Tampa FL (January 27, 2010) ChronoTrack hosted an impressive 170 attendees, representing over 85 timing companies from North America, at its annual timing conference which was the largest collection of industry leaders ever. The much anticipated release of the B-Tag™ took center stage. This purely passive RFID tag located in the racer’s race bib is best in its class and has been exhaustively tested in all conditions to set the industry standard. It offers accuracy within hundredths of a second with a 99.8%+ read rate and will revolutionize electronic race timing by putting the timing device on the bib where it belongs.

“We listened to our customers. We have worked on this product for over 18 months and have tested prototypes exhaustively. This will set the industry standard, guaranteed. Our network of timers, events and athletes told us that we needed to come to market with a product they can use without fail and we are proud to have met their demand.” says ChronoTrack President and CEO Daniel Howell.

ChronoTrack also launched its new MiniTrack Timing system at the conference. This pint size but full featured system comes with a 12 foot timing line and has the power to drive a full 14 foot timing line as easily as its bigger brothers the 400 and 800 systems. This technology will maximize a timer’s ability to cost effectively offer more splits and to reach the triathlon and adventure race market with one simple cost effective solution. This system also includes hot swappable 18 volt lithium power tool batteries to maximize ease of use and reduce cost. These batteries can be purchased at any major home improvement store.

“This MiniTrack Timing system by itself is everything a timer needs to score triathlons or the smaller 5K and 10K races. It is also fully compatible with and can be attached to the larger 800 and 400 series controllers. Now a timer can cost effectively offer more splits and backup lines which bring more value to their larger events. Its functionality and compact size are a perfect combination of cost, form and function” says Bob Finnegan Director of Business Development.

ChronoTrack expands its network of strategic partners to add value to races and diversify service to drive participant experience. Utilizing powerful technologies from companies such as Impinj Inc, MPI, CradlePoint, Bazu Sports and Active.com ChronoTrack offers a one stop solution to all timing and technology needs.

ChronoTrack is the market leader in timing systems technology. They revolutionized the industry in 2008 with their disposable timing tag called the D-Tag®. They redefined the industry standard with their UHF RFID Controller and Tag system and successfully demonstrated this at The ING New York City Marathon collecting more than 1.1 millions times with an error rate of less than 0.009%! ChronoTrack is slated, in the near future, to time the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Bloomsday and the Rotterdam Marathon plus other events involving over 4 million athletes in 2010.

METRO Group Marathon Düsseldorf has announced their switch to ChronoTrack transponder timing. At the yearly conference of German Road Races (GRR) in Antalya Turkey, race director Jan Winschermann was convinced by the new technology. The transition to ChronoTrack was first planned for the event in 2011 but now the upcoming event on May 2, 2010 will already feature the ChronoTrack system. Mr. Winschermann states enthusiastically “we are always looking into providing optimal service to our runners and in our opinion this new timing technology exactly meets this need.”

The D-Tag offers many advantages. The single use chip eliminates the need for specialized chip pickup counters and chip return stations as chip deposits are a thing of the past. Also the issues with uncomfortable pressure from the ChampionChip’s transponder on the shoe is history. Above all the D-Tag guarantees even more data security then it’s predecessor. Also Ecologically it makes sense to utilize the ChronoTrack system, The inventors [ChronoTrack] together with FitPlanet have set-up a sound recycling program [for the D-Tag].

For more information:
www.metrogroup-marathon.de

For the original press release in german:
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November 7, 2009 saw the joining of two racing giants: ChronoTrack Systems and the Iceman Cometh Challenge Bicycle Race, the largest single-day mountain bike race in America. As the largest group of competitors in the history of the race, 4400 cyclists lined up that Saturday to compete in the 28-mile mountain bike race starting in downtown Kalkaska, Michigan. continue

The ChronoTrack D-Tag has become the industry standard for high-tech road race timing. The ground-breaking disposable D-Tag and the introduction of racing’s first successful tag-on-a-bib system, called the B-Tag, have made ChronoTrack timers’ primary choice for road races around the world. One timer, however, has been experimenting with other ways to use the ChronoTrack system. continue

On Sunday, November 1, nearly 44,000 runners gathered at the base of the Varrazano-Narrows Bridge in Staten Island, New York to celebrate –and run– the fortieth New York City Marathon. This year, after vetting over 100,000 applicants, the New York Road Runners hosted the world’s largest marathon in history, breaking records for both the number of entrants and the largest number of finishers. In addition to drawing a record amount of runners, they managed it all with a brand new timing system: invented and produced by eighteen month old ChronoTrack Systems and featuring a device called the D-tag, it is the race world’s first and most successful disposable timing system.

The ChronoTrack timing system utilizes an adhesive tag, printed on and numbered according to the runners’ bibs. Athletes remove the tag from their own bib, and loop the D-tag through their shoe laces, forming the signature D shape. Although significantly different from its predecessors, “It’s a simple system to use,” says New York Road Runners VP of Administration and Operations Ken Winell. “It doesn’t require an engineering degree. We basically trained our finance team, among others, to score races for us.”

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Over 25,000 runners successfully used the world’s most advanced timing system

Seattle, Washington, July 15, 2009 – ChronoTrack Systems Inc. today announced that the company’s race timing system, based on Impinj UHF Gen 2 radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, performed flawlessly at the inaugural running of the Seattle Rock & Roll Marathon on June 27. The sold-out event saw over 25,000 participants and featured both a half and full marathon that utilized the RFID-based system to record runners’ times at more than 18 points along the course. continue