LeeRacer.java

public class LeeRacer implements Racer{
	
	private int maxSpeed;
	private int maxHandling;
	private String[] track;
	private int position;
	
	public LeeRacer(){
			maxSpeed = 50;
			maxHandling = 50;
			position = 0;
	}
	
	public boolean crossedFinishLine(){
		if(getTrackLength() == 0){
			return true;
		}else{
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	public void tick(){
		int counter = 0;
		if(counter == 10){
			System.out.println("you are at the " + position + "position");
			
		}else{
			counter++;
		}
	}
	
	public void setTrack(String[] t){
		track = t;
	}
	
	public int getTrackLength(){
		return track.length;
	}
	
	public int getPositionOnTrack(){
		return position;
	}
	
	public int getMaxSpeed(){
		return maxSpeed;
	}
	
	public int getMaxHandling(){
		return maxHandling;
	}
}

Race.java

public class Race {
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Race r = new Race();
		try {
			r.beginRace();
		} catch (InterruptedException e) {
			System.out.println("Unable to execute race...");
		}
		System.out.println(r.getWinnersList());
	}
	
	private Racer[] racers;
	private String[] map;
	
	public Race() {
		System.out.println("Welcome to the race! Let's get started...");
		map = new String[20];
		initTrack();
		racers = new Racer[9];
		initRacers();
	}
	
	private void initRacers() {
		/*racers[0] = new GianlucaRacer();
		racers[0].setTrack(map);
		...etc...*/
		racers[0] = new LeeRacer();
		racers[0].setTrack(map);
		
	}
	
	private void initTrack() {
		map = new String[] {"0", "0", "0", "x", "0", "s", "0", "p", "x", "x", "x", "0", "0", "p", "0", "s", "x", "x", "0", "0"};
	}
	
	public void beginRace() throws InterruptedException {
		while(raceIsInProgress()) {
			for (int i = 0; i < racers.length; i++) {
				if (!racers[i].crossedFinishLine()) {
					racers[i].tick();
				}
			}
			Thread.sleep(100);
		}
	}
	
	public boolean raceIsInProgress() {
		int completedRacers = 0;
		for (int i = 0; i < racers.length; i++) {
			if (racers[i].crossedFinishLine()) {
				completedRacers++;
			}
		}
		return (completedRacers != racers.length);
	}
	
	/*
	public boolean raceIsInProgress() {
		for(int i = 0; i < racers.length; i++) {
			if(!racers[i].crossedFinishLine()) {
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	}
	*/
	
	public String getWinnersList() {
		String str = "";
		// collect winners list
		return str;
	}
}

Racer.java

interface Racer {
	boolean crossedFinishLine();
	void tick();
	void setTrack(String[] t);
	int getTrackLength();
	int getPositionOnTrack();
	int getMaxSpeed();
	int getMaxHandling();
}