Scoring pylon, 7 segment displays?

[midmoslts]

Not sure if this question belongs in this section or not, but I couldn't figure out a better location.

Anyone ever do a scoring pylon using 7 segment displays?

My track is in my basement and just happens to have a support post running right up through the center of one of the turns. I have had several different ideas on what I should do to it to make it look better, finished, fit in, or blend in. The other day I had a race on the TV behind the track while I was playing and as they ran down the front stretch I noticed the scoring pylon. Then I got to thinking that I could box in the post and make a static scoring pylon. I have a vinyl plotter so I could cut vinyl numbers to represent the position and car number. Add the track logo to a slightly larger section on the top and have a post that looked like it belonged in the center of the track rather than just a post that I had to work around.

Then as I was telling a fellow racer my thought he said.....Why not make it work?

I'm not sure what direction to go next. I wouldn't think it would be all that hard. I am using Race Coordinator for timing and scoring and it has the ability to do things that blows my mind. Now I'm not saying that I understand how to make it do them all, but I have had luck figuring out most of the ones that I have wanted to use.

Thoughts on how it may work...
Position number (Fixed number) / lane number (Displayed on a 7 segment display) IE...
1 3
2 2
3 4
4 1

OR

Position number (Fixed number) / Car number (Displayed on a 7 segment display) IE...
1 24
2 52
3 31
4 3

Could even do a lap number display on the top too using 3 7 segment displays. That would handle 0 - 999 laps.

Has anyone ever done anything like this before or would I be the first?

[indybob007]

[midmoslts]

That's it. I assume that the car numbers are static (fixed and don't change) on you pylon, but they sure look like the real deal. If they are the real deal how did you go about the logic that drives them?

[indybob007]

Yes they are static. I just copied the real one. Race position was done with the white decals' Red is the car no. At top is no. of laps completed. Indybob