Why is it that,

I can get like a 15.2, and WIN and other racer gets a 15.1 and LOOSE?

 

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What were your reaction times? You must have got out the hole quicker.

 

how does it help?

and what about slower 1/4 miles and opponent has faster mph [trap]

 

It matters because it's a bracket race (assumption on my part). Search Bracket Racing in google or wikipedia and you should get a pretty thourough explanation

Clayton

 

no, it wasnt competition, or bracket racing.
i won because i crossed the finish first.
i dont know why i got a slower time.


mabee the timing system is off?

 

This is really basic but here's how it works:
-Reaction time is how long it takes for you to get out of the stage beams after the green light comes on.
-The clocks (your ET) don't start until you're out of those beams. You can sit on the line for 5 seconds building boost and it won't have any effect on your ET.
-Trap speed (MPH) means nothing basically, it's just how fast you were going on the top end. It's a good gauge of how fast you could go and how much power your car is making but besides that, means very little.
-Your ET is how long it took you from leaving the stage beams to break the beams on the top end of the track.

So if your reaction time is a tenth of a second better (a .050 vs. a .150) and you run a 15.2 and the other guy runs a 15.1 you'd be crossing the finish line at the same time.

I hope that helps. You can find a lot of this stuff on google or here though so try searching around for drag racing basics.

 

add your reaction time to your e.t. and do the same for your opponent and see who had the quicker overall time.

e.g.

.500 with a 15.2 = 15.7
.700 with a 15.1 = 15.8

 

Yup. You just got off of the line sooner and ended up at the finish quicker. I'm assuming this was just a heads-up test-and-tune session.