At my track (Mason-Dixon Dragway) They have a Checkered piece of board or
something at the 1/8mi. and at the 1/4mi. marks. I'm not really sure how it
is anywhere else though.
later
Scott Miller
Shelby #322
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: DML: G Tech
>On Thu, 21 May 1998, kmiller wrote:
>
>> Jon wrote:
>>
>>
>> >At 07:43 PM 5/20/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> >>I saw a posting a while back about a G tech for a $115, I cant find the
>> >>posting again and if anyone has it please send it to me.
>> >>
>> >>Also wondering if anyone with a G Tech has compaired 1/4 mile times of
it
>> >>against actual track times.
>> >>
>> >
>> > G Tech claims it is accurate to within a tenth. In the (July?) issue
>> >of MiniTruckin, they tested one at the strip and found that it was
>> >indeed within a tenth of the dragstrip. (According to G-tech, their
>> method
>> >is actually more accurate than the track because the track averages your
>> >E/T whereas the G-tech records it at the exact 1/4 mile point.)
>>
>> Not to be a pick ass or anything, but I don't think the dragstrip
averages
>> your 1/4mi. E.T. What they do average is your mph. I'm not sure how far
>> apart the mph beams are at the track, but it is just a timing device, and
>> then it uses the simple formula to figure out MPH.
>>
>
> No problem, Scott. :-)
>
> Actually, it would be nice if we could figure this out once and for
>all... Originally, I thought that the first light at the end of the 1/4
>recorded your E/T and the second light was used to compute your speed
>(average between the two). However, I was later told by a couple of
>people at the track that the line is actually between the two lights, and
>that it computes the E/T as well as the speed.
> I've talked to a guy who was running a Shelby Charger 2.2 turbo against
>someone during bracket racing. The other guy was way out ahead of him,
>and the turbo had to play catch-up. The other guy beat the turbo to the
>first light, but the turbo passed the guy between the lights, and won. I
>suppose its possible that the 1/4 mile point is the 2nd light as opposed to
the
>first one though...
>
> Anyone know for sure? This would definitely be a good thing to know
>when bracket racing! (Or any racing for that matter; its always good
>to know where the finish line is!) ;-)
>
>
> -Jon-
>
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