How will a data acquisition system help my racing?
Data acquisition systems can be used for several different purposes. We have found that there are two areas where a data acquisition system is extremely useful: to improve the driver’s performance, or to answer questions related to improving the race car’s performance. We have used data acquisition for both purposes, but for most club racers, improving the driver performance is the first priority. Using data acquisition to improve driver performance One key to improving driver performance is to have a method of measuring the performance. Lap times are one way we all use, but with a data acquisition system, laps can be broken into smaller segments and the segment times can be examined. A feature I rely on is the ‘split report’ that finds the fastest “rolling lap” in a particular session — because of traffic, yellow flags, etc your fastest lap may not have been from Start/Finish back to S/F, but from Turn 3 back to T3. It also shows the fastest theoretical lap — when I see a good theor
