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Re: Racers / Starting Line Games
[Re: clonestocker]
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02/18/11 12:49 PM
02/18/11 12:49 PM
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HotRodDave
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I just do my thing, quick burn out to put a little heat in the tires and clean em up then I stage and wait for the other guy, if he is farting around backing up and inching forward then backing up again or gettin out feeling up his tires or anything to hold up the race I light em both up, I don't go to the track to play those games, I just wanna race.
I am not causing global warming, I am just trying to hold off a impending Ice Age!
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Re: Racers / Starting Line Games
[Re: maximum entropy]
#930109
02/18/11 01:37 PM
02/18/11 01:37 PM
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Sweet Home Alabama
MRMOPAR622
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Who's gonna be the 1st to start the Bump drafting in Drag-Racing 
Last edited by MRMOPAR570; 02/18/11 01:38 PM.
"To Be The Man'You Have Got To Beat The Man"
"T/D and Pro-Bracket Racer"
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Re: Racers / Starting Line Games
[Re: MRMOPAR622]
#930110
02/18/11 04:47 PM
02/18/11 04:47 PM
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toledo, ohio
plasticfantastic
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OK I'll fess up I hold a few # myself sometimes,but make no mistake I'm not afraid to pull those # out of the delay box and use them. 
youre not afraid to pull those nummbers out of the box to change your reaction???
the guy double bulbs you so you take .005 out of your delay?
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Re: Racers / Starting Line Games
[Re: plasticfantastic]
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02/18/11 07:14 PM
02/18/11 07:14 PM
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Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
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OK I'll fess up I hold a few # myself sometimes,but make no mistake I'm not afraid to pull those # out of the delay box and use them.
youre not afraid to pull those nummbers out of the box to change your reaction???
the guy double bulbs you so you take .005 out of your delay?
Yeah I dont get that
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Re: Racers / Starting Line Games
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#930112
02/18/11 07:43 PM
02/18/11 07:43 PM
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Sweet Home Alabama
MRMOPAR622
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Do the 2 of you know anything about a delay box? I think you set them either in the pits or in the staging lanes,not when you and the other man is staged. What are the 2 of you talking about? That might be better in the Funny things you hear at the track.What do you do when the other guy double bulbs you pull .005 out of the delay box Ok if I'm not staged & the other person double bulbs me....he's in for a long wait I run alcohol,if I'm already staged I just roll in turn on my last bulb get on the trans brake & hopefully cut a good light and the car runs the number.  HOPE THAT HELPS Y'ALL OUT.
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"To Be The Man'You Have Got To Beat The Man"
"T/D and Pro-Bracket Racer"
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Re: Racers / Starting Line Games
[Re: MRMOPAR622]
#930113
02/18/11 07:51 PM
02/18/11 07:51 PM
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Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
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Do the 2 of you know anything about a delay box? I think you set them either in the pits or in the staging lanes,not when you and the other man is staged. What are the 2 of you talking about?
I know plenty about a delay box, I run a 400 Biondo...
WHY would you change your reaction time because he
D bulbs you... maybe you dont know them 
You shouldnt be changing ANYTHING in the box
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Re: Racers / Starting Line Games
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#930114
02/18/11 07:54 PM
02/18/11 07:54 PM
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Lehigh Acres, Florida
rickstershemi
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Do the 2 of you know anything about a delay box? I think you set them either in the pits or in the staging lanes,not when you and the other man is staged. What are the 2 of you talking about?
I know plenty about a delay box, I run a 400 Biondo...
WHY would you change your reaction time because he
D bulbs you... maybe you dont know them
You shouldnt be changing ANYTHING in the box
 Not for that anywho 
Rickster
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Re: Racers / Starting Line Games
[Re: MRMOPAR622]
#930117
02/18/11 10:53 PM
02/18/11 10:53 PM
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toledo, ohio
plasticfantastic
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Do the 2 of you know anything about a delay box?
I guess not since I have no idea what you are talking about when you say you hold numbers, but arent afraid to take them out of the delay box.
so explain your statement to me.
