Today we’ve released version 1.5.3 of the RaceCapture App for Android, and it’s our biggest, most awesome release to date! What’s so awesome about it? We’re so glad you asked… Automatic pit stop timer One of our goals with the RaceCapture/Pro system is for it to be the ultimate system for endurance racers. And what is one…
Level up your race craft with real-time data Getting real-time data set up in your endurance race car will provide your crew and driver with critical, strategic information during your race: The pit crew can monitor and coach the current driver’s performance in real-time – even compare their current laps against other drivers on the team Connect a fuel level…
Here at Autosport Labs we like to show what’s possible with RaceCapture/Pro and some ingenuity. We’ve taken a windshield wiper motor, Pololu Jrk USB Motor Controller, RaceCapture/Pro and some LuaScript to create an active aero system for our 24 Hours of Lemons race car. This is just a sliver of what’s possible with RaceCapture/Pro and…
We’re excited to announce our newest US dealer, Track Rat Motorsports! They will be focusing on sales and installation of RaceCapture/Pro, including Realtime Telemetry and related Autosport Labs technologies. Track Rat Motorsports is a specialty shop for vehicle data acquisition systems and instrumentation. From pros to track day enthusiasts they have the skills and experience to…
We are excited to announce that Autosport Labs is the “Official Data Acquisition and Telemetry Partner” for the new BMW CCA Endurance Racing Series! Here is their Facebook post: “We are pleased to announce Autosport Labs as the “Data Acquisition and Telemetry Partner” for our series! Autosport Labs will be providing discounted Race Capture Pro…
Chapter 1 Once upon a time, an innocent little sports car discovered America. He could sense the open road and knew life was going to be totally sweet. “Bring on the curves baby–this kid was born to run!” It was 1990 and, alas, this fairytale life just wasn’t meant to be. His first owner was a 19-year-old…
Thursday, May 5th: On this occasion the Autosport Labs team headed to Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, CA to attend “Goin’ for Broken 2010”. That’s a 24 Hours of LeMons event for those of you not knowing. We suffered the minor inconvenience of an overheated wheel bearing near Tangent, OR and fixed it hoping that…
Of all the things a race car does (accelerating, turing, braking, and combinations there of) it spends the smallest percentage of its time braking. Now, that’s not to imply that brakes are unimportant, quite the opposite. The most important skill a race car driver can have is good braking technique, and his most important tool…
As you can see, we’re hard at work making the Merkur safe. This is a topic that we take very seriously, especially in light of recent events. You may have seen footage of the crash at Sears Pointless, but we actually witnessed it. It’s given us a whole new perspective on what a “safe” race…
A new year inspires bold ideas and uncovers new challenges. It seeds the dreamer’s thoughts and creates opportunity. Sometimes the challenge of a new years’ opportunity is so compelling, so inspirational that no amount of pain reliever, water or sleep will make it go away. When the dream is to field your very own creation…