My leading favorite is the Biondo Final Round tree has a new model and they are selling it for the intorductory price of $199.99. Had I not dropped so much dough into my car lately I'd pick one up but I cannot.

Check it out here http://www.biondoracing.com/PracticeTrees.shtml#FR3

 

Ohhh REDGAR! Is this what I can expect to happen to me, practice tree's in the house, etc.... :lol: You duh MAN!

It never ceases to amaze me how many/much stuff there is out there to lower your 1/4 times. WOW!

BTW- Was your car still at the VetteDocs on Thursday 10/3? Maybe it was on the lift because I don't think I saw it in the lot. Those guys were awesome to me. When I get my car back next week I will do the props to the Vette Doctors. They are topnotch and there isn't much else to say about it without me being a cheerleader. I stink at cheerleading :crazy: and their reputation speaks for itself period!

 

Yeah there are lots of tools to help improve every facet of bracket racing.

Yes my car is in Long Island but it is at one of the guys home gargare as they did not have room in the shop for it. I will be getting done this week and I will be picking up on Friday.

If you are ready Friday we can meet there have have lunch or something.

 

Sounds good. I will find out if it is ready on Thursday, if so then I will pick it up on Friday the 10th. It took me about 5 hours to get down to Amityville which gets me there around lunch time with a 7am depart, perfect.

Hope to see you then. :seeya

 

Practice is way over rated.
You will find your best light might be your first time run of the day when no pressure is on and your not ANTICIPATING cutting a super light.

 

I've been looking around the net to no avail, does anyone know of an ONLINE pratice tree? I know it's not the same as doing it in the car, but practice is practice. Thanks for any help! :seeya

 

I always practice before seriously competing. I have a full tree, actually sit in the car about 25 feet from the tree (length of the cable) with a special bracket assembly microswitch which is connected to the brake pedal (I have an A4). I took the time to figure my vehicle reaction time and set it into my eliminator 2000. I also practice with a handicap start so that I learn to ignore the other sides lights. BTW I practice for 5 days before an event for at least 30 minutes each day. You get to the point where you instinctively launch without having to 'think' about it. The result is better consistency at least for me. :)


[Modified by MMarquez, 10:23 PM 10/6/2002]

 

go to http://www.prestage.com They have a game call netholeshot

 

Quite the opposite for me John. My light gets better as the day goes on.

 

Are you serious :eek:

I think you might practice more than most Pro-stock guys! ;)

You left out the most important part - what are your typical reaction times, and how many races have you won this year?

 

we have one in our house & Emily (the 16 year old racer) has instructions to practice it daily!!! :cheers:

 

Hey what about Dad, doesn't he have to practice;)

 

Hey Tracy, I'd like to check out the practice tree some time! I need every advantage to keep beating Mark! :D JT

 

I don't as much as I should Edgar!!!!

Jim, break down and buy one.....you know Mean Green will be!!!! :D :cheers:

 

Eric, this year due to my job situation :( I haven't competed in anything but the Fastest Street Vette in Texas last month, so I will refer to last year. I want to emphasis that the practice doesn't turn you into superman but it helps for sure. Plus the worse you are, the more you need to practice :smash: Also my car is not super fast (A4) and runs in the 13 second range so I focus on bracket racing. The events that I ran in were fun "club" type competition (Texas Musclecar Club Challenge and some of the Xtreme Corvette Club of Texas events) with events around once per month. Not super serious weekly NHRA stuff (That's too serious for me :eek: since I just want to do it for fun). This means that the casual competitor will have a usual reaction time of .7xx or greater. The more serious guys who race often will be typically .55x to .6xx. One person that I met and have the highest respect for :flag was almost always .54x. BTW he usually won his eliminations. :yesnod:

Before I got the Eliminator I used to have very erratic reaction times. Sometimes I would luck out a .5xx but mostly .6xx and .7xx and even.8xx and .9xx. I was thinking too much, too excited and usually eliminated in the first or second round.

Since I started to practice I would estimate that 80% of the time my reaction is a .5xx and usually between .50x to .57x. I occasionally still fall asleep at the light due to fatigue or distraction. Remember practice doesn't make you superman.

As you can see, cutting a good light puts the odds in your favor. But there is more to bracket racing than just reaction time (e.g. dial in, sand bagging, etc.). The idea is to make fewer mistakes than your opponent (and to have a fair amount of luck ;) ) . After I started to practice I was able to make it into further rounds more often and sometimes even the semis and finals. I was very fortunate to win three of the events (in my class) that I participated in. So for me, the practice really paid off. Some people are naturals, but me, I have to practice :cheers: