Jerry Emmons speaks his mind

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Lee Valentine

As Jim Harrington once told me a winning driver very seldom is under power at the finish line.

This is true, but he didn't say you had to be sideways to do it. Harry would crack the throttle long before the finish line to get rid of much of what he was holding early, and then fine-tune it at the stripe. You don't have to hold any more than what you could possibly misjudge the weather/track conditions plus how far you could be behind on the tree. You want to introduce the least number of variables possible.

If your car is set up right, you can be aggressive and kill a bunch of ET without smoking the tires or getting sideways.