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Traqmate GPS Data Acquisition Used To Judge Competition
Atlanta, GA, May 20, 2005

Track Systems Technologies, LLC today announced that the Traqmate GPS Data Acquisition system will be featured on the season finale of Dream Car Garage on the cable SPEED Channel.

The show is scheduled to air on Saturday, May 21st at 9:30 AM and Friday, May 27th at 7:30 AM. Track Systems was given the responsibility to be judge and arbiter as show stars Tom Hnatiw and Peter Klutt squared off in competition with the ’89 Mustang and the ’65 Shelby that they built during the 2005 season. Traqview, Track Systems’ playback program, will be used to show the vehicles in head-to-head competition.

“Traqmate was ideal for this competition. We didn’t want to disturb the cars in any way so we just Velcroed the Traqmate units into the cars and they recorded acceleration, braking, and the road course competition”, said Glenn Stephens, Vice President, Marketing.

More information about Traqmate and Track Systems is available at http://traqmate.com.
More information about Dream Car Garage is available at http://dreamcargarage.com
More information about SPEED Channel is available at http://speedtv.com.

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Westward Wind Productions and Track Systems Technologies, LLC announced that the Track Systems Traqmate Data Acquisition System was used to measure the performance of the cars in the upcoming Dream Car Garage special, “Small Block Shootout” which will air Monday October 17th at 9pm on Speed Channel.

The Small Block Shootout is a sequel to last year’s immensely popular special, ‘Muscle Car Shootout’. It features pony cars from the 60s and 70s squaring off in competition to dispel some of the myths surrounding these cars by measuring their real world acceleration, braking, and handling. The detailed Traqmate graphs were used to find the best performance to represent each car and then overlay all the cars on a track layout for a virtual head-to-head replay.

“The Traqmate was an ideal choice for us. Replacing several other instruments with a single non-intrusive device really simplified our production and using the same device for all the tests ensured fairness to all the cars”, said host Tom Hnatiw. The Traqmate was first used in the 2005 season finale, ‘May the Best Cheater Win’.

‘Small Block Shootout’ was recorded in Ontario the week of July 11th and is expected to air on the cable Speed Channel in September or October. The show will feature screen shots of Traqview to illustrate the performance differences of the vehicles and the actual vehicle test data will be posted on Traqmate.com when the show debuts so viewers can download the data and have virtual races right on their own PCs.

Track Systems will be demonstrating the Traqmate System at Roebling Road Raceway near Savannah, GA this weekend (8 July - 10 July) during the SCCA National Race event.

The Traqmate Miata will be racing at Road Atlanta this weekend (Friday July 22nd through Sunday July 24th) participating in an SCCA Regional Race event.

Track Systems will be in attendance providing live demonstrations of the Traqmate GPS Data Acquisition System. Come by and see us.

UPDATE: 25 July 2005

Team Traqmate had excellent races on Saturday and Sunday. In the Pro-IT race, 3 of the top 5 cars in Spec Miata and the winning car in ITA were all running Traqmates. After the race we uploaded the data to Traqview and ‘Replayed Our Day’. Here are a couple of pictures from the race.

The launch of the Traqmate GPS Data Acquisition System has been so successful that just a few weeks after launch, Track Systems has commissioned a second build in order to meet demand.

‘Response to this product has been fantastic’, said Brian Boyer of Track Systems. ‘This build is three times larger than our first run and we are already planning the next one.’

Traqmates are built on an automated manufacturing line in the United States. After assembly, each unit is completely tested and calibrated by a qualified technician.

Traqmate is available direct at traqmate.com or from select dealers throughout the US.

If you have never visited Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama you should not miss an opportunity to do so. The facilities may be the best in the US, the track is a blast, and the HUGE motorcycle museum will make you ache for a Norton Commando. Then again, the worst temptation may be the beautiful vintage Lotus collection on the ground floor.

Track Systems attended two events at Barber this month, the Grand Am race where several Traqmate users were racing, and the Chin Motorsports track day with one of our dealers, Discovery Parts.

Track Systems was patrolling the paddock at the Monterey Historics at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Thanks to all those vintage racers who let us put equipment in their very expensive rides.

Click here to view pictures from the 2005 Monterey Historics, Concorso Italiano, Pebble Beach Concours, and the beautiful Monterey Peninsula.

Here is some of the exotic machinery from our visit in 2002.

Traqview, Track Systems’ race player and data analysis tool, just got even better. Widely hailed as the most user friendly product on the market, the latest changes were designed to make the program even easier to use.

“We watched how people used our product and then automated many of the functions that users were already doing”, said Carter Martin, software designer. “This release was all about ease-of-use and the next will continue that theme and also include some very powerful new features.”

The new program is available for free download from the traqmate.com website in the User Support Forum, on the Product Page or by clicking here.

The Traqmate GPS Data Acquisition system was used by the folks at Grassroots Motorsports magazine at the Walter Mitty races last Spring. They liked the unit so much they requested one for use in their comparison tests. Their product review appears in their October 2005 Issue, pages 173 & 174.

All articles Copyright 2005 Grassroots Motorsports