Question 1

What is SlipTracker?

Accepted Answer

SlipTracker is an online platform for recording and sharing drag racing time slips, results, vehicles and racing history. Racers can upload their timeslips and build an ongoing record of their performance at the drag strip.

Question 2

What is a drag racing time slip?

Accepted Answer

A drag racing time slip is the result produced after a run down the drag strip. Depending on the track and race distance, it can contain reaction time, 60-foot time, 330-foot time, eighth-mile elapsed time and speed, 1000-foot time, quarter-mile elapsed time and terminal speed.

Question 3

How do I upload a time slip?

Accepted Answer

Take a clear photograph of your time slip and upload it through SlipTracker. The system reads the slip and extracts the available timing information. You can review the result and associate it with your vehicle and other relevant racing information.

Question 4

Does SlipTracker support both 1/8-mile and 1/4-mile drag racing?

Accepted Answer

Yes. SlipTracker supports both eighth-mile and quarter-mile drag racing results.

Question 5

Can I create a Racer Profile?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Racer Profiles are designed to bring your racing history together in one place, including your results, vehicles, tracks, racing experience, achievements and other career information.

Question 6

Can I have more than one race car or bike?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Racers can record multiple vehicles so their time slips and racing history can be associated with the correct car, motorcycle or other drag racing vehicle.

Question 7

Does SlipTracker have leaderboards?

Accepted Answer

Yes. SlipTracker uses uploaded results to create leaderboards across different vehicle and racing categories. The platform is designed to recognise participation and racing history as well as outright performance.

Question 8

Does SlipTracker work with drag strips around the world?

Accepted Answer

SlipTracker is being developed as an international drag racing platform and already contains racing activity from multiple countries. As the community grows, so will the number of racers, tracks, events and results represented on the platform.

Question 9

Is SlipTracker free?

Accepted Answer

SlipTracker is intended to remain accessible to grassroots racers. The aim is to make it easy for racers to preserve their results and participate in the wider SlipTracker community without putting basic racer participation behind a paywall.

Question 10

Why should I save my old timeslips?

Accepted Answer

Old drag racing time slips are pieces of motorsport history. Uploading them can preserve performances that might otherwise be lost and can help build a more complete record of your vehicles and racing career.

Question 11

Does SlipTracker change the results on my time slip?

Accepted Answer

No. The purpose of SlipTracker is to record the information contained on the original drag racing time slip. Racers can review information extracted from the slip so the digital record accurately reflects the original result.

Question 12

What is the long-term goal for SlipTracker?

Accepted Answer

The goal is to build a worldwide record of grassroots drag racing. Individual time slips become racing histories, those histories build Racer Profiles, and together racers, vehicles, tracks, events and results can create a larger picture of the drag racing community.

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