Creating Grids in the Club Management System

The system includes a sophisticated Grid Generator that create multiple grids for your race day. It is fully configurable to include mixed classes and the ability to set the minimum number of races a competitor must compete in. These grids can then be published to your Alpha Club's page so competitors will know when they're expected to compete before they arrive at the venue. You can find the Grid Calculator in the Tools menu of an Event. 

When you open the grid generator page you will be a shown a list of your classes on the left with the number of entries for each class. Select a class to start configuring the grids. If you want to group two or more classes together click all the required classes. This will then ask you how you'd like to group the classes either Split (separately within their own classes in one grid) or mixed together.

Then set the number of races each competitor needs to race. The system will work out how many races you need to make sure each competitor competes in the set minimum.

To do this you'll also need to let it know your maximum grid size. Set whether it is a Race or Qualifying session and then the system will tell you how many races are required. e.g.

Assuming the max grid size is 34:

1-34 = 3 Heats no groups

35-68 = 6 Heats, Groups A v B

69-102 = 9 Heats, Groups A v B v C

103-136 = 12 Heats, Groups A v B v C v D

If required you can make the first race's grid sorted by the competitor's registration order. You can also change the algorithm that is used to calculate the grids fairly. 

• swap is the default option and will continually swap drivers to get the fairest ration of front, middle and back etc. 
• by rounds is good for grids spanning two days but requires an even number of races. This will place drivers more evenly into the Heats, so reduce the likelihood of the competitor having heats only on one day. 
• even or odd is a much simpler method that will mirror the grids in the first set of heats to the last. You will need four or more races before using this algorithm. 

You can then set which side of the grid pole should be and whether you want late entries and/or entries to be placed at the back of the grid.

When you have generated your grids they will be listed in the Grid Generator page. From here you can Save or Print a PDF of the grids, edit the session name or edit and delete the grids entirely. If you wish to regenerate the grids you will need to delete the classes grid in question first and it will appear in the class list again to be selected. 

If possible you can swap drivers from one heat to another by editing the grids they appear in. When you hover over a driver's grid position it will highlight the same heat grid positions for other drivers. 

If you click the heat in question you will be able to see which drivers are eligible to swap with the chosen driver depending on the algorithm chosen to generate them. Once selected click Update Entry.