Top End Tactics

[Pete Beau]

Originally Posted by goinbroke2

hit the nos at 1000ft.......oops, was that a secret?
I mean...push the pedal harder...

LOL! I was going to reply with that.

Or shoot the other car with the Maxwell Smart Electrical Nullifyer gun. Just hide it good.

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Manny's dead-on.

It's more likely that the top tier drivers are going to be .007 take 7 than it is for Joe Average to to be .007 dead-on 7. It's more likely for a top tier driver playing dialer to be .007 dead-on 7 than it is for Joe Average trying to hold and be .007 take 7. Regardless of strategy, the game still favors the better driver statistically. Does the little guy throw out a great package sometimes and beat them? Absolutely. It happens. What's the percentage chance of that happening? Does the top tier driver give one away sometimes? Absolutely. It happens. What's the percentage chance of that happening?

Increasing your knowledge base will improve your chances... regardless of what your skill level is now. Any of the schools, live or online, are probably cheaper than the next .03 you find in your car. Learn the skills that will turn on a few more win lights, and you'll make more money, which you can *then* go buy the latest go-fast parts with!



50 passes in a weekend = double-entered and run yourself in the finals every day, Fri-Sat-Sun. Although obviously exaggerated, there is a lesson to be taken from it... seat time is invaluable. It's going to be tougher for anyone to race 8-12 times a year and be competitive against someone running 37 weekends a year, many of which include multiple races and/or entries.

When I take my kids to a carnival, those carny's sure make that ring toss look like a piece of cake. I can spend a $100 on ring toss with my 4 kids and not one of us will make one land on a coke bottle. The carny's do it day in, day out. The odds are decidedly in their favor.
Exactly why a professional, full-time "this is my life" racer racing against sportsman, part-time, "I have a job outside of the race track" will always have the upper hand.

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by Jeff Goss

This is a subject that is really easy to overthink. Think about it too much, and you will lose.

A wise ex-Super Stock racer once told me "It's easy, just cut a .500 light and run exactly what you dial. You will win every time!"

There you go! Haha!

Pretty much says it all there.

The package closest to perfect will ALWAYS win ... regardless of games that are played.

[Michael Beard]

One word: IMPLEMENTATION.

Everyone knows what the goal is. The trick is accomplishing it, consistently and repeatedly. Even the guy that doesn't get to race often enough can improve his driving. If you don't try to improve, you probably won't.

[Mickey Whaley]

Dont get seduced by whos in the other lane that when you mess up

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Mickey Whaley

Dont get seduced by whos in the other lane that when you mess up

This.

A former world champ told me something recently that makes sense. I've had a string of going -.00something red 1st round last year. He told me "treat first round like another qualifying pass". Now that's not exactly true, but the point is, don't get amped up.

[tpoh815]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

One word: IMPLEMENTATION.

Everyone knows what the goal is. The trick is accomplishing it, consistently and repeatedly. Even the guy that doesn't get to race often enough can improve his driving. If you don't try to improve, you probably won't.

Right on .Thats me! For once I wanna be a "carny"- just not crazy about smelling like cabbage.

[dcm933]

The best advice I ever got was from the late Jim Harrington. He told me to stick a piece of tape inside the door on both sides in the same place about a foot and a half behind the front wheel....if you are chasing someone and get the stripe beyond their front tire...it's time to tap tap tap it in....if you are being chased, discretion must be used of course but if the vehicle reaches that tape, of course, you need to keep that pedal exactly where it is. If they do not reach that tape, then you need to give him back until you can get that taped line about even with his front tire. Something simple and easy that is remarkably easy to duplicate and achieve consistent results from. (and just for the record, i don't believe in that whole hold a half a second and ride the fender...too much chance. leave 3-5 hundreths padding for yourself and ride her til she bucks ya!)

[Bruce Noland]

All this talk and no Texas Twister?

[ron mattson]

This ^^^^^^^ !!!!!!!!!!