Drag Racing Tree Simulator

Here is a practice drag racing tree (this is for bracket racing, not a PRO TREE). Press the button once to prestage, then a second time to stage. A random time will pass before the lights drop. There’s a .500 of a second between lights. Hit the button again and see your reaction time.



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Don’t forget your shoe polish!

Back in the day racers used to use white shoe polish to dial in. While this was convenient it was a bitch to take off (required some window cleaner and a few minutes with a credit card)
We don’t need to use shoe polish anymore since window wipe exists now. You should remember to [...]

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High Octane Race Gas

Race gas can be found at some race tracks and at some gas stations. So who uses race gas? Usually people that have forced induction such as turbos and superchargers can benefit from race gas. The higher octane gas allows higher boost with less chance of detonation.
If you have a turbo or [...]

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Another reason not to street race

Everyone knows not to street race. It’s common sense. It saves lives.
But if the facts aren’t enough for you then check out this article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/20/state/n132637D82.DTL
And another: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19339955
Long story short:
California Law Enforcement now has the right to DESTROY your car if you get caught engaged in illegal street racing.

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How your Engine Works

This is a cool interactive way to learn how your engine works. Watch the interaction between the pistons, rods, crankshaft, intake valves, exhaust valves, intake manifold and exhaust manifold. You’ll need the shockwave plug-in (just download it after your browser prompts you.) Internal combustion engine

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Drag Racing Terms

Breaking out: Losing because you ran faster than your Dial In time
Burning out: Smoking up your tires in an effort to warm up the rubber for better traction.
Dial In: Quarter mile time that you say you will hit. If you run faster than your Dial In then you’ll break out and lose.
Drag Radials: DOT [...]

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The Christmas Tree

Yes it’s festive but what do all these lights mean?If you’re a beginner in drag racing just pay attention to the lights in your lane. Let’s go from top to bottom.

PRE-STAGE
The first two yellow lights side by side are PRE-STAGE. The PRE-STAGE light is lit when you trip the first light beam (There [...]

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How to do a Rear Wheel Drive Burnout or Brakestand

RWD Burnouts (Brakestands)
First determine if you should go through the Water Box.
If you are going to do a water burn out:

Roll into the water box and past the middle of it. You don’t want to be too close to the middle or it will be difficult to burn off all the water.
Rev your motor [...]

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How to do a Front Wheel Drive Burnout

FWD Burnouts (Honda, Acura, and other front wheel drive car owners read on…)
First determine if you should go through the Water Box.
If you are going to do a water burn out:

Roll into the water box and past the middle of it. You don’t want to be too close to the middle or it will [...]

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Going through the Water Box

The Water Box. You’ll typically see racers with slicks go through the water box and do burnouts. Cars that make decent power can do some very nice smoky burnouts. American muscle cars (old and new alike) are usually the burnout kings. Lots of horsepower + lots of torque + water = huge [...]

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