burnout curosity

[Dragsinger]

Chuck, old folks know

And my comment is not one of ruling against burn outs, at least not in our lifetime. Just a topic of thought and conversation.

[Jim Bailey]

Jim Head did some testing some time ago, I believe it was with his Top Fueler. He made a couple runs with out any burn out what so ever, just wiping the tires clean. It really made little difference in the performance of the car. He also stopped "wacking the throttle" to seat the clutch during the warm up. That was always part of the show in the pits, now, hardly (if) anybody ever does that.

[Tom Nolan]

I have been shut off after doing a burn out in my GT car....after a few minutes the track guys motioned to us to do another burn out and the 60' was considerably quicker than all my other runs. Just my observation!

[HandOverFist]

I was recently held up on the line for about half a minute because of a dial-in discrepancy. After seven previous runs with the 60' times hovering at 1.50, that delayed run produced a 1.49 60'...I just don't know.

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by HandOverFist

I was recently held up on the line for about half a minute because of a dial-in discrepancy. After seven previous runs with the 60' times hovering at 1.50, that delayed run produced a 1.49 60'...I just don't know.

My car will actually run quicker if it spins the tires a bit. But it is not repeatable or a good way to run the car to go rounds. When I have a class run I will set the shocks tight and let it spin. Usually good for 3 or 4 in my car.