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Originally Posted by Wtfan18
Heh, nope. That means you actuall reacted 6 tenths slower than a perfect light.
A good reaction time is .1xx or .0xx
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Originally Posted by Wtfan18
Heh, nope. That means you actuall reacted 6 tenths slower than a perfect light.
A good reaction time is .1xx or .0xx
damn i guess i better gas it earlier hahaa. when do people typically mash the throttle... i was trying to figure it out without red lighting. but obviosly im slow haha. so in essence. if you could hit a perfect light i would pick up 6/10's of a second??? obviously i wont but... im just sayin.Quote:
Originally Posted by -HIC-
In other words if the person you are racing cuts a .0xx light you would have to beat there elapsed time by 6 tenths to get the win light. That is why in heads up racing such as top fuel you will hear them say "hole shot win" this means the winning racer had a slower E.T. but since they cut a better light they crossed the finish line first.
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I usally nail it when the last amber lights, I usually cut .1xx reaction, but sometimes I redlight. So by no means am I perfect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wtfan18
wow thats intense lol who knew drag racing was so technical HAHAHA. i guess practice is really the only way to do well in racing haha.
so as the last amber lights you nail it? WOW no wonder im so damn bad lol i was hitting it much beyond that haha. **** the light was probably green by the time i hit it. but again i dont know the rules of how it works so this should help haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by -HIC-
Actually no, You will not pick up anything on your E.T. Reaction time has nothing to do with your quarter mile time. However getting your reaction time down will get you the win light more often. If you think about it this way, if you are leaving 6 tenths behind the other lane you will have to run at least 6 tenths faster to even tie him to the finish line, not that this will affect your E.T., but it will affect the outcome of the race. The timer does not start until your front wheels leave the staged beams and stops when you break the beams at the quarter.
Now some people believe that deep staging (creeping up until pre stage beam goes out) will help the 60' time, but I am of the thinking that the farther back in the beams I am the more momentum I will have before the timers starts. But this is all personal preff.
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ahhh i see. well that makes a little more sense then. i just went and did test and tune so i wasnt really concerned with beating the other guy. although i did beat all the 3 vehicles i raced some old cuda, my buddies dodge, and gmc :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by -HIC-
heh, yeah it certainly helps out when you are racing someone faster to be on top of reaction time. Like I said you can actually beat a faster vehicle by hole shot! And when you are at the track all people care about is who is out front!