Help me with Track Times?
 

I'm a total amature when it comes to the track. I don't really know much about it at all expect for the 1/4 time. So if someone would please help me and explain what the 60 ft. time is ... what is it, what is good, what is bad, ... also the reaction time, ... what is it ... what is good, what is bad, ... and the light time... or is that the same thing as the reaction time? Someone please explain all of this for me. Thanks!!!

The Reaction Time(R/T) is the time from when the last yellow bulb on the tree goes out and the driver begins to move down the track (or activate the timing system). For example, in our E.T. bracket classes, the tree flashes the yellow lights for 5/10th's of a second before turning green. A perfect reaction time, therefore would be a .500, meaning that 5/10th's of a second after the yellow went out, the driver took off. The higher the number the slower the reaction time for the driver. For instance a driver with a reaction time of .600 would be a tenth of a second slower on the starting line than a driver with the aforementioned .500. One thing that should be noted is the fact that the actual time for a quarter-mile run includes the reaction time plus the actual time on the track.

The 60FT time tells you how long it takes from the starting line to 60FT out on the drag strip.

No RT in ET
 

The ET does not include the RT. You could lose with a lower ET if the other guy got you asleep at the tree. The win would include ET+RT for both drivers. But RT is not included in ET. Hope this makes sense.

Rev