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posted July 20, 2003 07:18 PM
Question for all serious dragracers
I was having a conversation with the guys at the race this weekend. One of them mentioned that during the reaction time clinic that he took, they told him not to look at the tree during the launch. They taught him to look down the track where he's going. Only use peripheral vision to see the tree.
What do you folks do? I look at the tree directly.
  
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posted July 20, 2003 07:44 PM
hmm...I dont really know....Id have to go to the track to be sure what I actually do now that you mention it 
Im pretty sure I look at the tree though.
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wannabe
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posted July 20, 2003 07:45 PM
YCIS,
Man. I hope I didn't just mess you up by having you thinking about it. Kinda like asking a guy wether he breathes in or holds his breath while he's putting. 
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01zx12r
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posted July 20, 2003 07:47 PM
I would have to say that works for me in a way..The less attention I pay to the bulb the better my reaction time is. Ease up..Dont try so hard..atleast thats what everyone is telling me...LOL
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posted July 20, 2003 08:22 PM
I look at the tree and actually some people look only at the bottom bulb and some look at every light, which would be me, I watch the bulbs turn on and off. and leave like that.
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posted July 20, 2003 09:43 PM
haha..its for damn sure going to fuck me up the next time I make a pass...cuz Ill be thinkin about that 
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1bad12r
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posted July 21, 2003 01:10 AM
Yea, I look at the whole tree. But I'm just a newbie, just been at it for a year.
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posted July 21, 2003 04:19 AM
Whatever you do, do it the same every time. After 3 or 4 hundred passes you'll be fairly consistent. I see the whole tree also.
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posted July 21, 2003 09:33 AM
I only look at the bottom bulb....But I will try your way once....
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hotrodninja
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posted July 21, 2003 09:40 AM
I could believe you would let your periphearal vision work for a pro tree, but a full .500 tree I think it would be hard to hit the third bulb right.
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kcadby
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posted July 23, 2003 09:01 AM
IF??? I didn't watch the tree...I would probable leave on the other guys tree by accident sometimes...
I watch the tree...
I agree on the pro-light deal though...
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posted July 23, 2003 03:06 PM
 Edited By: zx12girl on 23 Jul 2003 17:51
Well, I am not a serious dragracer but I'll answer anyway.:d
I watch the tree also. I put most attention to the last two yellows.
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posted July 23, 2003 04:16 PM
Low bulb...
quote:
I only look at the bottom bulb...
DR JOE
The low bulb works for me,
even on a sportsman tree...
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posted July 25, 2003 06:08 AM
Edited By: ynot on 25 Jul 2003 07:08
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posted July 25, 2003 06:38 AM
quote:
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I only look at the bottom bulb...
DR JOE
The low bulb works for me,
even on a sportsman tree...
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the last yellow... focus on the filament, watch it "bloom", go when it is bright! With LED's, watch it go yellow, pause a bit, GO!!!
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kcadby
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posted July 25, 2003 02:44 PM
If I "pause" it'll be a 6-freekin hundred light 
I guess I'm just plain sloooooow...
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posted July 25, 2003 04:20 PM
quote:
Well, I am not a serious dragracer but I'll answer anyway.
I watch the tree also. I put most attention to the last two yellows.
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