Short definitions for the terms you will see across Racey. Use this when a word in the docs, product, or a conversation with your league staff needs a quick sanity check. If you want deeper workflow detail, the role guides and quick reference go a level further.
Roles and People
Steward
The person or panel who reviews protests and issues rulings. Stewards work from evidence, not vibes — they vote independently under blind review and pick from a fixed penalty ladder.
Race Director
The operational owner of race weekends. Sets schedules, manages the roster, publishes results, and runs race control. Sits between the league admin and the stewards.
Founding Member
A user-facing profile badge for early Racey community members. It is separate from Founding League status and does not grant a league plan by itself.
Founding League
One of the first five leagues on Racey. Founding Leagues get Enterprise tier features free, permanently — this offer is capped at five and closes once those slots are taken.
Discord and Integrations
Linked Account
A saved connection between a Racey user and an external identity such as iRacing or Discord. Discord links can come from OAuth sign-in or from the bot /link flow.
Slash Command
A Discord command that starts with /. Racey currently uses /setup, /link, /protest, /standings, /results, /schedule, /leaderboard, /myresults, and /penalty-points.
Discord Webhook
A Discord URL tied to one channel. Racey can post league events through a webhook without needing drivers to link accounts, but webhook posts are channel-wide and cannot send personal DMs.
Racey Discord Bot
The Discord app that links a server to a Racey league, powers slash commands, and sends direct messages to linked drivers. Admins configure it with /setup; drivers link with /link.
Bot Pipeline
Racey's server-side Discord delivery path for bot-managed channels and DMs. It is separate from per-league webhook delivery and supports configured notification and results channels.
Penalty Points
A Pro/Enterprise stewarding tracker for driver discipline. Linked drivers can use /penalty-points to see their active points before they hit the league threshold.
Protests and Rulings
Protest
A formal complaint filed by a driver about an on-track incident or rule violation. Includes evidence (clip, telemetry, description) and is routed to stewards for review.
Ruling
The verdict issued by a steward on a protest. The typical outcomes are no action, warning, time or position penalty, disqualification, or race ban — always drawn from the league's pre-defined penalty ladder.
Appeal
A challenge to a ruling, reviewed by a different steward or panel than the one that issued the original decision. The appellant can submit additional evidence, and the appeals panel can uphold, modify, or overturn.
Blind Review
A stewarding mode where driver identities are hidden while the protest is being reviewed. Stewards see car numbers and evidence, but not names or teams, until after the ruling is published. Reduces reputation bias.
Seasons and Events
Season
A container for a related set of events — for example, "Spring 2026 GT3 Championship". A season has its own schedule, roster, scoring rules, and standings. Each league can run many seasons in parallel or over time.
Round / Event
A single race weekend within a season — practice, qualifying, and the race itself — tied to a specific track and date. A season is made up of rounds.
Multiclass
An event or season where multiple car classes race together on the same track but are scored and standinged separately. For example, a GT3 and GT4 class sharing an endurance race with independent championships.
Endurance Stint
A driver-swap session within a long-format event where multiple drivers share the same car. Stints track which driver was in the seat for which laps so results and penalties attribute correctly.
Drop Weeks
The lowest-scoring rounds excluded from a championship total. A league can use them to soften the impact of absences or bad luck across a season.
Stage Points
Bonus championship points awarded for finishing positions at mid-race stage breaks, commonly used in NASCAR-style formats.
Team Scoring
A standings method where drivers contribute to a team championship. Racey supports methods such as best N, sum all, and average all.
Manufacturer Scoring
A standings method that groups drivers by manufacturer and calculates a manufacturer championship separately from driver and team standings.
Half Points
A scoring rule that awards 50% points when a race does not complete enough of its scheduled distance.
Product Surfaces
Race Control
The live operations panel for flags, marshal notes, incident context, and race-day coordination. Race directors manage it; stewards and broadcasters may have view-only access.
Broadcast Console
The broadcaster surface for copying overlay URLs and managing browser-source overlays for OBS.
Communications
The league area for announcements and member-facing messages. Depending on Discord setup, published communications may also post to Discord.
Rulebook
The league's official rules reference inside Racey. Drivers and staff use it as the source for procedures, penalties, and sporting rules.
Guidelines
Operational guidance that sits beside the rulebook. Guidelines explain expectations and workflows without always being formal rules.
Tokenized URL
A URL that includes a signed token proving access. Racey uses tokenized URLs for protected broadcast overlays in private leagues.
Money and Plans
Entry Fee
An optional payment required to register for a season. Processed via the league admin's Stripe Connect account using direct charges — Racey takes 0%. Refunds and disputes are handled by the admin from their own Stripe dashboard.
Tier / Plan
The subscription level on a league owner's account — Free, Pro, or Enterprise. The tier determines which features are unlocked, not how much of the driver's money Racey keeps. Racey always keeps zero of entry fees, regardless of plan.
Scoring System
The point structure that converts race finishes into championship points. Racey ships presets (F1, NASCAR, IndyCar, IMSA/WEC, Oval Weekly, Road Weekly, GT3, Heat+Feature) and Pro users can build fully custom point tables with bonuses, stage points, drop weeks, and multiclass splits.
Related Guides
- League Admin Guide — the full admin walkthrough
- Steward Guide — blind review, voting, and appeals
- Driver Guide — registration, results, and filing protests
- Quick Reference — permissions, plan limits, and workflows