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Sep 17, 2006 | 04:58 PM

#16

Bri

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that's an awesome time! congratulations!! that must have been hell of a ride!!!!

Sep 17, 2006 | 05:18 PM

#17

Brucem

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great time Joe... bring that car up here to Seattle and run at Pacific raceways. NHRA records are always broken here with our weather and track

Sep 17, 2006 | 05:21 PM

#18

deputydog95

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what did they have you matched up against in the left lane, a honda civic?

Sep 17, 2006 | 07:33 PM

#19

Red 9

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Great to see you achieve time you were chasing. What does that ET equate to in HP by the formula seen here before? Curious to see how that matches with anticipated HP.

Sep 17, 2006 | 07:39 PM

#20

HotRodGuy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lexpro

Question: is a .559 reaction time good, so-so or not so good? I ask bec the other lane had a reaction time of .006. I woud think that a reaction time that quick would have to red-light fairly frequently bec of the lack of any margin for error, no?

Depends if they are running a pro tree or not (I doubt they were). On a pro tree a perfect is .000 on a standard tree it's .400 so .559 is decent.

Redlight, get a better or worse reaction time etc. Have no factor in your overall ET

Sep 17, 2006 | 07:43 PM

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MrBlonde

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**** yeah! Fantastic pass. I love the pickup in MPH from half track to the trap, that would feel good in the pilot seat.

Sep 17, 2006 | 09:41 PM

#22

lexpro

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Thanks; I understand reaction time is not a factor of ET.
I thought that bec of the afterglow of the last yellow lite on the tree before going dark and the lapse before the green lite becomes visible, a racer doesn't wait for the green, but anticipates the end of the last yellow. Is this correct? If so, it implies that, with practice, the .559 would be expected to come down.
At any rate, a smokin' run.