What is your worst reaction time

[Floyd Gomez]

[Ron Ortiz]

Hey Floyd, I am not sure but I think the worst R/T belongs to a Funny Car driver. I remember he said that the light came on and he was so late that he pretended that he was broke, to avoid having the worst R/T in history.

As far as worst lights go, me personally, about a .036

Ron Ortiz
U/SA ..............

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Ron Ortiz

Hey Floyd, I am not sure but I think the worst R/T belongs to a Funny Car driver. I remember he said that the light came on and he was so late that he pretended that he was broke, to avoid having the worst R/T in history.

As far as worst lights go, me personally, about a .036

Ron Ortiz
U/SA ..............

Uhh Ron,put that decimal point one spot to the right.Thank you.Truth in advertising.

[Floyd Gomez]

Ron, If your WORST light is a .036 remind me never to line up next to you!

Originally Posted by Ron Ortiz

Hey Floyd, I am not sure but I think the worst R/T belongs to a Funny Car driver. I remember he said that the light came on and he was so late that he pretended that he was broke, to avoid having the worst R/T in history.

As far as worst lights go, me personally, about a .036

Ron Ortiz
U/SA ..............

[Ron Ortiz]

Ed, I do not need to move the decimal. My natural reaction time is .022 If you take roll out and remove it and run on a pro tree set at .000 it will show what your true reaction time is. My worst was an .036 So there you go.

Now as far as RT at the races when it is posted on a time slip, I'd just rather not talk about it. Put it this way, I know exactly when to leave, I just don't do it all the time.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA Reactions like a cow

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Ron Ortiz

Ed, I do not need to move the decimal. My natural reaction time is .022 If you take roll out and remove it and run on a pro tree set at .000 it will show what your true reaction time is. My worst was an .036 So there you go.

Now as far as RT at the races when it is posted on a time slip, I'd just rather not talk about it. Put it this way, I know exactly when to leave, I just don't do it all the time.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA Reactions like a cow

I thought you were talking about being in the car.Even Peter and Fletcher aren't that good.

[Rich Biebel]

How about worst RT and still win the round.....

This story is true and I have the track paper writeup to prove it.....

I was bracket racing.....footbraking my Vega in SuperPro....Car was running around 9.7's....

Had a .00x Rt in the qtrs......had to race someone in the semi's that was prone to make mistakes so I said to myself a couple times before we staged...."don't foul whatever you do"!......he was dialed about 10.90..... The tree came down on my side and I froze on the bottom bulb.....when I finally hit the pedal I knew I was WAY late.......ran down there and saw his nose never drop so I hit the brakes......I was +.23 green......and my opponent broke out!.....I went in for the final and was again .00x and my opponent, a much better racer, was .01.....I pedaled hard and ran dead on for the win as I slid by him.............So my worst winning RT was .73 on a .500 tree....

[Mile High]

A year ago at Bandimere my friend goes to the line 1st round dialed 11.72 the other guy is dialed 10.27. The tree comes down and my friends car dies at the line. The other guy goes .043 runs it out never slowing and goes 10.23. My friend watches the other guy breakout starts his car has a 22.03 reaction time goes down the track run 12.27 for the win. Unbelievable and his luck continued the rest of the day with redlight wins, breakout wins and a bye run to win the event that day. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it.

[khelms]

Floyd, I would be happy to give you a shot at me. I probably have the car fixed by now....

[hemidup]

My worst reaction time was at Gate Way International in the final round when my partner/crew chief came up to me, opened the door and said..."Whatever you do, don't red light" then slammed the door shut. Need I say more? lol I would have rather taken runner up with a red than runner up watching the grass grow "green".