2009 Northwest Boxster Spec Cup

Gorman Motorsports is proud to sponsor the 2009 Boxster Spec Cup Series. Click the MORE link for the entire release.

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Gorman Motorsports at Auto Club Speedway

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Gorman Motorsports will be at the Auto Club Speedway with the Los Angeles Chapter of the BMW club to teach our class; “Data Acquisition using Traqmate and Traqview”. This should be an exciting event with Traqmate being used in each car so students have real world data to compare against faster instructors.

Part II of II: Using Traqmate with your Mac

In Part I, we discussed using a virtual machine and configuring Windows and installing Traqview. We finished it off by getting the .tqm data off of the DU. In Part II of the series we’re going to take the next step and get the video off your camcorder or Chasecam and synchronizing it with your data. Video can be somewhat tricky due to so many standards and new technologies, however, we will keep it simple and easy. In order to synchronize video with your .tqm data we’re going to need a few things.
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MoTeC Dealer Announcement

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Gorman Motorsports is very pleased to announce we are now an official MoTeC Data Acquisition Dealer. MoTeC makes the very best hardware and software for the most demanding club racer up to the professional race team. The MoTeC ADL line of dashes combined with the MoTeC i2 software have astonishing capabilities. We are excited to bring this level of capability to our customers.

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Gorman Motorsports has been fully trained by MoTeC USA with the ADL and SDL dash products, sensors, programmable shift lights, Chasecam integration, i2 software, wiring, looms, and more. We will be producing custom mil-spec wiring and looms to match each customers unique requirements. We have the full support of the MoTeC USA team in the background.

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The MoTeC product line compliments our existing product line very nicely and falls squarely at the high end. If you need the most powerful system out there, then this is it. We will be offering team support packages, trackside support, product sales and installation services.

We plan a MoTeC install on our #341 Spec Boxster. We will post information as it evolves. We have some very trick ideas we want to test out.

For more information; drop us a line or call. We can discuss what advantages MoTeC has over other systems and discuss the trade-offs. Look for us to appear on the MoTeC Dealer pages soon.

Beginning TraqStudio To Improve Driver Performance

We will be holding our first Traqstudio training day on Saturday April 18, 2009 at our shop in Fremont. This class is an excellent way for a beginner to get up to speed or an advanced user to brush up.

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This is a beginning level class to help students utilize Traqmate and Traqstudio to improve driver performance. This class starts with the fundamentals of Data Acquisition using Traqmate and Traqstudio and ends with the student proficient in the Traqstudio software. This class doesn’t just repeat the manual, it teaches students how to use the software to become faster.

This class will cover the following topics:

- What is Data Acquisition?
- Using Data Acquisition for Driver Improvement
- Basic Data Collection
- TraqStudio Fundamentals
- Data Analysis using Traqstudio
- Real World Analysis of Braking, Throttle, Steering, Proper Line, and more
- Weekend Workflow
- Question and Answer Session

The class is $99.00.

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Johannes van Overbeek of Flying Lizard Motorsports comments on Gorman Motorsports

johannesKenny and Dan at Gorman Motorsports are the first guys I have come across who really understand Traqmate. They not only know how it works, but how to use the many tools embedded in Traqmate to highlight where you and the car could be faster. Their helpfulness and knowledge with data acquisition is a must if you’re serious about going faster.

Johannes van Overbeek
Flying Lizard Motorsports

Ecliptech Shift Light Installation

The Austrailian company Ecliptech offers a sweet little unit for a shift light.  We decided to go ahead and install one and give it a whirl in the Spec Boxster.

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Announcing AiM Sports and Intercomp product lines

We are very pleased to announce we will be carrying the AiM line of data acquisition products as well as adding the Intercomp line of alignment, setup, pressure, and temperature tools. All of these products get our full customer support just like any other product we sell.

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AiM Sports manufactures a fantastic line of integrated dash products that plug into most common ECU/DME packages. These dashes offer the next logical step up once you need more than 4 channels of incoming sensor data, or want the integrated dash capabilities. The MXL line of dashes are perfect for the seasoned racer, semi-pro, or pro level team. The AiM products all use the very powerful Race Studio2 software. Gorman Motorsports will carry the full MXL line of products as well as the associated software,sensors, and accessories. We pride ourselves in actually using the gear we sell, so we will be running an MXL dash in our Spec Boxster for the 2009 season in order to become intimately familiar with it’s operation. Check out the Aim Sports section in our store.

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Intercomp makes the very best alignment and setup tools, as well as fantastic gauges. These products are a perfect compliment to your data acquisition gear. Once you decide to make a setup change, you are going to need the right tools to do it. We chose Intercomp because we use these products ourselves, and swear by them. Check out the new Intercomp section in our store.

New web store open for business

We are very excited to announce our new Gorman Motorsports Store.  We have upgraded our capabilities in order to serve our customers better.  The store is packed with all the best gear that we race with and recommend to our customers.   The new store has built in shipping options, customer feedback, order history and much more.

Look for more product announcements soon, we are working on some great additions to our lineup.

Traqview & Traqstudio 2.15 annouced

Track Systems has announced the availability of Traqview/Traqstudio 2.15. Both are a free download and we encourage all our customers to upgrade to the new versions for TraqView and TraqStudio. In addition to fixing various stability issues they have also added more features. We have already taken the 2.15 release for a spin and have really found the HP/Torque component very exciting in conjunction with the new elevation feature. Track Systems has also provided a very simple way to input your vehicle dimensions to calculate the Torque/HP data. We are also very excited about the turn radius feature as well as the ability to record vehicle setup data like tire pressure right within the application. We believe these new features will further compliment an already great product.
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