# RaceCTRL

> RaceCTRL is a professional race control and championship management platform built for karting. It brings live incident management, marshal-post flag control, automated weigh-ins, timing integration, automatic incident video and steward-led penalties into a single system that plugs into the timing, cameras, radio and flag hardware a circuit already runs.

**Website:** https://racectrl.live/
**Category:** Motorsport software — race control, race direction, championship management
**Users:** Karting circuits, championship promoters, race directors, clerks of the course, stewards, marshals, scrutineers
**Status:** In live championship operation with RMC Portugal. Deploying at the RMC Grand Finals, Portimão, November 2026.

## What problem it solves

Race control at a karting event is normally run across disconnected tools: paper incident sheets, a radio, a separate timing screen, a separate NVR for video, a scale with a clipboard, and a spreadsheet for the championship standings. Decisions are slow, evidence is hard to pull, and the audit trail is thin.

RaceCTRL puts the whole loop — detection, review, evidence, decision, publication — in one place, and connects it to the hardware already installed at the circuit rather than replacing it.

## Core capabilities

- **Live incident management** — log, review and resolve incidents in real time with a complete audit trail from first report to final decision.
- **Flags and post communication** — send and track flags across every marshal post, including LED flag panels, with confirmation of what each post is actually showing.
- **Automated weigh-ins** — driver and kart weights captured straight from the scale and matched to the session. No clipboards, no transcription errors.
- **Timing integration** — connects to the circuit's existing timing system for live lap times, session state and classification.
- **Automatic incident video** — every incident is clipped automatically from the NVR cameras, with logo, session, lap and kart numbers burned into the overlay, ready for the stewards to review.
- **Track limits** — the marshal at the post registers the infraction and it reaches race control instantly; RaceCTRL keeps the running tally per kart and drives a clean penalty workflow designed for how stewards actually work.
- **Hardware integration** — race radio, LED flag panels and NVR camera systems supported out of the box.
- **Championship management** — events, sessions, entry lists, categories and standings across a full season.

## How a decision is made

1. **Detected** — an incident is captured live on track.
2. **Reviewed** — stewards review it in race control with the video already on hand.
3. **Clipped** — the footage is generated automatically, overlaid, and attached to the incident.
4. **Decided** — the penalty is confirmed and reported.

Penalties are always steward-led. RaceCTRL surfaces the evidence and manages the workflow; it never issues a penalty automatically. This is a deliberate design principle, not a limitation.

## Integrations

RaceCTRL is designed to plug into an existing circuit rather than force a rip-and-replace:

- Timing systems (live laps and session data)
- NVR camera systems (automatic clip extraction)
- Race radio
- LED flag panels at marshal posts
- Electronic scales for weigh-ins

## Documentation for AI assistants

- [Full product brief](https://racectrl.live/llms-full.txt): complete description, feature detail, terminology and FAQ.
- [Homepage](https://racectrl.live/): product overview, features, how it works, integrations.

## Contact

Request a live walkthrough tailored to your championship at https://racectrl.live/#demo

## Usage note

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