If you knocked on the door of the 10 closest houses to your venue and asked them if they knew there was a model car racing club there, how many would say yes? If they don't know about it, what chance have the rest of the county got? That's not meant to be sarcastic, that's just an observation. We've been going 25 years and we get our members from 3 main sources:
- Word of mouth from the members via school friends and work colleagues etc. Why not lend your mate from work your old car to try for a few weeks...
- Running race meetings at local summer fetes. Quite simply the best way to get the locals interested is to show them what you do. We've picked up a member or 2 from almost every event we've done over the years. You would be surprised at what else you can pick up from the local community once you start to get involved with it
- The Club Website. Probably the single biggest contriutor to new members over the last 5 years. "I saw your website and I thought I'd come and have a look". Get them though the door once and there's every chance they will come back again
If you are looking for seasoned racers then that's more difficult since racers by definition probably already have somewhere to race.
Hope this helps and good luck
Jon.