An impressive kid – and probably the designer of the alternative cars of the future. Or even of today.
And that brings up a point. This track has been able to stay open – in Sacramento – because it’s so well known in the RC world. Other, less well-​known tracks, have had to relocate to other cities because city ordinances make it increasingly more expensive to keep such a business open in Sacramento. And that’s a real shame. Because the only real difference between a radio-​controlled car and an electric car is the size. If you are an enthusiast (and according to the Internet the City of Trees is filled with RC car enthusiasts) and you build and rebuild your RC car, you are learning physics, mechanics, math, electronics, and how electric cars work. If you’re a teenager who’s into RC cars, by the time you grow up you will be ready to go to work in a high-​paying profession – assuming of course car manufacturers don’t lose interest in the electric car. And what better way to keep your interest than a track – or four – where you can test your car against other people’s? But today, in Sacramento, there is only one track.
Still, it’s a great one. So if you’re an RC car enthusiast, I recommend it. And if you’re not – well, it’s still fun to watch.