For drivers
Set up your driver profile, find races, build and share your season, and make promo graphics.
For drivers
Driver setup
Route: /setup
Driver setup is a five-step wizard that tailors race discovery to you. A progress bar tracks your place.
A progress-bar wizard. Each step narrows what you'll see on Find Races.
- Where are you based? Your city and state (or ZIP). Travel distance is measured from here.
- How far will you travel? A radius in miles or driving hours.
- What do you race? Select one or more car classes (Late Model, Modified, Sprint, and more).
- Which series are you targeting? A searchable, body-grouped checklist.
- Save profile. You land on Find Races, tuned to your setup.
Find races and fill weekends
Header → Find Races · Route: /races
Find Races is race discovery tuned to your profile, built to fill your calendar fast.
Every race card has two add buttons, and flags races that match your class.
Filter the list
- Filter by series, car class, state, and distance radius.
- Toggle between “Going only” and “might race here.”
- Set a date range to focus on a stretch of the season.
Add a race two ways
Every race card gives you two buttons: Add as Maybe and Add as Going. Your calendar then shows how sure you are.
Fill your open weekends
A suggestions rail surfaces races that fit the empty weekends in your calendar, flagging ones that match your class. Use the Quick-add button to bulk-add them. A weekend briefing highlights the best races near home this weekend, with weather.
Build your season
Header → My Schedule · Route: /season
My Season puts the full calendar, the budget math, and conflict control in one place.
The season stats strip: counts, next race, purse total, tow miles, and your streak.
See the season
- Stats dashboard: total races, Going vs Maybe, conflicts, a Next Race countdown, season purse, tow miles, estimated cost, and your weekend streak.
- Calendar view: a drag-and-drop month grid, color-coded by series.
- List view: the same races grouped by month. Toggle between the two.
Manage races
- Flip any race between Maybe and Going; filter with the All / Maybe / Going tabs.
- Confirm all Maybe races commits your maybes in one click.
- The conflict resolver appears when two races land on one date. Keep one and drop the rest.
- Removed a race by mistake? A 6-second Undo pill brings it back.
Custom events
Add your own dated entries, like practice nights, banquets, or a one-off race not in the catalog. Mark each public or private; they flow into your calendar and exports, and can be edited or deleted any time.
Create promo graphics
Header → Promote to fans · Route: /posts
The post designer turns your schedule into share-ready 1080×1080 graphics.
Pick a template, and the canvas fills with your brand colors, car number, and races.
Pick a template
- Upcoming 3 races: auto-pulled from your calendar.
- Race Announcement: announce a single date.
- Race Result: finish position and lap time.
- Podium Finish: a top-three layout.
- Sponsor Thanks: shout out your backers.
Make it yours
The canvas uses your brand colors and car photo from Settings. Upload your own background, or generate one with AI from a text prompt. When it looks right, download the PNG, copy it, or share it.
Profile, budget and verification
Profile menu → Edit driver profile · Route: /settings
Settings is your full driver profile plus the numbers that power your season budget.
Profile, budget inputs, and the public-profile toggle all live in Settings.
Profile
- Name, car number, team, bio, and car photo.
- Public-profile toggle: controls whether you appear in the Drivers directory.
- Car classes (including custom ones) and your targeted series.
- Brand colors for your promo graphics.
Location and budget
- Home address / city / state and your max travel distance.
- Fuel cost per mile: drives the tow-cost estimate on My Season.
- Recompute distances: refresh distances after changing your home base.
Get verified
Click Get verified and submit a proof link (your racing social profile, a results page) plus an optional note. Once an admin approves it, a blue ✓ appears on your profile and cards, so fans know it's really you.
More race tools
Header → More race tools · Route: /tools
A curated directory of other racing apps and resources, maintained by the RaceYear team. Each card opens an external tool in a new tab.
Each card opens an external tool in a new tab.
The list is managed by admins, so it stays current.