How a Race Runs
From setup to champion, here's the whole flow. The system does the math, the draws, and the emails — you just collect the cash and tap the winners.
Create your race
Name it, set the date, the rules, and the money: buy-in, security cut, guaranteed pot, buy backs, and how the pot splits (like 70/20/10). Running two classes tonight? Duplicate the race and give each its own class.
Invite the racers
Paste in email addresses. Each racer gets a personal link — new folks do a quick free signup, add their car, and they're in. Share your public race link anywhere for spectators.
Emails: invite links to racers; you're told the moment someone joins.Mark racers PAID
As buy-in cash comes in, flip each racer from UNPAID to PAID on the manage page. Only paid racers make the draw.
Lock the field
One button. Unpaid racers are dropped, the pot is computed, and the race is ready to run. The pot shows on your public page for everyone to see.
Run the chip draw
The system randomly pairs every car and assigns left/right lanes. Odd number of cars? One racer gets a random bye — never the same car twice in a race. Print or email the Tower Sheet so the tower has the run order.
Emails: every racer gets their pair number, lane, and opponent. You and your assistant are copied on all of them.Mark the winners
As each pair runs, tap the winner on your phone. Tapped wrong? Tap the other racer to fix it.
Close the round
Losers are eliminated and the results go out. After Round 1 (if you allow it), eliminated racers can buy back in — their money goes straight into the pot.
Emails: round results to every racer, even the ones knocked out.Repeat until THE FINAL
Draw, race, mark, close — round after round, the field cuts in half until two cars stage for the final.
Crown the champion
One winner takes the top of the split. The payout table shows exactly who gets what, and the whole bracket lives forever on the public page and every racer's history.
Emails: final results with the champion announced to everyone.Anytime tools
Message the Group
"Next race at 7:10" or "rain delay" — one message emails the whole field, and replies come straight to your inbox.
Tower Sheet
A print-ready run order for the current round. Print it or email it to the tower crew in two clicks.
Assistant Copies
Add a helper email to your race and they're copied on everything the race sends, same as you.