Using blinders.

[Kdw1403]

When I try to use the blinder set up I have I see the 2nd bulb inadvertently sometimes which throws me off. I sit pretty low in my car. Is there a certain set up that works better? Does Length of blinder make a difference? Do I keep both eyes open or close one eye and really focus hard through one eye. I really try hard not to move my head but the SLIGHTEST head movement makes me see the second bulb as tree comes down. Any advice from you guys? Thanks in advance. (Stocker lt1 camaro )

[curtis reed]

I am not able to use a blinder in my car but I wanted to say that I have used looking through one eye only to slow myself down so unless you need to kill some reaction I would use both eyes.



Curtis

[Herbie Null]

Originally Posted by Kdw1403

When I try to use the blinder set up I have I see the 2nd bulb inadvertently sometimes which throws me off. I sit pretty low in my car. Is there a certain set up that works better? Does Length of blinder make a difference? Do I keep both eyes open or close one eye and really focus hard through one eye. I really try hard not to move my head but the SLIGHTEST head movement makes me see the second bulb as tree comes down. Any advice from you guys? Thanks in advance. (Stocker lt1 camaro )

You need the blinder set up so your head is in a normal setting position, not moving your head up or down. Get the blinder adjust to see 3/4 of the third bulb and yes close your left eye in the right lane and your right eye in the left lane, this takes away of seeing any peripheral vision in the other lane. Its like trying to shoot a rifle, 1 eye closed is a lot easier to hit a target than both eyes open.

[thomas sheehan]

Originally Posted by Herbie Null

.... yes close your left eye in the right lane and your right eye in the left lane, this takes away of seeing any peripheral vision in the other lane...

Herbie is correct about which eye to close. It may sound funny, but when using this method, if you have a big nose, you can also use it to block out the peripheral vision too.

[Mike Pearson]

It takes a bit of seat time to get used to the blinder. You have to cover everything but the bottom yellow. Takes a lot of concentration. Unless you have a stocker that leaves hard you might not be able to hit the tree as fast as you would like. I use the bottom of the roll bar as my blinder. Just tilt my head up a bit to blind the bulbs. One other thing if you wear glasses and have bifocal or progressive lenses you might want to get a pair of single vision glasses to race with. you don't want to be looking at the tree through the reading part of the lens.

[jmcarter]

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[The Hawk]

What do you guys do for night races and blinders? I hear a lot of people complain about light bleeding through.

I`ve never used a blinder with a lot of night racing, so just curious.

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by The Hawk

What do you guys do for night races and blinders? I hear a lot of people complain about light bleeding through.

I`ve never used a blinder with a lot of night racing, so just curious.

I don’t know what other guys do, but when it gets dark I put my blinder on the passenger seat.....

[FireSale]

Pacific Raceway runs due West and usually takes a break around sunset. I made a "blinder" in case I got caught anyway. It's just a yellow plastic sunshade hinged to my roll cage with velcro strips on it and a separate rectangle of double black painted plastic to stick to it. If I need I can stop short of staging, flip it down and position the black panel to block the sun. With some trimming it would work for the lights, too.