Racing the stripe if you have the lead

Rmoore said

I always liked racing sand baggers ... I could always cut a light.. Sand baggers worst nightmare... To answer the OP QUESTION , dial the car what it will run. If you can get on the brakes , if you cant see him. If you can see him ,run it out the back. Index racing , you have to have your car on point , The key to it all , you have to cut a light . Most of all , have fun . I've always enjoyed racing the guys like playing games with me . You race your race, dont worry about the games, you cut a light, and your car runs the number , that in its self is game player worst nightmare .

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Haha, yeah, oddly enough if doesn't bother me when some people call me a sand bagger....it just makes me smile. There are times though that holding a few numbers and driving the stripe can win you a race that you would have normally lost if you had dialed what the car would run flat out. There are also times when I lose a race I should have won because I was messing around.

I posted a timeslip of this a few years back (I'll have to see if I can find it) where I was behind on the tree a little (we both had good lights) but I was holding 2 hundredths.....I was able to back out of the throttle before the stripe and eeek out a win with 0.0001 stripe....my friend saw what I was doing (and knew full well what I was try to do), but had no course of action because he was dialed to run it flat out....After the race he said I got lucky, which is partially true....I just smiled as my friend shock his head, because he has seen me do this before.....and we both know that isn't just luck, it takes practice and finesse.

I fully agree with your statement "you run your race"....do your own thing, and have fun :) .