Foot brake / bracket race
Foot brake / bracket race I'm going to my first race this weekend and I was wondering if anyone had any tips for me? I've ran on the bracket tree before but I've never actually entered a race. Any tips would be appreciated.
Definitely a lot of things to learn. Just be consistent in everything you do for starters. Do the same burnout, keep a same routine, stage the same whether it be shallow or deeper. When you turn the Prestage light on bring it up around 1500-2500 wherever you're comfortable and start bumping into the stage light.
I usually tried to be around 2500 or so, but it depends on how loose/tight your converter is.
As far as dialing the car in there's TONS of little tricks to winning. What are you planning on running as far as class? Footbrake/NoE or Street?
Being in a street car it's not going to be as consistent as a lot of the other cars out there for sure. It may be easier to "hold" a couple in your pocket. What I mean by this is let's say you can run a 12.50 (1/4 mile). When you go into first round dial a 12.51-12.53.
This way your car SHOULD run fairly close to your dial, you'll just have to "whomp" it to make sure you don't break out. This will also let you catch up to your opponent quicker or make your opponent not to catch you, in this case they will usually let you take the stripe and in this case you can "dump" it before the stripe.
Like I said there's many ways to go rounds, main thing is to have a consistent routine. I could go on and on with tips, but there's also a lot of luck that go into bracket racing.
Good luck!
I usually tried to be around 2500 or so, but it depends on how loose/tight your converter is.
As far as dialing the car in there's TONS of little tricks to winning. What are you planning on running as far as class? Footbrake/NoE or Street?
Being in a street car it's not going to be as consistent as a lot of the other cars out there for sure. It may be easier to "hold" a couple in your pocket. What I mean by this is let's say you can run a 12.50 (1/4 mile). When you go into first round dial a 12.51-12.53.
This way your car SHOULD run fairly close to your dial, you'll just have to "whomp" it to make sure you don't break out. This will also let you catch up to your opponent quicker or make your opponent not to catch you, in this case they will usually let you take the stripe and in this case you can "dump" it before the stripe.
Like I said there's many ways to go rounds, main thing is to have a consistent routine. I could go on and on with tips, but there's also a lot of luck that go into bracket racing.
Good luck!
Consistency is key. Make sure you do the same thing every time. Stage very carefully and do it the same every time. Try to cool your car between rounds and maintain consistent temps. Watch the weather because it will affect your dial-in. Reaction times are critical but so is running the finish line. You want to take as little stripe as possible to avoid breaking out. Have fun!
It's a no electronics class, you can only stage with the foot brake, or if you have a trans brake you must leave on the 3rd bulb. My car normally runs very consistent 7.28's (this is a 1/8th mile track) so i guess what i really need to worry about is staging and my rt.
