explain this to me
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From: hazelwood,Mo.
explain this to me I am the car on the right and finished first.
car#// 2304 ////// 4956
dial // 9.60 ///// 8.62
r/t // .091 ///// .019
60' // 2.173///// 2.046
330 // 6.232 ///// 5.778
1/8 // 9.626///// 8.762
mph// 71.30///// 82.46
/// <<WIN<<///
left first .0449
left MOV.0449
This was my first time 1/8 mile racing and was told in the booth
I lost because the other guy was closer to his dial. If this is how 1/8 mile racing works no wonder people don't like it. I still don't understand why the
ticket has him first by .0449
car#// 2304 ////// 4956
dial // 9.60 ///// 8.62
r/t // .091 ///// .019
60' // 2.173///// 2.046
330 // 6.232 ///// 5.778
1/8 // 9.626///// 8.762
mph// 71.30///// 82.46
/// <<WIN<<///
left first .0449
left MOV.0449
This was my first time 1/8 mile racing and was told in the booth
I lost because the other guy was closer to his dial. If this is how 1/8 mile racing works no wonder people don't like it. I still don't understand why the
ticket has him first by .0449
Last edited by john shea; Oct 20, 2007 at 03:17 PM.
i have been to package races on 1/4 mile tracks too. they just suck. it takes away all the skill involved in being a good bracket racer and adds in a bunch of dumb luck to compensate for those who don't know how to dial or drive their cars consistantly.
the difference in a package race is that you can be red or go under your dial in and still win. because it si the best total difference between a perfect light and running dead on your dial that wins, not who gets to the other end first without going red or under like normal bracket racing.
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I suppose there are some races like that, but thats not what happened to the first poster, he just flat out lost because his opponent ran closer to his dial in. Happens all the time, the car on the right didnt 'win' even though the driver thought he did.
I have no idea what this has to do with 1/8 mile or 1/4 mile racing though, here is what happened to me from the LSX shootout. I shifted from 1st to third by accident and it slowed me down a tenth or so. Even though I cut a way better light the other guy ran closer to his dial in and won. It was close at the end (I thought I won) but you can argue with the numbers. But in the end same thing that happened to the first poster so I'm a little confused still exactly why he thought he won..
I have no idea what this has to do with 1/8 mile or 1/4 mile racing though, here is what happened to me from the LSX shootout. I shifted from 1st to third by accident and it slowed me down a tenth or so. Even though I cut a way better light the other guy ran closer to his dial in and won. It was close at the end (I thought I won) but you can argue with the numbers. But in the end same thing that happened to the first poster so I'm a little confused still exactly why he thought he won..
Last edited by kp; Dec 14, 2008 at 01:20 AM.
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