r/t question here

 

ok i have been at the track 3 times now but dont understand it all

like does your r/t time add to your et time?

example you run 13.5 and have a r/t .550 and then have somehow the exact same run but an r/t of .560 then would your e/t be 13.51


Nope.
The 13.50 is the amount of time that it took for your car to cover the distance after it started moving.
Reaction time is after the light turns green before the car starts moving.
If you run a 13.50 with a reaction time of .550 (.500 being a perfect light). Then from the time that the green light came on it took you 13.50+.050= 13.55 to reach the stripe at the end of the track.
So if your reaction time was 2.000 seconds and ran the same your et would still be 13.50 But your total trip down the track would be 13.50+1.500=15.00 to reach the stripe.

 

The clock starts on your ET after you roll out of the beams. Your reaction time does not effect your ET, however, it can help you to win or lose a race. If your opponent has a good reaction time and you have a bad one, he has the advantage of getting to the finish line before you.

 

As JAcki said, RT has absolutely no bearing on ET. Whether our reactio time is .500 or 1.200 it does not affect the ET.

There are two ends of the track, and in order to be competitive in bracket racing you often need to be pretty close to perfect at one end or the other. I am generally more proficient at the big end than the starting line. Hitting your dial is just as powerful as a perfect light, and not quite as risky because a redlight is an automatic loss while breaking out only loses if you break out worse than your opponent. Always play the odds and you will come out ahead over the course of enough races.

 

I also have trouble in the middle of the track. Gota be able to hit the gears.

 

alright thanx thats what i thought but my friend thout different.

i cant seem to do that good at the light but i run consistint as heck

 

2 cars both dialed in at 12.00. One cuts a perfect .500 light and runs exactly on the dial. The other also runs exactly on the dial but is asleep at the tree with a .600. Both ran 12.00 but one car crosses the finish line .100 seconds before the other.

Now since this isn't a perfect world reaction times and dial-ins play a big part in bracket racing.

My last race I dialed in at 11.85. My opponent dialed 12.15. He gets a head start of .300 and theoretically we should cross the finish line at the same time. He cut a .583 light and I was asleep with a .639. He slowed down to a 12.189 to my almost perfect pass of 11.853. Even though I ran my number, being asleep at the tree cost me the race by .0205 seconds or about 3 1/2 feet.

Reaction time won't affect your ET. During test and tune you can wait until the green light is on before going and your ET will still be the same. However during a bracket race you need to get a good light or you'll usually lose.

A couple of years ago during a test and tune I was having carb problems. The light went green and I went to WOT. The car bogged and died but didn't roll ahead to break the start beams. I racheted the shifter back to neutral, fired the engine up, racheted back to first and went. 8 second reaction time and the same ET as the car usually ran! Good thing it was only a test and tune