RaceYear Calendar help center
Quick answers to what people ask most, and how to reach us. For step-by-step help, see the Tutorials. For every screen in detail, see the user guide.
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- Step-by-step tutorials: the best first stop if you are new.
- User guide start page: signing in, choosing your role, finding your way around, and your account.
- For fans: setting your location, browsing races, following and syncing to your phone calendar.
- For drivers: driver setup, finding races, building and sharing your season, promo graphics and settings.
- For track owners: claiming a track, the Owner Portal, keeping your schedule current, embed and QR.
- Badges, icons and FAQ: what each badge means and answers to common questions.
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- You can look around without an account. Sign in only to save a follow, a season, or a profile. Continue with Google is the only sign-in method.
- Follow a track, driver, series, or single race to get a webcal or iCal feed for Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook. It stays in sync on its own.
- Drivers: only your Going races appear on your public schedule for fans.
- Track owners: you can edit a track only after an admin approves your claim.
Quick answers
Do I need an account to use the RaceYear Calendar?
No. The whole catalog is public to browse. You only need to sign in (with Google) to follow something, build a season, or manage a track. Accounts and choosing your role
How do I get races into my phone's calendar?
Follow any track, driver, series, or race. You'll get a webcal/iCal feed link to add to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook. It stays in sync on its own. Follow and sync your calendar
What's the difference between "Maybe" and "Going"?
On a driver season, "Maybe" is tentative and "Going" is locked in. You can filter by either, and bulk-confirm your maybes. Only your Going races appear on your public schedule for fans. Build your season
A race I follow got canceled. What happens?
Canceled races are flagged rather than silently removed, and the change flows into your synced calendar. Follow and sync your calendar
How do I become a verified driver?
In Settings, click Get verified and submit a proof link (your racing social, a results page) plus an optional note. An admin reviews it and grants the blue ✓. Profile, budget and verification
I own a track. How do I manage it here?
Open your track's page and click "Own this track?" to submit a claim. After an admin approves it, the track appears in your Owner Portal. Claim your track
How does the tow-cost estimate work?
My Season multiplies the round-trip distance from your home base to each track by the fuel cost per mile you set in Settings. Update either and the totals recompute. Location and budget
Can I export my season to another app?
Yes. From My Season you can download an .ics file or a CSV, and use Export for RaceTrips (CSV) to move your season into the RaceTrips expense tracker. Share and export your schedule
How do I report wrong data?
On any track page, use the Report an issue button. Reports land in a queue to be fixed. More answers
How do I switch between light and dark mode?
Use the sun/moon toggle in the header. Your choice is remembered across sessions. Navigating the app
Contact RaceYear Calendar
Something not working, or a question the answers above don't cover? Contact us. Telling us your device, your browser, and what you were doing when the problem happened helps us sort it out faster.
Found wrong data on a track page? Use the Report an issue button there and it goes into the queue to be fixed.