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[Dave Casey]

looks pretty simple to me, he takes his foot of the gas at the 1000, or a spot he wants to use. not subscribing to any conspiracy personally

[Bob Shaw]

I know a guy who used to switch on cruise control at the 1/8 mile.

[Bob Sherwood]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Yeah ya know, in a day-and-age when we have mechanical critters scrambling around Mars and the Moon and other places, why do racers AND NHRA still deny that a car with a digital ignition box hooked to a grid hooked to a data logger can go a quarter mile in a pre-prescribed E.T.?

Billy -- could you send me wiring diagram for that ?? I must be using the wrong inputs . 😊 Thanks

[Bob Sherwood]

ya know--Troy is a hell of a driver - he goes rounds, has driven the same car for how many years, [ he knows his car ]. all his runs from Dallas and the Jegs race are the same ,,same as Pomona slower mph at the finish than 1/8 th. --- ya know -- you throw a brick , it loose velocity real quick !!! c

[Ron Ortiz]

Spot drop, hit of NOS, whomping, braking hard, backing in to, hit the button, hold a bunch, give a different picture, decal on the car, 90 degree look, triangle, counters, grids, a friend in the stands, Starlink, light sensor, and on and on.

When you realize that a blinder at the finish line would help.

[FLEMING]

Its called a "spot drop" you drive to a pre determined point (this case 1000') you either just let up and coast.. or let up and apply the break pedal like if you were in the shut down.. Us guys that bracket race see it and use it.. Never that early but it is pretty impressive.. Cudos to him for changing it up.. he has everyone tore up over it.. and probably has some competitors beat prior to even staging because of what he is doing lol

[Lenny5160_v2]

I do this all the time if I am bracket racing and have a bye. Lift at the 1000' (or 330' for 1/8 mile) and put it dead-on, just to show everyone that I can. It's not sorcery.

With Troy being in a slow car for the class, almost any opponent has the ability to come up and throw a wheel on him. He's found a way to take that away by being so extremely slow and further decelerating when the other cars are charging. That's creative thinking and it's obviously working!

[curtis reed]

It's really nice of everyone to discuss his tactics here so his future opponents know what to expect. LOL This is just normal bracket racing stuff.



I have always believed that it would benefit many class racers to bracket race when they aren't racing their class car just to get used to things like this.

[Lenny5160_v2]

Originally Posted by curtis reed

I have always believed that it would benefit many class racers to bracket race when they aren't racing their class car just to get used to things like this.

I used to think this also, and would see some good class racers doing just that. But if you have a hard running car, there are a lot of parts with limited life spans. The cost per run gets pretty high. So I understand why many would not want to do it.

[Adub464Q]

Not subscribing or unsubscribing to conspiracy theories....however, I would like some opinions on this.

WIth a grid, you can set a safety RPM limit to come on at a pre-determined time after a trigger point. For instance in my super class cars, I have this set at 12 seconds after the trigger point (transbrake released). It is set at 12 seconds, as this is SC and SG cars therefore it will be in shutdown. This is in case there is an issue in the shutdown area, the ignition box will only allow the engine to go to 3000 rpm in my cars case.

If you were to set this at 9 seconds (on an 11 second car), would this be considered a downtrack rev limiter or is this a safety switch?