Tonight was my first race and I had a blast even though I got eliminated in the first round, but I got a question. Did they change the way reaction times are measured because I was told that a .500 R/T was perfect but I wasn't redlit w/ a .289? In case you're curious I ran a 16.814 with a stock 305 TBI @ around 2,200 foot elevation that's more like a 7,000 due to crappy conditions, or at least that's what I was told by a teacher. Sorry for the run on sentences. Any help would be appreciated.

 

some tracks are converting to the .000 perfect light so chances are your track has that. good job

my stock 305tbi i used to have ran 15.6 at like 10ft elevation

 

thanx man

Now I have another question, should I even try burning out because I know when my tires are clean I can grip even on the worst streets but I'm spinning the right one off the line. On the other hand it's really embarassing to do a one wheel peel in front of a croud and I would probably get the track wet on the left side. To burnout or not to burnout. That is the question. The tires are Toyo Proxes FZ4 245/50/R16.

 

The purpose of a burnout is to build heat in the tires and make them sticky. Doing a burnout in water doesn't tear up the rubber like on dry pavement.

Now street tires are designed NOT to heat up. They're designed to run at high speeds where you don't want them hot. Doing a burnout with street tires does nothing except make them slippery and it just wears the rubber off. A burnout with slicks is different because these tires are designed to release oils in the rubber when heated which makes them soft and sticky.

The best thing to do is to drive around the water box if possible. Some tracks you have to drive through it because of how they have it designed. When driving around the water box, drive to the inside. They sweep the rocks and dirt to the outside and you don't want to drive through that.

Once on the other side of the water box, do a few short dry hops just to clean off the tires. Any water stuck in the tread will drip down on the starting line and make traction even worse.