Locking 'Em Up

[HawkBrosMav]

Originally Posted by Lenny5160

Can you expand your thoughts on that bold part a little bit? I don't see how driving skill (as I think of driving skill) can be utilized whatsoever if there isn't an opponent to reference at the finish line.

Things required to having driving skill:
1. Know how to start the car and make it move forward, backwards, and stop.
2. know how to do a burnout (without a 3-step)
3. Know how to stage... the same every single pass.
4. know how to consistently catch a good RT.
5. know how to shift car at correct shift points every pass without a shift assist.
6. Judge your position on the race track in comparison to the other car ***this skill doesn't actually need to be mastered to win a race***
7. Be able to decipher a time slip to accurately predict what the car will be doing from pass to pass and pick the right dial in.

So out of 7 fairly basic skills you need to be successful in Bracket Style racing the only one you don't actually need to be good at would be eliminated from the picture if you had a heads up start vs staggered..

If you can be good at that one skill you can increase the number of strategies available to you for any particular pairing. This may seem like it means you "have more skill," but now you've also increased the amount of ways you can find to lose that same said race..

It doesn't actually increase your chances of winning.. I could be just as successful in our sport never paying a single mind to you in the other lane if I can master going .000 on the tree and dialing the car correctly.. We've convinced ourselves that all these other strategies are the correct way to race, but in the end the only goal we have is to have a .000 total package.. the only reason the other strategies work so often is that MANY MANY racers actually suck at this sport.. they're happy when they have a .030 light and can run .01 off their dial.. a .040 package isn't very good. The reason we equate driver skill to finish line driving is because ALL the very successful racers do it.. it's a causation vs correlation thing.. "because the win all the time and don't dial hard and can run the finish line well that must make the definition of a good driver." I'd be just as impressed with you if you could go lay down a .010 pack every pass ignoring the car in the other lane.. and you'd win a hell of a lot of races..

[GTX JOHN]

Well we all SUCK over at our house.......03 light and 1 off is about average
for Jr. and good pass for me!

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by GTX JOHN

Well we all SUCK over at our house.......03 light and 1 off is about average
for Jr. and good pass for me!

That ain't real bad and will get you some round wins.