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Question about E.T. and reaction time
I ran my car at the track last night and ran a 12.77, but I doozed off at the line and had a 1.095 reaction time. This is the first run for this car, and I had a few problems taking off. My question is normally I cut a .550 to .600 light. If I had cut a good light how much would my E.T. have improved?
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Your time wouldnt have improved any. Your reaction time starts when the light goes green and ends when you roll out of the staging beams. When you car does roll out of the staging beams, that is where your e.t. begins.
Andy |
What he said.
No matter if you get a .500 light or a 3.00 light your time will remain the same. Later, |
If the R/T doesn't count toward the E/T, how come everybody's so concerned about trying to get a .400 or .500? If it doesn't matter, why not just leave whenever you feel like it? Unless you're somewhere lucky enough to still run heads up, seems to me the R/T means nothing. Am I understanding this correctly??
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If you suck at getting good reaction times you will get beat all the time.
If you ran a 14.0 and got a .800 light, and I ran a 14.2 but got a .500 light I would beat you. Most races are won and lost at the tree and in the first 60ft. Later, |
Yeah, what he said... hehhe
Whether you are bracket racing, or racing heads up, whoever gets to the end of the track first, wins. In time trials your r.t doesnt matter, but thats when people like to practice. Andy |
R.T.s make the difference
Unless you have a noticable e.t. advantage over your opponent in a heads up race then your reaction time will not matter. But if you are both running equal in e.t.s than your race will be won or lost on the starting line. As for bracket racing, you must cut good lights to win as long as you are consistant with your dial ins.
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So as long as I make my dial in, it doesn't matter what my R/T is?
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The 14.2 got you by .3 off the light so he would beat you by .1 at the end.
It doesnt matter if you are heads up or bracket racing if the other guy is taking you off the line all night you might as well stay home. |
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I lost last weekend by running two tenths of a second better on third round eliminations than my dial in time, but I did put like three cars on the other stang. I still lost though. Isn't that funny anyway, running consistant all day long, then WAM .2 better out of no where?! |
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Right, but I was clarifing that it's not just whoever gets to the end of the track first!;)
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Thats true. My bad. It has been awhile since I have bracket raced. I totally forgot about developing a rash. (breaking out):D
Andy |
USMC if you got there first, and the other guy won. You either red lighted or broke out.
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Ive been around bracket racing for all my life since my dad has done it in his tube chassis 69 mustang for about 25 years now and i finished building my tube chassis 86 about 2 years ago. Bracket racing is who ever gets to the finish first without running out. Running out means running faster then your dial in. If both cars run out who ever runs out less wins. Reaction time plays a huge part in bracket racing or any kind of drag racing because it gives u the hole shot. The idea is to get to the finish first but by as little margin of victory as possible to ensure that you dont run out. So you get on the brakes and try to get to the finish line by no more than a tire in front of your opponent. If your not going to be able to get to the finish line first then as soon as your opponent is about to cross the stripe you hit your brakes (which is called dumping) to ensure that you dont run out and hoping that he does. Oh i read one of the other posts talking about reaction time affecting e.t. Well it doesnt. Your e.t is in no way affected by your reaction time.
bryan 90 lx 86 tube chassis coupe |
Yeap, I broke out. Should have let off I guess, but it felt like a crappy run...
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