Re: OT: Drag racing types

[Mike VanAmburgh <vwvr6r@fiber.net>]

It's my understanding that reaction times don't affect ET?  I do know
now that reaction times count for who gets to the line first.  :-)  Even
if I had a .500 reaction, my quarter mile time would still would have
been the same.  

-Mike

Nathan Malone wrote:
> 
> Hey that's not that bad, low 15's are pretty quick (depending on what you
> got under the hood), work on that Reaction time and you could be running
> 14's, and that would qualify as bad ass in my opinion. Especially at that
> altitude.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> Mike VanAmburgh wrote:
> 
> > Did a little dragging tonight and don't understand how I got beat.
> > Here's what the slips say.  BTW, this is bracket racing.  Gimme crap all
> > you want about my not-so-fast times, but this was at 4200 feet.  :-)  My
> > best time was 15.357 @ 89.71.  Not too bad considering the newer
> > Camaro/Firebirds run 14.8s at this altitude.  I even saw a 87 Grand
> > National run a 15.02.  Eww.
> >
> > Me
> >
> > Dial 15.30
> > R/T .838  (hehe that sucks)
> > 60' 2.433 (spun 1st and 2nd way too much)
> > 330 6.517
> > 1/8 9.897
> > MPH 72.71
> > 1000  .000  (that lane wasn't working for 1000' times)
> > 1/4  15.401
> > MPH 88.80
> >
> > Other dude (Civic)
> >
> > Dial 18.43
> > R/T .574
> > 60' 2.711
> > 330 7.745
> > 1/8 11.861
> > MPH 59.90
> > 1000  15.469
> > 1/4 18.561
> > MPH 71.65
> >
> > I was under the impression that whoever gets closer to their dial in
> > without beating it or red lighting wins.  He was .131 off his dial and I
> > was .101 off mine.  Why did I lose?  Did my crappy reaction time come in
> > to play somehow?  He did reach the line before I did, but I was closer
> > to my dial in.  Is this why I lost?
> >
> > I beat a Turbo AWD Eclipse on my first run (practice run) by 3/10ths.
> > That was fun. :-)  His 60' was 2.190 compared to my 2.372, but I caught
> > up to him.
> >
> > It was a fun night, but there was WAY too many people.  I had to wait 2
> > hours between my runs.  I was there for 4 hours and only had two runs
> > (knocked out in the first elimination and only had one practice run).
> >
> > -Mike
> >
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