The best way to find out if there are people inyour area is hang out at your local hobby shop in the rc area and talk to the people that come in. I got my Savage a year and a half ago. It was my first RC, and no one I know had one. By hanging out at my LHS I have created a racing club that has 40 members and just completed its first year. So we are out there you just need to know where to look.