Bad reaction !!

[John Kelley]

Did anyone see the results from the BIG $$$$ race at Bristol on Saturday ??
In the FINAL one car one car was dialed 6.88 and the other 5.80. The 6.88 car breaks on the line and has a .988 reaction time and is going nowhere. The 5.80 car REDLIGHTS -.005 to LOSE THE BIG $$$$..
......What a way to LOSE A BIG $$$$$$$$$ race !

[Jim Wahl]

I think I would find another driver. Jim

Originally Posted by Jim Wahl

I think I would find another driver. Jim

Jim the driver was Manny Sousa and he was racing a friend of mine named Steve Alford from NC. Not sure of what happened to Manny though.

Smitty

[cody pollage]

Who went red?

[buzzinhalfdozen]

The 5.80 car was most likely crossing and given the 1 second spread he probably didn't have any other options he'd let go on the slower cars top bulb. I'm not much up on all the box stuff but I do know there are setups that allow you to hit the button again and add time or something to that effect. That being said I'd say the guy did a great job if he made it to the finals , from what I hear you'd better have your game on at those big money races. So nice job fella!! Joe

[bob gonier]

Originally Posted by buzzinhalfdozen

The 5.80 car was most likely crossing and given the 1 second spread he probably didn't have any other options he'd let go on the slower cars top bulb. I'm not much up on all the box stuff but

It was a footbrake race, no electronics. My guess is he was using a blinder and didn't even notice the other lane had problems.

I'm sure he's not too upset though....... He won the 30k $$$$$ race earlier in the day !!!!! With a string of .00 lights no less.





bob

[Michael Beard]

I think I would find another driver.

That same driver that went red in the finals of the $10K race with a transmission going away also won the $30K Shootout earlier that day. Manny had 5 .002 lights in two days, and a TON of other double-oh lights as well. You might do better to keep him.

There was no crossing over. This was a Footbrake race. A lot of Footbrakers block the tree. With a 1-second spot and the level of concentration necessary at this level... I chased a couple of cars this weekend... I'm staring at my bottom bulb and nothing else. You may realize something as an afterthought, but in the moment, I can understand how it could happen. It's just one of those things. FYI, Alford ran out of gas on the starting line.

[Robert Pare Racing]

"I think I would find another driver. Jim"

LOL..That's either a brilliant funny haha, or you are a total blithering idiot.

[buzzinhalfdozen]

Sorry I didn't know this was a footbrake race. Either way I still say the guy did a heck of a job and should be very proud. Joe

[Michael Beard]

I heard they were going to REQUIRE delay boxes next year to loosen up the packages!

They had to replace the printer in the timeslip booth because it ran out of zeros.

Just on Friday alone, I was double-entered and was .012, .009, .016, .014, .011, .009, .001, .025, .013..... and IN THE WAY. It was ridiculous. Still a good time and great to be a part of, but it was amazing to hear some world-class drivers saying things like, "I used to think I was a pretty fair driver".

Just a couple of examples.... In the Shootout, Doyle Kay is .000 and takes .005 stripe for the L. One pair, the announcer says, "They're both dead late... they're .015 and .017..."