How much human reaction in reaction time?

[Jeff Stout]

Just curious on what drivers think or know the amount of time in reaction times are human and how much is car reaction. Foot brake or trans brake. So if. 500 is perfect. What if you were averaging .540 how much is human and how much car. Just curious if anyone knows.

[Hacksaw]

I think Frank Hawley did some exclusive testing on this a few years ago. See if you can find his numbers.

[Jim Bailey]

Jeff, Sometime ago Frank Hawley did a story, I think was published in National Dragster. He studied and verified the difference between Driver and Car reaction time. He had actually set up a pretty cool device that separated the driver and car response. With that being said, I'm too old to remember the final details of the study, ( I'm lucky I even remember the study) , but car set up had a significant role in the true reaction time. Maybe somebody with access to the ND archives or Frank Hawley could help us out.

[Steve Calabro]

http://www.biondoracing.com/mm5/merc...reen=FAQs#tree

[Jeff Stout]

Thanks for the replies. I read the info from Frank Hawley. The Biondo story was very informative. I was asking because I raced on instant green. No yellows and was .506,.516,.540. Which made me think about what the car wad doing and what I was doing. I've run the same car at events with. 5 pro tree and had the same numbers with. 500 being perfect.

[Greenlight]

Test your reaction time:

http://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime

[Jeff Stout]

Originally Posted by Greenlight

Test your reaction time:

http://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime

I downloaded the practice tree from jegs. After 15 minutes of practice this morning I gained. 020 consistently. So tonight I'll practice as I'm the slowest in this heads up instant green race. So I need all the advantages I can. get

[Alan Roehrich]

Reaction time training is like sniper training.

It's the first cold shot that counts.

You don't get five shots at the tree. You stage, and take that one cold shot.

I suppose if you used the app or a mini tree to take 5 hits before you pulled into the water.....

[Jeff Stout]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Reaction time training is like sniper training.

It's the first cold shot that counts.

You don't get five shots at the tree. You stage, and take that one cold shot.

I suppose if you used the app or a mini tree to take 5 hits before you pulled into the water.....

That's what I'm going to try and experiment with. In lanes il hit the practice tree and see if it helps.

[Rich Biebel]

Some Delay boxes have a RT practice feature. It is just a good way to practice the motion. Biondo also sells a shirt pocket hand held practice tree. I've seen people using occasionaly. You usually get one good hit for practice while waiting in the water. That's your best practice swing right there. Two cars staging in front of you and you get a perfect look at the tree...