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Got tired of reading all those posts, hope I don't repete any. First, S/S and Stock is a bracket race, don't think it's not. Second, this system makes everyone, fast or slow, race your tree, no easy outs. He red lites, game was over, not any more now. Ever hear of some racer dialing slower than the other guy? They won't do it, they want him to red lite first. Been that way forever. We all do it, look for the slower car to race to get any advantage.

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It's about time,a system that does not improve with time is a system due to disappear. I had started a post a while back and was crusified for such suggestion. Time changes which is what we want. just because the other car is faster doesn't mean he should have an easy one, he should pluck at the tree also. I hope NHRA moves on this system soon. They sure were quick at removing deep staging.CR

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Yes, you can.

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Thank you, Michael, for the reply.
Terry Knapper

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How many races were decided by worst red light at the 'Fling ? How many total rounds were run at the race ? Thanks

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I did the $40K race on Thursday.

The tree was activated 454 times.

In 89 pair, there was at least one red light. (19.6%)

In 4 pair, there were double red lights. (0.9%)

Of those, 3 pair had the slower car winning the race with the lesser red light. (0.7% overall)

I've analyzed a few races, and this is definitely at the low end of the spectrum as far as double red lights.

The eventual runner-up (round 9 loser) would have lost in round 5 going -.003 in his slow door car to his quicker opponent's -.026 light.

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Larry this is all I found just 1 class on Saturday



Super Pro Round 1 of Saturday's race.

467 cars went down the track. 75 of them (16%) drew a red bulb.

Of 233 pairs (plus a bye car), 68 pairs (29.2%) featured at least one red light.

7 pairs (3.0%) had double red lights.

3 pairs (1.3%) had double red lights with the slower car getting the win.

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These numbers are pretty typical.

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Are they trying to fix a 1% problem?

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Are they trying to fix a 1% problem?

Larry: Whether it's 1% or .01%, the tree should be fixed. Also, you are talking about top bulb racers at the Spring Fling, it would probably be a different story on a bottom bulb race. The faster car shouldn't just mosey on down the track or get a bye run because the slower car fouled, make everyone take their chance at the tree. No disrespect, just a different side of the story. We can't wait for our local track to get the new feature in the timing system, it would make a huge difference in the end of the year track champion.

Casey Miles
248H Stock