TruSTART GAINS MOMENTUM WITH ACCUTIME

[Mike Jones]

Originally Posted by ALMACK

As a racer that is the first to leave 85 % of the time, I love the idea

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I also think that during qualifying, we should start based on our index.
Its a better visual for the fan.and more realistic for the racers.
Mike

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by Mike Jones

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I also think that during qualifying, we should start based on our index.
Its a better visual for the fan.
Mike

I agree on using indexes for time runs.

I know it is a lot more work for the people in the tower, but it benefits both spectators and racers

[Dave Muller]

Originally Posted by ALMACK

I agree on using indexes for time runs.

I know it is a lot more work for the people in the tower, but it benefits both spectators and racers

I would love that! I could learn a lot by comparing my estimate on how much I got (or didn't get) the stripe by with what the timeslip says.

[Jim Caughlin]

Originally Posted by ALMACK

I agree on using indexes for time runs.

I know it is a lot more work for the people in the tower, but it benefits both spectators and racers

With about a third of the field hammering the brakes at the 1000' mark, this will clearly benefit the spectators on understanding how class racing works.

[Hacksaw]

Big no! from me on Trustart in S or SS.

[David Lee]

Originally Posted by Hacksaw

Big no! from me on Trustart in S or SS.

why so?

[Hacksaw]

Originally Posted by David Lee

why so?

IMO Trustart will move S & SS one step closer to et bracket racing. For example, in SS a large percentage of entries run 9.80's to 10.70's. So.... if my combo ran say 10.50 there is an incentive to make it et quicker with the current system. Like upgrade the cylinder heads, try a new converter, cam, tires, etc. With Trustart why bother to spend any extra time or money to improve your performance? Just keep lumbering down the track. It would be a step back of the performance aspect that the class was based on.

[Signman]

Someone brought up pro tree racing as always having true start makes a good point why it works for big money bracket racing since both racers are hitting the same top yellow essentially a pro tree using their electronics. Not so for pro, street, stock and super stock.

Slower car gets a clean tree - advantage.
Faster car has to concentrate as the slower car passes the tree and/or a long wait - disadvantage.

Faster car has the race in front - advantage.
Slower car has opponent running it down needing to judge rate of closure or blindly trust the dial - disadvantage.

Looks to me like it's pretty even with each having some disadvantage.

Being the slower car is way harder than having the race in front of you (have done both) - Faster car advantage.
Faster cars tend to be easier to dial and more consistent - faster car advantage.
With very low HP cars hitting the tree is very difficult as well as hard to dial - slow car disadvantage.
Very high HP cars (small tire cars deep in the 9s and quicker) don't always hook and can be hard to dial - faster car disadvantage.

Even with the disadvantages of the extremes true start sure seems to give an advantage to the faster car in a true full tree race other than red lights (.010 and worse) when the driver essentially left before the bottom yellow.

[1347]

Originally Posted by Hacksaw

IMO Trustart will move S & SS one step closer to et bracket racing. For example, in SS a large percentage of entries run 9.80's to 10.70's. So.... if my combo ran say 10.50 there is an incentive to make it et quicker with the current system. Like upgrade the cylinder heads, try a new converter, cam, tires, etc. With Trustart why bother to spend any extra time or money to improve your performance? Just keep lumbering down the track. It would be a step back of the performance aspect that the class was based on.

I don't think most class racers make their car run farther under the index so they get to be the faster car during eliminations.
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I think having a faster car in your class is a matter of pride of having your combo run farther under the index ( or the ability to ), having a better chance when you have a heads up run, and being able to qualify in the top half of the ladder to either avoid a heads up run with a faster car or to be able to move around on the ladder. I recently heard one racer tell me he wants to make his car run faster because he hates being a designated pair.


Not sure if I like trustart or not, but If it comes, we will all deal with it.

[Mike Jones]

Originally Posted by ALMACK

I agree on using indexes for time runs.

I know it is a lot more work for the people in the tower, but it benefits both spectators and racers

Racers could put their index on the window.
Mike