Things You'll Need:
- Stopwatch for calculating dial-in time
- Drag racing staging light or flagger
- Two drag race cars
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Step 1
Figure out the correct dial-in time for your car. The dial-in time is the average claimed speed, measured usually in seconds, of a particular car through a quarter-mile race. It is important to be accurate with this number, since your car can be disqualified from the race if it turns out to be significantly faster than the dial-in time indicates.
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Step 2
Use the dial-in speed to determine the difference in the drag-racing staging lights, or the distance between the starts of the two cars, and make the appropriate adjustments.
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Step 3
Participate in the bracket race heat. Remember, if your car exceeds its dial-in speed significantly, you will certainly be disqualified. If both cars exceed their dial-in speed, however, the car that exceeds it the least will be declared the winner.
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Step 4
Change your dial-in speed if you consistently exceed it in each heat. You are allowed to do this. In fact, it is a very common part of bracket racing.
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Step 5
Practice your reaction times to the drag-racing staging lights or flagger (the person that may signal the start of a bracket race). If you are 1/10th of a second slower than the other driver, this may translate to an entire car length by the end of a race in which the drivers reach speeds of 100 mph.
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Step 6
Make appropriate corrections if your dial-in speed or the elapsed time if your races vary too much. Strive for consistency in each race, and focus on the same routine over and over. If you are still having problems in maintaining a constant speed on the track, find out whether external variables, such as wind, are having an effect on your car.
Comments
BracketRacer said
on 2/17/2008 Horrible
BracketRacer said
on 2/17/2008 WTF?
BracketRacer said
on 2/17/2008 WTF?
BracketRacer said
on 2/17/2008 WTF?