I have heard people say that they spun real bad and that is why they had a 600 reaction time. And I have heard people say they have picked the tires out of the beam and that is why they went red. It has been my experience that neither of these things happen. I have spun so bad that it feels like the car never moved and it seemed to only effect the r/t a few hundreths at most. I have also carrried the tires in the air past the 60 ft with no noticable effect on r/t. It would be interesting to have timers for 6" insted of 60' to see how the times vary. But then even the slightest differences in staging, not to mention about a hundred other factors would have an effect. If you make a run and lose a few hundreths in 60' and say that is why the r/t was slow how do you know it didn't start spinning at the 1 ft mark? By then your r/t has already been determined. My experiences are limited to footbraking w/ full bodied cars so I really have no input on this about cars w/ transbrakes and front ends tied down. But from what I know the driver determines r/t by keeping his/her car consistant and of course hitting in the right spot.
Posted on Jul 3, 2000, 1:17 PM from IP address 63.20.80.199