Machine Nerve
Built at the track
Journal entries about the Machine Nerve tools David Hodge Jr built at race weekends, from WRL Sebring to Road Atlanta.
- Built at Petit Le Mans: live timing and a position chart
At Petit Le Mans in 2024, David Hodge Jr noted what a team needs from live timing. Machine Nerve now shows a position chart and when rivals last pitted.
- Built at Road Atlanta: focus, flow and fatigue in long stints
Before Road Atlanta in 2026, David Hodge Jr prepared in the simulator with a research framework on focus, flow and fatigue. This is the topic and the tool behind it.
- Built at WRL Road Atlanta: every lap of chosen rivals
At WRL Road Atlanta in 2024, David Hodge Jr wanted to compare chosen drivers lap by lap. Machine Nerve now shows every lap of chosen rivals, with the deltas.
- Built at WRL Sebring: radio call-outs turned into text
At WRL Sebring in 2024, David Hodge Jr saw the need for radio call-outs as text. Machine Nerve now turns them into text that a team can sort and search.
Doors
Pick your way in.
- Race with me Team principals and managers A Bronze who wins in shared cars.
- Co-drive with me Drivers who want endurance racing From your first enduro to IMSA, in the same car.
- Partner with me Brands and partnership leads Hosted weekends, content and technical partners.
- Get coached Drivers and teams Laguna Seca and Sonoma days at Corkscrew Coaching.
- Read the races Fans, media and series staff Every win, told as a story.
- Cheater Bronze The community The doctrine, the receipts and the drop.