Rock Falls Raceway 2007

speed_addict said:
this was just during time trials though... my reaction time was half of what his was. if i leave the line first and am still ahead of him at the end of the track, wouldn't i have a better 1/4 mile time?

No. If you leave the line 2nd and are ahead of him at the end of the track then you definitely have a better 1/4 mile time. But not the other way around.
 
Elicious said:
No. If you leave the line 2nd and are ahead of him at the end of the track then you definitely have a better 1/4 mile time. But not the other way around.
i must be retarded then cause that makes no sense to me (shrug)
 
whatever the confussion, congrats on lowering your time, that's pretty significant. I'm sure the weather helped 2 because last time was HOT. but you were consistant too.
 
Thanks :) hopefully if I get my FMIC kit before June, I will be able to drop em even more....

Hey liquidspeed- how did you times turn out?
 
speed_addict said:
i must be retarded then cause that makes no sense to me (shrug)

Let's say we're both going to the same place in wisconsin and we're both leaving from minneapolis. If I leave at 4:30 and get there at 6:30 it took me two hours. If you leave at 5:00 and get there at 6:00 it took you one hour. But you left the line 2nd and you were ahead of me when you got to the finish.
 
Elicious said:
Let's say we're both going to the same place in wisconsin and we're both leaving from minneapolis. If I leave at 4:30 and get there at 6:30 it took me two hours. If you leave at 5:00 and get there at 6:00 it took you one hour. But you left the line 2nd and you were ahead of me when you got to the finish.

So the slip should say that I won but it doesn't... and I actually left the line first. My reaction time was half of what his was. And at the finish it says I was over .3 seconds behind him. W/E I really don't care... I had fun and got much better times than last year, and that is what matters (thumb)
 
Yeah it was a great time and I seen some of your runs and it looked like you was doing just fine to me but we all would like to go a little faster LoL
 
speed_addict said:
So the slip should say that I won but it doesn't... and I actually left the line first. My reaction time was half of what his was. And at the finish it says I was over .3 seconds behind him. W/E I really don't care... I had fun and got much better times than last year, and that is what matters (thumb)

You had a faster reaction time but his car actually cleared the 1/4 mile .4 seconds faster than you. He just started more than .4s later than you.

Another example. You are racing against a 9s car. You leave the line first you reach the finish before his car even moves. He then proceeds to run a 9s 1/4mile. You left the line first and you were ahead of him at the finish, but he still did the quarter mile faster than you. He just had a reaction time of 15s.
 
speed_addict said:
Thanks :) hopefully if I get my FMIC kit before June, I will be able to drop em even more....

Hey liquidspeed- how did you times turn out?


I was happy to keep my times consistant at 14.5. I made it to the third round in the Eliminations too bad I missed 2nd gear. Did you leave before Eliminations?
 
liquidspeed said:
I was happy to keep my times consistant at 14.5. I made it to the third round in the Eliminations too bad I missed 2nd gear. Did you leave before Eliminations?

Yea unfortunately I had to be to work by 3. I left right around 1:30 or so... but I still got 7 runs in :)
 

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