Jupiter, FL – February 17, 2010 – Palm Beach Driving Club (PBDC) has selected Traqmate as their Official Data Acquisition system. PBDC members will utilize powerful, but easy to use Traqmate GPS Data Acquisition systems to gather and analyze driving data and high definition video and when they return home to “Replay Their Day”.

Founded in 2008, PBDC is where the blacktop meets the red carpet. Designed by drivers for drivers, the PBDC accepts nothing but the best in developing their refined and sophisticated driving club. Located at the new Palm Beach International Raceway, a private and exclusive 212-acre playground for performance driving, PBDC members get in the fast lane with “members only” track times. The PBDC also provides private training from professional race drivers offering driving tips to actual on track training.

The Traqmate systems will be sold and supported by professional race driver & driver coach Guy Cosmo, owner of Cosmo-Sport, Inc. and a Gold Level Traqmate Dealer. Guy classifies the Traqmate GPS Data Acquisition systems as an invaluable tool when working with his clients.

Track Systems Technologies, formed in 2003, develops high quality electronic products for automotive enthusiasts. Traqmate, a low-cost, high-performance, GPS Data Acquisition System, is the first Track Systems Technologies, LLC product in a line of affordable and innovative electronics products for all forms of motorsport. The new HD product offering provides completely synchronized high quality data and video recording for those interested in preserving the ultimate record of their driving experience.

Traqmate is looking forward to another successful PRI show in Orlando this year, December 10th through 12th. The Traqmate booth number is lucky 1313.

We have a new HD product offering, that combined with our present data acquisition technology, provides completely synchronized high quality data and video recording for those interested in preserving the ultimate record of their driving experience. The result is simply stunning video. Come by to see our HD video in action.

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Here are the Details:

Synchronization is accomplished via a new TraqData LANC device that will plug into any camcorder with a LANC or Ctl-L interface which includes almost all Sony camcorders. We recommend the new HD units that record on solid-state MemoryStick Pro Flash media because they are vibration resistant and can be played back immediately with a card reader. TraqData LANC also provides 4 Analog, 2 Digital, and one RPM inputs.

Camera units tested include Sony HDR-TG1 and Sony HDR-CX100, both of which are full 1080 resolution, quite small, and commercially available for under $600. The Sony line ranges from $350 to over $1000 depending on quality and features and have 12V DC adapters for in-car use and LCD screens for aiming.

In February 2010, Traqmate will be offering TraqCam HD packages including everything required for true HD video playback. To play back in 1080 fullscreen, a reasonably powerful computer will be required. Minimum requirements will be published at release but a typical machine for Full HD would be:
Intel Core 2 Duo P7200 2.10GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, GB DDR3 Memory, 250GB Hard disk
Laptops with these minimum specs are available in the $600 – $900 range. Lower resolution 720P and 1080 in a less-than-fullscreen window require less horsepower.

For rugged applications or where a bullet cam is preferable, Traqmate will continue to sell and support the ChaseCam line of standard definition cameras and recorders with our TraqSync and TraqData II interface modules.

Purchase a Traqmate, TraqCam or ChaseCam system in the Traqmate Online Store between Thanksgiving and New Years and we’ll give you free shipping*.

All items are in stock and will ship within 2 days. Happy Holidays from Traqmate.

* Free shipping applies to domestic orders only. Items will be sent by UPS or USPS Priority Mail.

Dissecting Data: Analyzing the top-three UTCC finishers reveals why they’re fast and how they could have gone even faster!

GRM

An excellent article written by professional driving coach Peter Krause covers every aspect of the fastest cars at this years Ultimate Track Car Challenge held at VIR.

Check out the full Nov. issue to find out more.

Peter Krause offers private instruction from his base at VIR.

We’ve had such good response to our new seminar series, kicked off in July, we’re going to do it again. This upcoming Traqmate 201 seminar October 9th at VIR with Nasa-Mid Atlantic will allow attendees to become fluent not only in the use and maintenance of the Traqmate system, but begin to and progress making sense of all of the voluminous data collected by this great tool. We’ll help you become familiar and facile with the Windows navigation required to use this system as well.

Traqmate 201 on October 9th will cover not only hardware interface, file collection and storage workflows, firmware and software updates and becoming familiar with ALL the features of TraqView and TraqStudio, but also begin to delve into what all of this data means and HOW to apply it towards improving your driving THE VERY NEXT SESSION! We’ll study braking rates and behaviors, acceleration rates and transitions, breaking up the track to begin segment analysis (an important tool to evaluate technique changes as simple as whether or not to change a gear at a particular point on the circuit) and to determine TBL, comparison lap setup among your OWN laps and with others. Even if you’ve used this device for several years, you can come away from this seminar comfortable and confident that you can not only better utilize this information yourself, but know enough to show others how to use it. It’s for folks who want to do more than to just “scratch the surface” of this powerful tool. We’ll move right into relatively advanced interpolative analysis in this particular course.

Traqmate 202 on October 9th will focus on making intelligent use of and the interpretation of the collected data FROM A DRIVER’S POINT OF VIEW. Utilizing many of the concepts made popular by William Mitchell and Jorge Segers (SAE, Society of Automotive Engineers technical paper and book authors), Traqmate 202 will explore the various ways the data can be sliced and diced to form a useful and accurate picture of the driver’s strengths and weaknesses, comfort and confidence anywhere on the course. This is not a tremendously “technical” or “mathematical” treatise, but instead a critical, intensive look on how to recognize patterns of driver behavior and successfully develop strategies to fix those behaviors that require fixing!

The seminar will be in the VIPER Dyno Lab in the Main Paddock. Water, soft drinks and iced tea will be provided. Please spread the word amongst your friends and online so that we can get the word out as soon as possible. We will have several more scheduled for this Fall! Information available at http://driverdevelopment.motorsportreg.com

Hope to see you all there!

