If you run hosted sessions on iRacing with a group of friends, you've probably wished there was an easy way to track results over time. Official iRacing leagues have built-in standings, but hosted sessions don't, unless you build something yourself. That's what GridChief does. Here's how to set it up.
Step 1: Create your GridChief account
Head to gridchief.com and sign up. It's free to start and you don't need a paid plan to track a single season with your group. Once you're in, you'll land on the dashboard.
Step 2: Connect your iRacing account
Go to Settings and enter your iRacing credentials. GridChief uses these to pull race results from the iRacing API on your behalf. Your credentials are encrypted and only used for data retrieval. We never modify anything on your iRacing account.
Step 3: Create a league and season
Click "Create League" from the dashboard. Give it a name, something like "Wednesday Night Racing" or whatever your group calls yourselves. Then create a season within that league. This is where you configure your points system: pick a preset like F1 or NASCAR scoring, or build a custom one with your own position points, drop rounds, and bonus points for things like fastest lap or pole position.
Step 4: Import your hosted session results
After you run a hosted session on iRacing, grab the subsession ID from the results page. In GridChief, go to your season and click "Import Results." Paste the subsession ID and GridChief pulls in the full results: finishing positions, lap times, incidents, everything. Standings update instantly based on your points configuration.
Step 5: Share standings with your group
Every season gets a public standings page you can share with a link. Send it to your Discord server or group chat so everyone can check standings, view their personal stats, and see the race calendar. If you've set up the Discord integration, results and standings get posted automatically after each import. No extra work required.
Step 6: Track stats over time
As you import more races, GridChief builds up detailed driver statistics: wins, podiums, average finish, incidents per race, head-to-head records, and track-by-track performance. Every driver gets their own stats page. It's fun to look at after a few races.
That's it
The whole process takes a few minutes to set up, and after that it's just a subsession ID paste after each race. No spreadsheets, no manual data entry, no forgetting to update standings three weeks in. If your group runs hosted sessions regularly and wants real standings without the overhead, check out GridChief.