For the past few months I’ve been working on a project called Discover Karting that aims to centralize kart racing series, tracks, and events. Having finally got it to a point where it’s not terrible to use on a mobile device I figured I’d share the project with the larger community to get some feedback.
At the moment my roadmap looks like this:
Develop a pipeline for easily adding tracks, series, events, and classes
I originally started building this site because my family and friends would ask me on a weekly or even daily basis when my next race is, so I figured I’d put together a calendar of sorts that I could share with them. It seems to help them and I figured it might help other too.
Not really, Mylaps is primarily about showing you events that have happened whereas Discover Karting focuses on helping you find future events you might be interested in attending.
The site is also meant to be much more than just that.
As an example, once I find the time, I’ll be updating the Policies & Guidelines and Facilities & Services tabs of the various tracks and series to include notable rules and/or standard procedures that newcomers might need to know. Two examples I can think of off the top of my head are the rule at Badger about not allowing kart stands beyond the bridge, and that both Norway and Gateway Kartplex require pre-tech inspections, whereas KCA only requires a pre-tech form.
I’ve set up the track-series relationship such that a series’ events automatically inherit the relevant Policies & Guidelines and Facilities & Services from their associated track(s); these inherited items are then merged with anything defined directly at the series level.
This means that someone used to KCA rules that takes part in their first Margay Ignite Challenge race might know ahead of time that while KCA allows cameras on helmets, the Margay series does not. It also means that someone visiting a track for the first time would be less likely to push their kart past the bridge and almost die of embarrassment when informed of the rule. Not that I would have any experience in either case!
I like the idea. It’s good to get more information online about karting and organizations. It can be a little difficult to find information in my experience. Good luck with your project.