Willing To Hold...Again

[1700camaro]

Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

I have a good weather station and my car is predictable. I dial my car what I think I can run and I don't hold. I rely on a better tree and running closer to my dial. I will lift if I have room. The competition in Super Stock is really tight so I rarely lift. I can tell you a .049 bulb and 1 over with a 4 wont get you many wins in SS.

That slip was a perfect example of why I hold. We both had crappy lights, very unusual especially for my opponent. I'm almost 100% sure, if I dialed what the car would have run. I would have lost that round! My car would have run a 9.034 @ around 150 mph on that pass. My opponent came by after & we had a nice chat with some chuckles.

As for what you think about Super Stock. I picked a random race from Divisional Live Timing & took a look at your claim. I saw a good many winning with a similar light & also seen a good many winning with .050+ lights & worse (not heads-up races). Most of that was in the 1st 3 rounds & they started tightening up as the rounds went along.

I'm not pushing holding on anyone. I'm sharing what I do with my program. Many moons ago I used to dial honest/what I thought it would run. I started practicing holding & I will never go back to dialing honest. It's so much easier for me to race while holding.