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

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.

The Road & Track article in this month’s magazine detailing the Honda Civic Si race car’s performance at the 25 Hours at Thunderhill mentions the Traqmate product. Traqmate was used for dialing in the cars during development and during practice, qualifying, and the entire 25 hour race for both class-winning cars.

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Here is a screen shot of Kim Wolfkill’s accident that he mentions in the writeup.

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Track Systems congratulates Team Honda Civic Si who placed first and second in the E1 class and fourth and sixth overall at the NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill, the longest closed course race in the world.

The Honda factory effort with guest drivers Kim Wolfkill from Road & Track and Tony Swan from Car and Driver overcame adversity, tough competition, and fatigue to bring home the hardware.

Team Honda used Traqmates for development of the car at their Ohio factory, and then throughout the race to evaluate performance of the race cars and drivers. Click On Picture to Download Traqmate Data for an Actual Race Session.

Click Here to See Honda Civic Si Racecar in Action.

NASA Pro Racing, one of the most popular sanctioning bodies in the United States, has added the Traqmate Basic to their Club Codes & Regulations for all NASA competition classes.

Track Systems has created the Traqmate NASA Bundle which includes a Traqmate Basic GPS Data Acquisition System and several popular accessories specifically to address the needs of NASA participants.

Track Systems will be providing assistance to Pombo Racing and other teams participating in the Petit LeMans and support races at Road Atlanta September 27th – October 1st.

Track Systems Personnnel after Technology Briefing with Champion Audi