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[Straightliner]

Originally Posted by SC321X

As far as shift timers you have to be careful staging with shift timers. If stage and your flickers and have to push the button again you have to remember to put the shifter back in 1st gear, or the brake won't hold.

What do you mean by this?

[SC321X]

Most people who shift on time while throttle stop racing go on the stop from .000 to .300 and shift out of 1st gear around .5 seconds, come off the stop in high gear. When you are staging the car if you flicker the light and hit the trans brake button, when you come off the button to re-stage your timer will shift in to 2nd gear while you are re-staging and the transbrake will not hold in second gear. You HAVE to put the shifter back in low gear before you stage again. If you don't the brake will not hold and you will roll the beams. As long as you dont have to hit the trans- brake a second time there is no problem.

[Straightliner]

Got it. Thanks.

[SC321X]

What I just described to you happened 1st round at Stanton. The guy I ran 1st round flickered the blttom bulb, got off the button to stage an inch deeper and when he put his finger on the button it had shifted to 2nd gear and the trans brake didn't work in 2nd gear. He rolled the beam and I got a free pass to 2nd round.

[Straightliner]

Note taken!!