THRTTLE STOPS.........no thanks

[stitcherbob]

This goes against everything I like about drag racing

those were the days....

 

[Sean D, shondoo]

No Chris, you misunderstood. I don't mean cut out then back on. Just cut out at what ever distance they need to run their number, and stay off, coast to the stripe.

I actually had my best National Event outing running this way. High gear throttle stop, no delay box and lost a close double break-out to Slavinksi in the semi's. Bought all the cool sh!t a month later and never went further than 4 rounds after that! Lol!

Sean D

 

[FABMAN]

Build the car for index, that way the driver and car determine the outcome. Thats called Drag Racing

 

[stitcherbob]

I runner-upped twice in my 15 sec Omni GLH at E-Town , once against a 10 second Duster on the handicap tree.....I lost because I didn't run my own race, thought I was going to break out, panicked and stepped on the brake at the stripe and he whizzed by me to take the win... but that's racing!
If I got my trophy with electronics it wouldn't have the same meaning for me as the second place one on my shelf has had all these years

 

[NHRAMike]

I've always thought that since the ( _.90) super class guys need to have a degree in weather science to run the number consistently , the best way to even the field is to draw a random number within +/-.25 of the .90 standard for each race. Almost every car is capable of running the _.90 number, and 90 % of the participants can come within probably .05 of the index on their first hit of time trials, so why not give every race a moving target. Yes, it is still going to involve throttle stops, but at the very least, it's going to make everyone work a little bit harder to run closer to the index.

 

[Demon]

Build the car for index, that way the driver and car determine the outcome. Thats called Drag Racing

EXACTLY! That's how it should have been done in the first place.