.90 questions from mars....

[Bob Verwold]

Or just throw a throttle stop on that Drag Pak # 24 and get first hand knowledge, it's easy anybody can do it, but you'll want to run S/St with that car.........

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Maybe thats the ticket to understand the strategies employed, thats where I seem to have a total lack of understanding.

I understand the win/loss but how/why people do what they do, like I said the person that explained exactly what you all have I take as gospel.....but its like a 3 year old being read Revelations, they may hear it but not understand.

Seeing is understanding, and to that end I think youre right, I would still like to and need to understand it..

Thanks for one of the better explanations of how what why

Cheers

Chris

Originally Posted by Chris Williams

The easiest and fastest way to understand index racing is to watch any .90 class (10.90, 9.90, 8.90) standing near the finish line. Watch the racers and listen to the engines. You'll see people:

- Running it out the back door -- they think they've got it dialed perfectly and they're happy with their light. Or they're unhappy with their light and they're just hanging on hoping they'll catch the other guy and win.

- Racing the stripe (on and off the gas/brakes) -- they think they're pretty close but they want to be sure to win by just a wheel or so, take any more than necessary and you risk breaking out.

- Dumping the other guy (off the gas or on the brakes hard) -- they think the other guy is fast and will break out, they want to be sure they don't. This takes the biggest cahones, because you better be right. You're giving up the win, betting on a breakout. If they don't, you're hosed.

- Looking over their shoulder -- they're the slower car in MPH (so they're on the stop a shorter time, and have taken off on the other guy), they're trying to judge the stripe (see above) with a car that's coming up on them fast.

- Slapping their head -- they made one of the above choices wrong, and they are pissed... Remember, this is all happening at 150-200 mph, it takes a lot of practice to get it right.

Watch at the end, note the times and the win light, and you'll catch on soon enough.