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[Doug Hoven]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Yeah ya know, in a day-and-age when we have mechanical critters scrambling around Mars and the Moon and other places, why do racers AND NHRA still deny that a car with a digital ignition box hooked to a grid hooked to a data logger can go a quarter mile in a pre-prescribed E.T.?

The only issue with that, is the "ARC Module" that would make this technically possible with a grid, is already in the list of unapproved MSD products for NHRA competition. That being said, is it possible for someone to do this with something homemade? Probably. Boy this takes me back, well, not me specifically being that It was about 7 years before I was born, but reminds me of a certain race at Moroso Motorsports Park in 1996 or so.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Doug Hoven

The only issue with that, is the "ARC Module" that would make this technically possible with a grid, is already in the list of unapproved MSD products for NHRA competition. That being said, is it possible for someone to do this with something homemade? Probably. Boy this takes me back, well, not me specifically being that It was about 7 years before I was born, but reminds me of a certain race at Moroso Motorsports Park in 1996 or so.

Ya know, I seem to remember "bonding" with a certain high ranking NHRA employee over reminiscing about being at a Moroso race and an incident occuring involving some kind of a reputed down-track timer. And that was how many years ago? Certainly racers have perfected that technology and learned how to hide it by now! ;-)

[devo340]

I did this back in my bracket racing days with NOS.
Hit it early & put a lot of distance between the cars.
Let that really fast car take the stripe while I was hard on the brakes.

[Tim H]

I can't even imagine the electronic shenanigans involved in some of those big buck bracket races where tech is really loose. At least dumping at the top end is not as visible to the occasional fan as the throttle stop crap that populates the .90 classes. Sorry but they are not entertaining to watch.

[Dave Casey]

looks pretty simple to me, he takes his foot of the gas at the 1000, or a spot he wants to use. not subscribing to any conspiracy personally

[Bob Shaw]

I know a guy who used to switch on cruise control at the 1/8 mile.

[427FE]

Originally Posted by Tim H

. Sorry but they are not entertaining to watch.

You gotta hit the bathroom sometime.........thats what i do

[curtis reed]

Originally Posted by Lenny5160_v2

I used to think this also, and would see some good class racers doing just that. But if you have a hard running car, there are a lot of parts with limited life spans. The cost per run gets pretty high. So I understand why many would not want to do it.

Tony you aren't wrong. A guy would have to have 2 cars or 2 drive trains.The benefit would be a certainty because seat time helps all of us.