MYLAPS Sports Timing

MYLAPS Sports Timing
Industry Sports Timing
Founded 1982 (AMB i.t.), 1993 (ChampionChip), merged to MYLAPS Sports Timing in 2008
Headquarters Haarlem, Netherlands
Products Sports Timing systems
Website www.mylaps.com

MYLAPS Sports Timing is a Dutch manufacturer of sports timing systems, creating equipment for both active sports such as running, triathlon and bicycle racing and motorized sports like car racing and kart racing. The company is based in Haarlem, Netherlands.

History

AMB i.t.

AMB i.t. was founded in Haarlem, Netherlands in 1982 by Alfonsus Maria "Fons" Bervoets; brother of Pieter Bervoets (founder of Serpent and Virtual RC), it was developed as a university project for his electronic studies to keep track of the results in radio-controlled car racing,[1] creating the world's first automatic sports timing system. In 1990 the first automatic timing systems for professional car and bike racing were being implemented by the company. AMB i.t. introduced personal transponders in 1996, what meant that racers no longer needed to rent a transponder at every event in which they participated but have their own. In 2000, the company introduced the first multi-loop timing system which enabled intermediate timing points at the track, giving racers and their teams insight in their intermediate times. In 2003, AMB i.t. launched a website at which race organizers could publish their event results and track owners and racing clubs could publish results of practice sessions, called mylaps.com.

ChampionChip

The finish of the 100th Boston Marathon, using the ChampionChip system

ChampionChip was founded in 1993 in Nijmegen, Netherlands. This company created the first timing system for mass running events, of which the Zevenheuvelenloop was the very first and the Berlin Marathon in 1994 was the first big international race in which the ChampionChip system was used.[2] ChampionChip introduced a new product called TimePoint in 2007: permanently timed tracks in public places such as parks or other public sports facilities. TimePoints are installed on different places throughout the world, including the Netherlands,[3] Mexico and Sweden.[4]

MYLAPS Sports Timing

The companies merged to MYLAPS Sports Timing in 2008 - which was already a well-known name in motorized racing as mylaps.com was AMB i.t.'s website at which racing results were being published.

Products

Active sports

MYLAPS supplies different systems for different types of sports, differed by each sport's requirements (for example velocity and weight demands). In active sports, three main systems can be distinguished: the ChampionChip system, the ProChip system and the BibTag system. Together, these systems provide timing for running events, bicycle racing, triathlon, swimming, ice skating and more.[5]

Motorized sports

Timing systems for motorized racing are differed mainly by velocity. MYLAPS provides systems for car racing, bike racing, motocross, snocross, kart racing, radio-controlled vehicle racing and more.[5]

MYLAPS users

MYLAPS timing systems are used worldwide by many sports events, racing series and race tracks worldwide, including:

References

  1. ↑ http://www.femca-rc.com/?page_id=824
  2. ↑ "Information on the system". mhrrc.org. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "TimePoint at University Nijmegen". ru.nl. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "TimePoint". mylaps.com. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "MYLAPS Product List". mylaps.com. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 "MYLAPS Brochure" (PDF). mylaps.com. Retrieved 4 June 2012.

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