DerbyMaster Software and Car Names in General

cygnus

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I have a question about the DerbyMaster race management software. Is this software capable of displaying car names during the race e.g. when heat results are displayed on the screen? If so, I was wondering if we could start showing car names during the race? I think this would make it a lot easier to follow the racing especially when racers submit multiple cars for a class.

Thinking back I remember legendary car names like “TUK”, “Dirt Nasty”, “Hotang”, “Taz” and “LA2”, and besides being very fast cars, I think what helped to bring these cars to legendary status was the constant advertising of their names . . . displayed during heat results, displayed when the top three finishers were shown at the end of a race, and displayed with their photo in a league photo library.

Hopefully what I am asking doesn’t create a bunch of work for somebody (John). Maybe the car names in the photo library can wait until later, but I’d really like to see the car names in the heat results during racing. This in my opinion would greatly enhance the spectator experience, and I know my kids would appreciate seeing their car names displayed during racing at Nationals instead of Cygnus Racing car #42, Cygnus Racing car #57, Cygnus Racing car #18, et cetera.

 
Sounds great. I was going to give my kids their own team name so we could tell who was who. Now we wont have to...less team names for John to deal with/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif
 
Awesome! /images/boards/smilies/smile.gif GrandPrix Race Manager does display the car names during the race. With version 10.x you can also create separate xml data files for each class for track records and top times.
 
cygnus said:

I have a question about the DerbyMaster race management software. Is this software capable of displaying car names during the race e.g. when heat results are displayed on the screen? If so, I was wondering if we could start showing car names during the race? I think this would make it a lot easier to follow the racing especially when racers submit multiple cars for a class.

Thinking back I remember legendary car names like “TUK”, “Dirt Nasty”, “Hotang”, “Taz” and “LA2”, and besides being very fast cars, I think what helped to bring these cars to legendary status was the constant advertising of their names . . . displayed during heat results, displayed when the top three finishers were shown at the end of a race, and displayed with their photo in a league photo library.

Hopefully what I am asking doesn’t create a bunch of work for somebody (John). Maybe the car names in the photo library can wait until later, but I’d really like to see the car names in the heat results during racing. This in my opinion would greatly enhance the spectator experience, and I know my kids would appreciate seeing their car names displayed during racing at Nationals instead of Cygnus Racing car #42, Cygnus Racing car #57, Cygnus Racing car #18, et cetera.


That's "TAZ" with all CAPS Cygnus.....
lol
Just can't seem to get that one fast anymore!
wah


USPS has a way of doing that to a good car!
 
bsb racing said:
cygnus said:

I have a question about the DerbyMaster race management software. Is this software capable of displaying car names during the race e.g. when heat results are displayed on the screen? If so, I was wondering if we could start showing car names during the race? I think this would make it a lot easier to follow the racing especially when racers submit multiple cars for a class.

Thinking back I remember legendary car names like “TUK”, “Dirt Nasty”, “Hotang”, “Taz” and “LA2”, and besides being very fast cars, I think what helped to bring these cars to legendary status was the constant advertising of their names . . . displayed during heat results, displayed when the top three finishers were shown at the end of a race, and displayed with their photo in a league photo library.

Hopefully what I am asking doesn’t create a bunch of work for somebody (John). Maybe the car names in the photo library can wait until later, but I’d really like to see the car names in the heat results during racing. This in my opinion would greatly enhance the spectator experience, and I know my kids would appreciate seeing their car names displayed during racing at Nationals instead of Cygnus Racing car #42, Cygnus Racing car #57, Cygnus Racing car #18, et cetera.


That's "TAZ" with all CAPS Cygnus.....
lol
Just can't seem to get that one fast anymore!
wah


USPS has a way of doing that to a good car!

[font="times new roman, times, serif"]You should build "TAZ" a little brother named "Under Dog" haha and his cousin Hong Kong Phooey...he seemed to have "Great" Luck Hehehehe
lol
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