Scoring System
The I-Lap transponder and sensor system tracks your vehicle's passing under the scoring bridge each lap.  The scoring software, currently AlyCat, tracks your lap times and overall score throughout the qualifiers and main races of the day.  Race results are also accumulated and are viewable in the Results tab of the main Outback RC page.

The transponder and scoring system may be studied at the manufacturer site, www.rclapcounter.com.  The transponders are NOT AMB-RC compatible and do not work on the same principles -- the I-Lap transponders are infra-red light transmitters.  There is a set of house transponders available for racers at no charge, but be diligent about returning them to their spot after each use.  The derive power from an open slot in your receiver, just like any other personal transponder.  They need a clear view from you vehicle to the "sky".  Their light may be able to penetrate some paint, but certainly not through stickers.  In some cases, you may need to mount the transponder outside your body such as at the hood/windshield crevice.  The devices will not respond well to shooting though a small hole in your vehicle body from 3 inches below the hole.  Please prepare yourself before the races begin to know that you have a reliable setup.  Personal I-Lap transponders are usually available on consignment sale at the track.  Our house transponders have the hook--side velcro on them for easy mounting, so you might mount the soft-fuzzy-loop velcro right below your window, perhaps on top of a steering servo or such.

Frequency Control
The 2.4 gHz radios of today save us a lot of frequency management issues;  however, many racers use the FM and especially the AM radios common in RTR SCT kits.  There is a frequency control board, actually a yardstick with the 6 AM and 30 FM frequencies listed on it.  If you have an FM or AM radio, go to this board and see if there is a clothespin clip on the channel you want.  If so, it is busy.  If not, take a clothespin and write your name on it.  Then put it on your frequency.  When done (such as in 5-10 minutes, not the whole morning), come back and take your clip with you for later use.  If the frequency has been reserved for what seems like too long, check with the person whose name is on the clip.  Turning on a radio in the pits while someone else is running with their clothespin on the frequency board is a grave transgression -- don't do it.

Alcohol
Don't bring any alcoholic beverages to the track.  Generally, we aim to keep things as clean as possible.

Pace
We historically start races right on time and try to get the racing program done at a good pace.  If you miss a qualifier for being late, don't worry;  you will stop doing that soon enough.  On a very light day of racing, we will start qualifiers and main "on the hour" to allow some battery charging time.  Otherwise, we seem to accomplish about 7 or so 6-minute heats per hour.

Electricity
We have a good amount of electrical service that will max out at about 45 amps -- 3 circuits of 15A.  That is good for charging batteries for quite a few racers.  Please avoid bringing air compressors or much equipment other than a battery charger if you use the house circuits.  If you bring a generator of your own, please park it where its noise level does not carry over into the general pit area.

Announcing System
We position a few job-site radios around for you the hear the race announcements.  You may also pick up the announcements on a FM radio of your own.  The frequency used will be posted at the track.  Sometimes we have to work around new radio stations, so it does change from time to time.

Marshaling
After your race, return any house transponder, set down your equipment at the side of the track, and go to a marshal station, marked by there being a bucket there.  The buckets have seat-tops so you may rest on them.  The buckets are placed as carefully as possible to avoid having marshals block important views of the track from the drivers stand.  When marshaling, remember this
1) be safe to yourself -- don't leap or run beyond your physical limits -- your body comes first,
2) be alert -- don't be on the phone -- watch your zones,
3) running cars come first -- don't step in front of running cars to go help a stuck car, even if it seems painful for the stuck car -- maybe another marshal from the other side of the lane can come help,
4) put cars down in a safe way -- don't place a car right in front of fast oncoming traffic, don't throw cars down, if the car crashed just before the scoring loop, place them back there (not beyond) so they can get a scored lap,
5) don't repair broken cars -- set them to the side so that you may continue to marshal the remaining cars,
6) if a crashed car is "on the throttle" you may wait until they stop -- sometimes a driver may blip throttle to call attention, but there is no need to endanger the marshal's fingers, and there is no need to be at full blast upon being set back on the ground, blasting dirt back at the marshal's face.

If a driver is stuck and sees that a marshal is not aware, the driver may choose to call out "marshal".  The race director may also do the same.  If there is an odd situation, such as a vehicle that went far off the track in a place a marshal would not normally look, the driver may have to point (not in front of other driver's eyes) or say where the vehicle went.  This communication is fine, but please do not stomp, pound, or have a fit.