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Re: Racers / Starting Line Games
[Re: maximum entropy]
#930118
02/18/11 10:58 PM
02/18/11 10:58 PM
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Phoenix, AZ
MoparBilly
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The starting line games are only played in the minds of the guys who think it works.
bingo.
Ignorance is not an excuse for arrogance. I study the numbers, I look at the facts, many of you aren't nearly as cool on the starting line as you think you are.
The typical 1st round in SST is 18-24 hours AFTER your last time run, and we are typically the first or second class down the track..."Hit the tree and run the number"..yeah right!!! In 4 years of SST Divisional racing I was 19-10 in first rounds, which is pretty impressive at that level especially considering I am a subpar driver, (Yeah the stats bear that out too). Luckily Drag Racing is like sex, you don't have to be particularly good at it to enjoy it.
Bottom line,
I've raced enough to learn that there are far and away more rounds of racing lost due to mistakes, than there are won by great runs down the track. Enjoy the great runs, study and learn from the mistakes...If you don't want to learn about your opponents, at least learn about yourself.
"Livin' in a powder keg and givin' off sparks"
4 Street cars, 5 Race engines
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Re: Racers / Starting Line Games
[Re: MoparBilly]
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02/18/11 11:21 PM
02/18/11 11:21 PM
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Phoenix, AZ
MoparBilly
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Super scamp:
I mainly race on a pro tree, but occasionally when I bracket race on a full tree and my buddies start talking about 2 hits, and bumping down...my eyes glaze over...I know my Mega 450 will do it, but I'm lucky to let go on time ONCE!
Plastic:
My Mega 450 is on the dash in front of the steering wheel in plain veiw, and easy reach. My friends often laugh at how many times they see me changing my delay, or my T-stop timer from the burn-out to staging. Guy in front of me goes red, I add .005 delay everytime...superstition, and puts me at eaze, I HATE redlights. Sun in my eyes, take some out, unexpected cloud cover put some in. Something stupid happens between the burnout and staging I'll add a few because I get amped. I don't determine my delay amount off my previous lights, as much as I do off the in-car DRT tester in the mega 450. I take 3 hits when I'm 4 or 5 cars back everytime, and record those in my logbook. Then compare them to what I do before eliminations. Maybe I'm overthinking it, Maybe not.
"Livin' in a powder keg and givin' off sparks"
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Re: Racers / Starting Line Games
[Re: CraigS]
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02/18/11 11:32 PM
02/18/11 11:32 PM
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Anoka County, MN
Leigh
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Delay boxes are lame.
game players are lame.
line em up ,turn em on, and lets race.
da da duh duh duh duh duh duh duh.
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Re: Racers / Starting Line Games
[Re: MoparBilly]
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02/18/11 11:50 PM
02/18/11 11:50 PM
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Central New York
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MoparBilly 19-10 IS REAL GOOD!! I gess I didn't get the point of your post thu.Are you saying you play games with the other driver because you have studied him and know what would throw him off? I learn from my mistakes beleive that.But what goes on in the other lane I could care less.I know who leaves first and how much faster or slower the other car is. Thats all I need to know. As soon as both cars are staged I am on the two step looking at the bottom bulb.  You said-- Luckly dragracing is like sex, you don't have to be particulary good at it to ejoy it. Now thats funny!! Dragracing I can get thru the first round .The other thing well I can get thru the first round but I fall asleep in the second one.Dam old age. Off subject alittle.Are you serious 18-24 hours before you get into the first round? Thats crazy.I would be worn out doing nothing for that long.
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Re: Racers / Starting Line Games
[Re: MoparBilly]
#930123
02/18/11 11:57 PM
02/18/11 11:57 PM
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communist bloc of new jersey
jamesc
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I've raced enough to learn that there are far and away more rounds of racing lost due to mistakes, than there are won by great runs down the track.
the summery of this entire thread, the driver that makes the fewest mistakes wins...and that doesn't come in any electronic box.
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Notta thing.. 
