Top End Throttle Stop

[Mike Gray]

Originally Posted by JP1738

Wait wait wait. Are you saying you come back off the stop before the finish line? Or are you adjusting when you go on the stop and leave it on until you cross the finish line?

I would, here?s something I did at the Winternationals back in the 90?s.
I was crossing on the stop and tried setting up high 9.80?s because you only have brake pedal (unless you have an on-off switch) to drive the finish line. As I approached the finish line the car in the other lane was right there and slowly coming around me. I hadn?t practiced hitting the switch to turn off the throttle stop so I was at the mercy of the timer and the other car took the stripe. I left on him and my 9.94 lost to a 9.92, if I had run just a little quicker I would have forced him into a breakout to take the stripe. Having use of the throttle at the finish line is easier and quicker than a decision to go for a switch to shut down the throttle stop.