I was wondering what is the best reaction time you can get?
Just been hearing alot of diff stories, and wanted to know the truth...

 

the best possible time you can run is what they call a "five light". This is a time of .5 (seconds i believe, maybe its .05, not 100% sure)

 

its .5 i remember reading that in an article about braket racing in sport compact car.

 

I've heard that reaction time doesn't matter in the 1/4 mile, but I don't understand why it wouldn't.

 

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because they start your 1/4 mile time the moment you start to move... and yes the perfect reaction time is .5

 

Cutting a perfect light is .5 seconds. Thats the exact moment the green light hits.

It doesnt factor into ET's, because it doesnt have anything to do with how fast your car gets down a 1/4 mile strip. The ET is the time it takes from point A to point B...point A being when your car begins its motion to move forward. The RT just tells you how long it took for your brain to tell your feet to react to get the car in motion.

 

actually to get a .5, youd have to hit the beam before the light was lit up. the timer starts ticken when electricity is sent to the bulb, but it takes a split second for the bulb to light up. whoops, sorry about the useless rant!