Antony Vickery
Data Analyst, kart dad, and the person behind Race Ninja. Building accessible motorsport analysis tools for grassroots racers.
GoPro GPS not working? Fixes, and how to know your data is good enough to race
You filmed a great session, went to check your lap times, and there's no GPS data. Frustrating. The good news is that it's almost always one of a handful of simple causes, and they're all easy to fix. Start here: is GPS actually on? GPS is a setting, and it can be switched off. O...
RaceChrono vs Harry's LapTimer vs Race Ninja: Which Karting App is Right for You?
Three popular karting apps, three very different approaches. An honest side-by-side comparison of RaceChrono, Harry's LapTimer and Race Ninja for kart racers.
Your fastest lap could be on our homepage
This week a Junior Rotax lap at Llandow Kart Circuit came up on the Race Ninja homepage. Then a session from Daytona Sandown Park took over for a few visits. Then somebody at Kartomania International Circuit in India. We've started using real drivers as our heroes. Literally on...
How to Improve Your Lap Times with Data Analysis
Feel is unreliable. Data isn't. Here's how to use sector analysis, racing line comparison and AI coaching to find the tenths you're leaving on track.
Upload GoPro Videos via Cloud Share Link
Paste a GoPro Cloud share link and Race Ninja downloads the original video with full GPS telemetry directly from GoPro's servers. No phone download, no re-upload, no lost metadata.
Fourteen Countries, Five Continents, Zero Manual Setup
Race Ninja now covers karting circuits in 14 countries across five continents. Every single track was auto-detected from racer uploads, not added manually. Here's how that happened.
AI Karting Coach: How AI is Changing Grassroots Motorsport
AI coaching used to be an F1 luxury. Now it analyses your GoPro footage corner by corner and tells you where the time is. Here's what that actually looks like.
Your GoPro Settings Are Probably Costing You Data
Most racers leave their GoPro on default settings and wonder why their GPS data looks wrong. Here's exactly what to change and the one habit that makes the biggest difference to your analysis.
Race Ninja and Google Cloud for Startups
We have been part of the Google Cloud for Startups program for six months. Here is what that means for the platform and everyone using it.
Your track map just got a proper upgrade
Full control over your track map overlay. Line thickness, dot size, start line, trace borders and real GPS trace preview from your fastest lap.
See where your speed drops at a glance
The lap time consistency chart on your Overview tab now shows colour-coded speed zone bars behind each lap, so you can spot patterns in your speed distribution without clicking into individual laps.
Your dashboard now keeps you in the loop
We added a What's New section to your dashboard so you can see what we've been working on without having to check the blog.