Cheating

[Michael Beard]

>> Beard you doubled so you must be cheating!!!!

Sure as h*ll wasn't on the starting line! I was junk this weekend. Great car, actually remembered how to drive the stripe against the fast cars, and had a lot of luck. But MAN, appreciate it Herb! Everybody always accuses the same guys of cheating all the time. Always wondered what I had to do to get that "compliment"! LOL

That was more .040 lights in a weekend than I could remember... Jackson was 'loose' for me last year, too. I actually had an .052 3rd round against Roland, but something happened and he got zeroes on the scoreboard and timeslip for an ET, so we had to re-run. I said, "Great! I don't want that light on my record!" My stats aren't as good as they used to be, as the Volare reacts about .03 slower than my Duster and Terry's Dart Sport. It's been... challenging. I'd say Jackson's rollout is about .02 slower than Piedmont's, too.

>> you carry a .019 average,,,should be winning some cash

You should be winning more than just cash with an average like that. The year I footbraked in Super/Pro, I averaged an .017 in that class. My season average in the footbrake classes from 1994 to 2004 was between .021 and .025, with round-win percentages from 79-83%. Unless you're in a Box class, then yes, reaction time generally is tied to wins.

Unless you're Scott Macy, who has arguably driven the best of anybody in class this year, but has been a magnet for finding the guy in the other lane with a double-oh package. They did it two him twice this weekend! Sheesh.

>> the question about why they don't allow Two-steps in no box racing ?

They do allow two-steps in No-Box racing, which is transbrake/2-step, like Super Stock. They do not allow 2-steps in Footbrake racing. People probably didn't answer the question earlier because it didn't make any sense.