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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept 4th 2008
FERNLEY, Nevada. Zoomius Inc today announced the success of the first race weekend run completely with its revolutionary RFID timing and scoring system.
A combined Z2/USGPRU motorcycle race weekend at the Reno-Fernley circuit near Reno, Nevada on the weekend of August 23-24th featured the first use of the Zoomius TITAN RFID timing and scoring system to manage a complete race event.
The event included practice sessions, qualifying sessions, sprint races and an endurance race, all of which were completely managed, gridded, timed and scored by the Zoomius TITAN RFID race management system. Live timing and scoring, results and laptimes were available to all racers with a wi-fi enabled computer.
"The race weekend was a complete success," said Chris Keane, CEO of Zoomius Inc. "Our long-term research and development has paid off with a great result. Our receivers at start/finish, pit-in and pit-out gave everyone -- staff and racers alike -- a complete and accurate picture of everything that was happening at any moment."
RFID tags are low-cost, disposable labels that significantly reduce the cost of outfitting each vehicle. The entry list for the Z2/USGPRU weekend featured just under one hundred motorcycles. The total cost of outfitting each vehicle was $0.40 (forty cents) for a total of around $40 -- less than one thousandth of the cost of outfitting all vehicles with traditional powered transponders.
RFID technology is largely used for tracking goods in warehouses and other low speed/short range applications. Zoomius's patent-pending RFID timing system has been in development for several years and has solved significant problems yet to be discovered by other companies who have recently made forays into RFID timing systems.
"There have been huge hurdles to overcome since we began development in 2002," continued Keane. "Our new technology has shown no problem reliably scoring vehicles traveling in excess of 180mph and in large clusters such as at the start of a race. Actually, 180mph isn't a limit of our RFID system, we just can't get our bikes to go faster on the front straight at Reno-Fernley."
This first successful race weekend has demonstrated that RFID timing and scoring is more than just an interesting concept and that the technology is primed for widespread acceptance into the racing community. The system is portable, easy to set up and is fully integrated with the industry-leading TIGER registration management software from Zoomius. Several race organizations are planning tests of the technology in the near future.
About Zoomius Inc.
Zoomius Inc., is the industry leader in information systems for track-based businesses. Zoomius specializes in providing systems to streamline operations and reduce costs for track day organizations of all sizes. In 2007 Zoomius expanded into providing end-to-end information management systems for race organizations and now provides completely integrated solutions to some of the largest club racing organizations in the United States. For more information please visit www.zoomius.com
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