Racing the stripe if you have the lead
Even a consistent car isn't "dead on" everytime. We're talking .01+/- . A lot of what happens depends on how close your opponent is. If both cars are very close with both drivers having good lights, what do you do then? In my experience if you're set fast the guy with the better light will lose. Think about MOV. It's harder to get closer than .02 when there's a substantial speed difference If your close, but slightly over, that works pretty well. In this case I'm running 9.0 index so the dial is fixed and the car adjusted to run as close as possible. The first two runs the car was over by a few .00X. The second two were under by a little over .01x. The Here's 4 examples. The 1st was a great run. Both the light and tightening the stripe. The second the 2nd stage bulb came on a little quicker than I would've liked. We footbrake and have to stage heavy on the converter. Had 3 runs in the left lane at this point, .001, .003, .012. Decided to play it safe on the tree. Caught him and tightened it up nicely. Both of these runs would've been 9.002-9.003. The 3rd was a good pass, had a better light, took a decent stripe. I watched him all the way down. The margin was nearly the same the entire way. The result was loss. The 4th I caught him early enough. And though I tightened it up (note mph) I was sloppy at the stripe. Took way to much. So for those who say don't pay attention to the other guy and dial it tight. won 2, lost 2
Doug
Even a consistent car isn't "dead on" everytime. We're talking .01+/- . A lot of what happens depends on how close your opponent is. If both cars are very close with both drivers having good lights, what do you do then? In my experience if you're set fast the guy with the better light will lose. Think about MOV. It's harder to get closer than .02 when there's a substantial speed difference If your close, but slightly over, that works pretty well. In this case I'm running 9.0 index so the dial is fixed and the car adjusted to run as close as possible. The first two runs the car was over by a few .00X. The second two were under by a little over .01x. The Here's 4 examples. The 1st was a great run. Both the light and tightening the stripe. The second the 2nd stage bulb came on a little quicker than I would've liked. We footbrake and have to stage heavy on the converter. Had 3 runs in the left lane at this point, .001, .003, .012. Decided to play it safe on the tree. Caught him and tightened it up nicely. Both of these runs would've been 9.002-9.003. The 3rd was a good pass, had a better light, took a decent stripe. I watched him all the way down. The margin was nearly the same the entire way. The result was loss. The 4th I caught him early enough. And though I tightened it up (note mph) I was sloppy at the stripe. Took way to much. So for those who say don't pay attention to the other guy and dial it tight. won 2, lost 2
Doug