.90 questions from mars....

[Bill Baer]

Originally Posted by Chris "drooze" Wertman

Hmmmm....

I understand sort of.

But.....Ok no I dont, I understand the variation and the 9.899 breakout. But whos to say hes going to be any more correct than you.

And what confuses me is the desire to hang back then drive to the finish first this really has my head swimming.

And the RT i Understand.....that as someone else said, were mere mortals, are MOST .90 races decided soley by reaction time ? If they are that might explain some of my confusion.

If his package is better than yours (RT+ET) you will lose and vica versa but even if you have a slightly better light, if your off .01-.02 (9.91-9.92) there is room for him to make that up at the finish line.
The desire to hang back is strategic one if you can see your oponent and judge you rate of closure you can some what control the race or at least you can and have some time to make a decision on the flip side when your the slower car you may not even see the fast guy until the MPH light and you have very little time to no time to make a decision or to avoid a breakout.

Reaction time is critical but so is avoiding breaking out and a good driver can in some cases cancel out a reaction time advantage with some savy finish line driving.