I remember that day...it had to be 95* outside and I kept a towel in my cooler...I put it on my head in the staging lanes to keep a little cooler...my name is Fuzzy but you can call me Achmed...

I should have been more specific on my advice to Daddybugs...it was tailored to Orlando specifically on the dialing part...in Orlando the gates open at 2:30 pm and time shots happen before the sun goes down...then first round is just after sunset...usually that can mean you may pick up a couple of hun with the cooler air and tighter track in the first round...

In summer, nothing much changes until about the second or third round...a weather station and predicter is your friend in Orlando...

See ya tonite Daddy..we will be pitted under the trees as always...I went 12.27 in the 1/4 last night with a bad short time so things are shaking out with the new set up...

 

Is it to early to reserve a shady pit area for next year?

 

 

I think I can squeeze the Silverado and open trailer in there. The Formula will feel right at home. The Mustang might feel a bit out of place surounded by all the Chevy's but will adjust.

 

...you guys are too much... ok, I will find you guys tonite and hopefully we will ALL be in the 2nd and 3rd rounds (and maybe longer...)..DDBS

 

Red 69 races the Red '79 (I don't think he did well in math-classes as a youth), but I am fighting a sinus-infection/wrenched-back and won't make it.

 

get better Glen, hope to see you soon..DDBS

 

Three of us have open trailers so no problemo there...one of us races a 78 trans am, I race the 81 camaro, Mike the 79 vette and Todd the 92 vette...come on down...

Mike and I will be heading down to the Super Chevy this weekend in Palm Beach...

 

Hey Fuzzy, just letting you know that I'm 90% sure I will have my 91
S10 there in time for points on the 21st. It is very bright orange, so you won't miss it. Setting in the new 9 inch rear axle now and once I get the driveshaft made, it should be ready for racing next week for practice/test and tune. Real excited as it took over a year to build this truck. Don't know how consistent it will be and hopefully I will get a least a week to iron out the wrinkles. BTW, how did the Super Chevy Show this weekend? I wanted to go, but had too many things to do.
DDBS

 

Cut the light, Run the Number... and if I lose at least I did it All Out!

 

Quote: "Sandbagging: Only sandbag against someone else who sandbags."

Too many people are afraid of the dreaded "Sandbagger" Then why not make them afraid of you? Learn how to hold some extra in the bag, learn how to drive the stripe, and get comfortable with the situations that you are willing to use it.


Why be a follower? When you can be a leader!

 

Absolutly !! I never hold more than .03 and if I think I hit the tree.. I know I donn't have to lock up the breaks!

Last week Jeanne diald 12.45 and ran 12.446 with just a tap on the binders... the other lane broke out by .030 she broke out by .004 ! That alone says something for NOT holding "TOO MUCH" !

 

You can hold as much as you can confortablly scrub. You also have to know how much a lift or tap is going to take off your ET. The more you do it the better you get at scrubing and seeing the other car. Last week a couple of rounds I was holding .06. I never came close of breaking out. I dialed too hard in my loosing round and ran it out the back door to a loosing over .02. Duah.

 

I just run my own race.
I like to dial tight to the number and go for a good light regardless of what's in the other lane.
I know how to use the powerband of the C6 LS3 to my advantage at the top end to make for a close race against cars that are alittle faster than mine if need be.
I don't care for sandbagging. I've always believed it you live by the fender you die by the fender.
I did come up with a few little tricks over time in regards to driving the top end, but those I keep to myself.

 

Wow, this thread went untouched for 5 months. I still jump in the CF to see what's going on, and would always like to see some action on this thread. As I can't really be talked out of my approach to bracket racing......I still enjoy reading others' ideas.

 

Your consistency is most important of course. The closer you can run to your dail the better . If you leave yourself a little more room you will have to look over your shoulder to see where the faster car is and pedal . My advice is to improve your on time shift point or go to auto trans. My quote is IF YOU LIFT YOU LOOSE.

 

Not making your dial really increases the chance of you seeing the win light in the other lane. Holding and driving the stripe increases the chances of a winning. I'm almost always on the breaks and get wins due to that fact not in spite of it. Racing here is so competetive that close to your dial in many cases is not good for the win. One needs to be dead on every run. I bet that your competetion is looking over their shoulder at you. I think that I may run a 15 but I know that I can run a 19. I will put a XX.19 and drive the stripe. With holding I can be pretty certain that I will run the number or be quicker than the number. I can hit the brakes and slow down however I can't make the car go quicker if I'm not making the dial. Holding gives me the ability to be able to run the number dead on every time. Yes I will take too much stripe and give it back from time to time but the larger percentage is that I will be correct and get the win. Playing the percentage. If I'm not making the number I give up my control of the race and can only hope my competetor makes a mistake. Knowing that I'm "good" on the dial allows me to cut conservative lights. I don't have to need to push a .000 and go red. I can give .020 or even .030 on the tree and still have an opportunity to play the top end dance for the win. Likewise when I win on the tree I can tap back to insure the win. Given 100 passes how many can you predict the ET dead on? Now in 100 passes where you add .04 to the prediction and either run dead on or faster? I know that I can do the second thing most of the time.

 

IF YOU LIFT YOU LOSE???? Anyone who really bracket races with this strategy in mind should go out and buy a HANS device RIGHT NOW!!! And adjust the helmet straps as tight as possible.

That way when you take tenth stripes and get laughed at all the time......at least you have an excuse as to why you could not see that the other car was 2 car lengths back.

And for the guy who was .000, .002, and .003.....why would you be so good on the tree and leave yourself the chance of not being able to run the number?

 

**On an average bracket racing weekend; about how many time trials do you normally get before the competition begins? Thx.

 

pre-Elimination time-runs vary from track-to-track, and might be based-on how many cars typically show-up for an event:
some larger tracks, with big car-counts, may limit each racer to a pair of time-shots, while smaller tracks, with fewer participants, will open the lanes, and let you run until your tongue is hangin'-out.

At some of the smaller tracks in Florida, I've seen some of my friends make 6, 8, or even more runs before eliminations begin