about 1 month ago
And the winners are...
👏Congratulations to the outstanding participants of the Hack the Track Hackathon! You've crossed the finish line with flying colors!
Check out the winning projects along with all of the awesome submissions in the Hack the Track gallery and see the champions in action!
- 🏆 Grand Prize - Driver Training & Insights: Telemetry/Driver Comparison AI - This project impressively bridges the gap between amateur and professional racing by delivering a cloud-based AI telemetry platform capable of precise, meter-by-meter driver comparisons. Utilizing a robust stack of React and Supabase, the team engineered a high-performance pipeline that processed 23.2 million raw data…
about 2 months ago
Only 3 days left to enter your submission to the Hack the Track!
Submissions are due November 24th at 5pm PT.
📝 Submission checklist:
Run through this list before you sit back from your project:
Did you create a working software application that uses the provided Toyota Racing Datasets to build a new solution?
Did you select which category your project falls into?
Are all of your teammates added to your submission form? Remind them to accept the invitation so that they’re listed on the project submission!
Have you created a submission video? Is your video public, coherent and shows your app working? Reminder that any content over three minutes will not…
about 2 months ago
Submission Checklist: It’s Go Time - Accelerate your efforts!
⏳ The checkered flag is in sight: there is just one week left to enter your submission to the Hack the Track. Submissions are due November 24th at 5pm PT.
Whether you’re nearly finished with your submission or have been putting it off and are planning to get everything done this week, the deadline is coming soon!! Get some tips from our submission form process, make sure all of your teammates have accepted their invitations to join the project, and use the checklist below to make sure you’re all set by the deadline!
📝 Submission checklist:
Run through…
2 months ago
Lights, Camera, Action! Submission video tips for hackers
We know as devs and innovators, your expertise normally lies behind the scenes, but the submission video needs time and care too! It's often the first (and sometimes only!) thing that judges review. Your video tells the story behind your project, providing a clear avenue to showcase your software and talent.
Prep your elevator pitch and don’t forget to include
- how your project meets the hackathon requirements
- tools you used
- problem your project addresses
- solution your project addresses
Take the judges for a spin 🛞- demo your project in a way that shows judges how real-world users will interact and…
2 months ago
Did someone say….Prizes?
Whether you’re in it for the learning experience, the community, or just the fun of building cool software solutions, the possibility of winning swanky prizes is always a nice incentive to get you to the finish line! Here’s a reminder of the prize potential for eligible participants:
Overall Prizes:
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Grand Prize
- $7,000 USD in cash
- (2) 3-day general admission tickets to any one 2026 Toyota Customer Racing event sanctioned by SRO America.
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Second Place
- $5,000 in cash
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Third Place
- $3,000 in cash
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Best of Driver Training/ Insights
- $1,000 in cash
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Best of Pre-event predictions
- $1,000 in cash
- Best of Post-event…
3 months ago
How’s your Hack the Track project coming along?
Whether or not you have started building your Hack the Track project, the Devpost’s Discord Community is the perfect place to connect with other developers! Not only can you bounce ideas off each other and ask other developers for technical help, but you can also use it to ask Devpost questions and eventually show off your project when it’s finished! Join the pit crew!
🤝 Teaming up
Accelerate your project by creating or joining a team to combine forces. Post in the Discord channel! You can also use the challenge Participants Tab to search for other developers looking to team…
3 months ago
Give Yourself a Schedule!
A little planning can go a long way toward a winning project. In Hack the Track Hackathon, we want to be sure we get to check out your project and want to help you get there. Plan your route to victory!
Check out our Tips for Planning Your Project and the below rough timeline for when to start different activities: Map out your success!
Brainstorm (Today)
Pick an idea (Tomorrow)
Quick design and how it might work (by the end of next week)
Start building (by the end of October)
Start your submission (First week in November)
Finish up your…
