Way to go Noel! There's nothing like your first time at the track huh?
As far as your reaction times, you need to go on the third yellow, not the
green. My last time out I started going exactly when the third light comes
on and my rt's were in the 540's (500 is perfect). It just takes practice.
It will feel like you are leaving before you are suposed to, but when you
cut a good light you'd be surprised at how well you will do against your
oponent. Not only do you get a "jump" on them, but sometimes it will rattle
the other guy and he might smoke his tires off the line and then it's over
from there.
---Mike, near Houston.--- http://www.mikesdakota.com
'93 V8 4X2
Houston Area DML Meet Page
http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/9221
----- Original Message -----
From: Noel Girouard <girouarn@cadvision.com>
To: dml <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 10:22 PM
Subject: DML: First Time at the Track
> I finally took my truck to the local track for the first time last
> Friday.It was also my first ever attempt at 1/4 mile racing. Getting the
> reaction time down to a reasonable time is a lot harder than it looks,
mine
> were all over 1.0. I guess you can't expect perfection the first time out.
> I managed to get 5 runs in a period of 3 1/2 hours with the following
> results at an altitude of 3500 ft.
>
> ET MPH
> 16.900 82.85
> 16.765 82.62
> 16.953 82.99
> 17.014 82.59
> 16.834 82.58
>
> '95 SLT CC 5.2L Auto 2wd
> FIPK Clone,MPSBEC,Gibson Catback
>
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