I finally got around to running my car at the track... I ran over in Chandler, Indiana at their 1/8th mile track. My best run was a 10.35 @66.38 mph with a .5261 reaction and a 2.2568 60'. Car's bone stock and on street tires and weighed in at 3,550 with driver and 1/2 tank of gas and all fluids. My technique was just to powerbrake up to the point right before the tires spin and then sidestep the brake while mashing the gas. It spun a little off the line but I didn't really mess with the air pressure... I definitely will next time.

Are these numbers good for a first time and a stock car? And based on these numbers, what would I run in the quarter and at what speed? Any special tips or techniques to run better times or launch better?

 

16.14@82.31mph

Good? Who cares! It was your first time & I hope you will be back.

The weight of the car is a considerable disadvantage to getting down the track in a hurry but I've seen much slower racers take home the money in bracket racing.

Focus on when to leave on the last yellow (green is too late) & consistency of reaction times & you will cut that RT down, no spinning that's a sin..the et will improve dramatically without spin.

I like pro trees, seems like waiting all day for a .500, I make more mistakes when I get distracted by the other yellows, so focus only on the last yellow.

 

Not all timing systems have been converted to a .000 perfect light system. His .526 reaction time may actually be a .026 light which is pretty good.