Would you take the numbers out????

[GaryGoFast]

My friend who shall remain nameless "Pete Sanca" had a very good weekend ending with a unique situation.
Reaction time as follows:

1st rd .013
2nd rd .052, I lost to him that rd and had a .051
he took .010 out
3rd rd .040
4th rd rd .036
5th rd .041

Going into the final would you have pulled out .020 or more or left it alone???
he def was consistent on his release.

That .013 in the 1st rd is the one that would scare me but I think i would have pulled some out.

Either way, Jim Schreiners package would have been tough to beat & thats not the point of this question??

[S/G 386N]

Depending on the competition. Drag race central will tell you what their light was the previous rounds. I'm slow on the tree anyways and only have .010 in it, so I can't play too much. However, I did have a .008 and a .003 this weekend. The .003 was at 10pm. I was intending to bump it to .018, but I changed my throttle stop 1 setting instead. Typically, it is .10, but I accidentally changed it to .18, therefore, I went way too fast. With a .018 in the delay, I would have been a .011 on the tree, which is right where I would want to be. Didn't realize this until I was pulling the car into the trailer after losing to Brad Lefever.

[Dave Steltz]

Depends on whether you are 2:1 or not...some go .011 , then add .010 and go .033..

Me yes I would have take at least .010 more out....

Fortunately on a .370 tree I dont have to worry about it, I only carry .005 usually...

[H.A.A.C. Racing]

Originally Posted by Dave Steltz

Depends on whether you are 2:1 or not...some go .011 , then add .010 and go .033..

Me yes I would have take at least .010 more out....

Fortunately on a .370 tree I dont have to worry about it, I only carry .005 usually...

Dave,

I have to tell you, I have never heard of that. If someone adds .010 and goes .020 more, I think they need to either have their delay box checked or theirselves. A hundreth of a second is a hundreth of a second. I would love to hear more on this if I am incorrect.

[GaryGoFast]

Originally Posted by H.A.A.C. Racing

Dave,

I have to tell you, I have never heard of that. If someone adds .010 and goes .020 more, I think they need to either have their delay box checked or theirselves. A hundreth of a second is a hundreth of a second. I would love to hear more on this if I am incorrect.

x's 2, quack quack

[Dave Steltz]

Originally Posted by H.A.A.C. Racing

Dave,

I have to tell you, I have never heard of that. If someone adds .010 and goes .020 more, I think they need to either have their delay box checked or theirselves. A hundreth of a second is a hundreth of a second. I would love to hear more on this if I am incorrect.

Well a "smart" racer told me this, and to verify it, maybe Gary would like to copy his time slip from first round, and explain it...he may have said the same as you Pete, and then....

I think he was .011, added .010 and was .033....sounds like 2 to 1 to me....

[H.A.A.C. Racing]

but with all the veriables, does he/she really think it's 2:1? Is that person sure he/she hit it the same way, staged the same, same 60' time?

That has happened to me, but I never thought it was because of a ratio, and I have made a change that made sense more often then not...ie: add .005 to a .005 and go .010.

Please know that I am not breaking balls or making "fun" of anyone, I always want to learn something, I would just have a tuff time believing that unless Kevin from K&R or one of the Biandos said it was true.

[Bryan Gillespie]

Don't teach them everything .

[GaryGoFast]

Just because i added .010 to my delay box for 1st rd and went from a .011 from the prev time shot to a .033 to me means I missed it. i agree with Pete, 1:1, same reason I shift on time.

[H.A.A.C. Racing]

Originally Posted by GaryGoFast

My friend who shall remain nameless "Pete Sanca" had a very good weekend ending with a unique situation.
Reaction time as follows:

1st rd .013
2nd rd .052, I lost to him that rd and had a .051
he took .010 out
3rd rd .040
4th rd rd .036
5th rd .041

Going into the final would you have pulled out .020 or more or left it alone???
he def was consistent on his release.

That .013 in the 1st rd is the one that would scare me but I think i would have pulled some out.

Either way, Jim Schreiners package would have been tough to beat & thats not the point of this question??

The .013 would have scared me also, but I was .009 in time trial so it was as follows:

.009 time trial
.013 1st round

end of pros:

.052 2nd round (I had a duck)
took .010 out
.040 3rd round
.036 4th round
.041 5th round
took out .005 and missed it
.045 6th round
If I had to do it again, I would have taken out another .010 and still would NOT have gotten it done. Not being in to many finals (2) I had no idea how pumped up I would be and how it would effect R/T. I have to say I was a lot calmer then I thought I would be, I would roll it all out and have faith in myself. The only saving Grace is that Jim had such a good run (.007 and 10.895 if he ran it out) I was not getting in on that. Live and learn!