The track around me uses a pro tree (all yellows light at once) and I have only used a comp tree (top row lights then middle then bottom). Anyone have any tips to get better rts at a pro tree? I haven't raced there yet only watched. It's all heads up racing, and most of the cars were getting bad rts (sometimes over 1.0 ). They do not post times, just a win light, but that changes next month. So me and my buddies used a stopwatch to time the cars, and their rts were horriable. I figue if I can get a good rt I might have chance against the faster cars.

 

The full tree, each light is .500 seconds apart, is easy to judge since you can time yourself on each yellow light. A pro tree is usually setup as a .400 all yellow lights then green however classes such as SuperStreet use a .500 pro tree. Ask your track what the timing delay is on the pro tree that you race at.

Getting a good light on a pro tree needs a few things. First you need to almost anticipate when the lights come on because if you wait for the yellows, the green will be on before you react. Deep staging the car will help a lot for very slow cars off the line. Pro tree racing is designed for cars that can react very quickly off the line. Using a pro tree transbrake will allow the car to launch as quick as .014 of a second when released.

Since there's not a lot you can really do just try deep staging. That's when you roll ahead far enough that the prestage light goes out. Be carefull because there's only a split second of time from when you stop to when the lights come on. Writing DEEP on your windows may give you an extra second or 2 if the starter sees it or allows you the extra time to deep stage.

I've seen a few races that will use a .500 pro tree just to even the playing field in a heads up race. Inexperienced racers will still cut a bad light and those who have had practive won't know how to react to the single light.

 

Yeah, don't watch the guy in the other lane, no matter how bad his car is lol.