Thanks, Peter
–
Peter Krause
www.peterkrause.net
(919) 740-1871
“The Driver is the Greatest Performance Variable in the Racing Equation.”

Traqmate will have an entire crew at Road America the week of September 21-27 to assist our customers.

Since the Traqmate Spec Miata will be campaigning, we will not be located in the vendor area but in the competitor area, over the Sargento bridge. See the map below.

If you need to contact us, call our 800 number at 877-289-0312.

We’ve had such good response to our new seminar series, kicked off in July, we’re going to do it again. These upcoming seminars August 27th and September 12th will allow attendees to become fluent not only in the use and maintenance of the Traqmate system, but begin to and progress making sense of all of the voluminous data collected by this great tool. We’ll help you become familiar and facile with the Windows navigation required to use this system as well.

Traqmate 101 on Thursday August 27th will cover not only hardware interface, file collection and storage workflows, firmware and software updates and becoming familiar with ALL the features of TraqView and TraqStudio, but also begin to delve into what all of this data means and HOW to apply it towards improving your driving THE VERY NEXT SESSION! We’ll study braking rates and behaviors, acceleration rates and transitions, breaking up the track to begin segment analysis (an important tool to evaluate technique changes as simple as whether or not to change a gear at a particular point on the circuit) and to determine TBL, comparison lap setup among your OWN laps and with others. We’ll even show you how to determine the rate and amplitude of steering input to SEE if you’re “on time” (or LATE) through the Uphill Esses at VIR! Even if you’ve used this device for several years, you can come away from this seminar comfortable and confident that you can not only better utilize this information yourself, but know enough to show others how to use it. If you have ANY reservations about the use of the hardware or software, you NEED to attend this seminar. It’s for folks who want to do more than to just “scratch the surface” of this powerful tool. We’ll move right into relatively advanced interpolative analysis in this particular course.

Traqmate 202 on September 12th will focus on making intelligent use of and the interpretation of the collected data FROM A DRIVER’S POINT OF VIEW. Utilizing many of the concepts made popular by William Mitchell and Jorge Segers (SAE, Society of Automotive Engineers technical paper and book authors), Traqmate 202 will explore the various ways the data can be sliced and diced to form a useful and accurate picture of the driver’s strengths and weaknesses, comfort and confidence anywhere on the course. This is not a terribly “technical” or “mathematical” treatise, but instead a critical, intensive look on how to recognize patterns of driver behavior and successfully develop strategies to fix those behaviors that require fixing!

A light dinner will be provided courtesy of Millie’s Pizza from Milton, NC at our facility in the VIPER Dyno Lab in the Main Paddock midway through the seminar. Water, soft drinks and iced tea will be provided. All is included in the price of the seminar. Please spread the word amongst your friends and online so that we can get the word out as soon as possible. We already have several more scheduled for this Fall! Information available at http://driverdevelopment.motorsportreg.com

Hope to see you all there!

Thanks, Peter
–
Peter Krause
www.peterkrause.net
(919) 740-1871
“The Driver is the Greatest Performance Variable in the Racing Equation.”

Krause & Associates LLC, a leading driver development training, instruction and coaching firm located on-site at Virginia International Raceway (VIR), has announced the first of many training seminars for the high performance driver education and club-level competition driver. These seminars will be hosted in the summer months by VIPER (Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research) in their Drivetrain Lab in the Main Paddock at VIR and alternate with those held at the Krause & Associates LLC Driver Development Studio in Virginia Motorsport Technology Park and adjoining the VIR RacePlex, due to open after Labor Day.

Typically scheduled for late afternoon and early evening preceding particular, popular events at VIR, these two-hour sessions will cover a wide variety of topics, focusing on making more accessible the utilization of technology to improve driver performance as well as quantifying, evaluating and improving car performance.

Current and future planned topics include an full range of data analysis training for use and interpretation  of Traqmate data, basic and intermediate chassis set-up, powertrain optimization using dynamometer testing and a particular focus on utilizing the groundbreaking iRacing simulation as a training tool to better drive ALL configurations of VIR! A light dinner and beverages will be provided as part of the registrant package for these seminars.

The first two seminars will be held late Thursday afternoon, July 23, and early Friday evening, July 24, in concert with the National Auto Sport Association-Mid Atlantic event and the Grassroots Motorsports Motorsports Magazine “Ultimate Track Car Challenge.”

The topic for the inaugural July 23 session is “Traqmate 101, An Introduction to Using GPS-Based Data Acquisition to Improve Driver Performance.” The topic for the July 24 seminar is “Traqmate 201, An Introduction to the Interpretation of Data to Quantify and Evaluate Driver Performance.”

Additional seminars are scheduled to be held Friday afternoon, August 21, before the VIRMCC Member Day and will cover “Technology and the Track Day Driver,” including a presentation by Victor Seaber of the Drivetrain Lab at VIPER. Another “Data Acquisition 101, An Introduction to Using GPS-Based Data Acquisition to Improve Driver Performance” will be held the following week preceding the TrackDaze LLC date at VIR.

Registration is now available on-line Here and is limited to the first ten registrants for each date.

Links

Viper Service

Krause & Associates

Take a quick lap around VIR

Quick Lap Around VIR

Traqmate is proud to work with GoRacingTV & GoPro for what was an exciting & tragic weekend at this years June Sprints. Traqmate was in attendance doing installing in-car systems, video cameras and as always taking care of our customers.

Click below to watch the first 2 parts series of the event covered by the GoRacingTV Crew.

Go Racing TV

Using our advanced GPS the beautiful Road America is plotted below, this high speed track is an absolute must for any racing enthusiast.