.90 questions from mars....

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Hmmmm....

I understand sort of.

But.....Ok no I dont, I understand the variation and the 9.899 breakout. But whos to say hes going to be any more correct than you.

And what confuses me is the desire to hang back then drive to the finish first this really has my head swimming.

And the RT i Understand.....that as someone else said, were mere mortals, are MOST .90 races decided soley by reaction time ? If they are that might explain some of my confusion.

Originally Posted by Bill Baer

"I heard that about the seeing whats behind you ? Who cares if you are dialed in and you KNOW youre dialed in, the opponent becomes rather arbitrary dosent it ? I mean your SINGULAR goal is to run as close to 9.90 as you can, opponent be dammed ? Right ?"

Well in theory your absolutely correct, but in the real world your first 9.899 loss will educate you quite quickly that you need to drive both ends of the race track. Even the most consistent car is subject to variation in the racing surface and the difference between the lanes themselves.
Also don't forget that you need to get there first (most of the time) and if your reaction time isn't better that the other guy and he's wheeling you (i.e racing you not the clock) he doesn't need a 90 to take the stripe.