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Drag Racing
Talking about the preparation involved with drag racing, the safety equipment, and witnessing an extreme vehicle crash.
If your car breaks, there are many other teams ready to come help you.
Effectiveness of the safety equipment.
What happens the day of a race.
Mind games that can be played during a race.
How you can lose at the start line.
Understanding how your vehicle responds.
Conditions that affect a vehicle's performance.
When hitting the brakes can make a situation worse.
When a routine helps manage anxiety and improve focus.
Adapting when parts malfunction.
The moment he decided to start racing.
A tire pressure trick that helps when staging.
Drag Racing Terms
Christmas Tree
Column of 7 vertical lights used to indicate when race starts.
Lights in order from top to bottom.
Pre-staged yellow light.
Staged yellow light.
Amber flashes for .500 Seconds.
Amber flashes for .500 seconds.
Amber flashes for .500 seconds.
Green lights up.
Red light flashes if cross line before green lights up.
Used for bracket racing.
Pro-Tree
Same light pattern as Christmas tree with different light time.
All three amber lights flash simultaneously for .500.
Green on.
Used in non bracket racing.
Bracket Racing
Allows vehicles of varying elapsed time to compete against each other.
Makes the race more about reaction time, shifting ability, and driver skill.
Each vehicle writes their predicted 1/4 mile time on top corner of windshield
Pre-Staged
Race car is about 7 inches behind start line.
Top yellow on tree lights up
Staged
Front wheel on the starting line.
Second yellow lights up.
Race can start at anytime now.
Red-Light
Bottom red will light up anytime a racer cross start line before green light.
Racer disqualified.
Tree (this guy)
Once green lights up.
Crossing the start line faster than opponent.
Breakout
Used in bracket racing.
When a driver goes faster than his written best time.
On the Trailer
Race car is put on a trailer after losing or being eliminate from the race.
Mentioned in Episode
SIR - Saskatchewan International Raceway
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Talking about the preparation involved with drag racing, the safety equipment, and witnessing an extreme vehicle crash.
If your car breaks, there are many other teams ready to come help you.
Effectiveness of the safety equipment.
What happens the day of a race.
Mind games that can be played during a race.
How you can lose at the start line.
Understanding how your vehicle responds.
Conditions that affect a vehicle's performance.
When hitting the brakes can make a situation worse.
When a routine helps manage anxiety and improve focus.
Adapting when parts malfunction.
The moment he decided to start racing.
A tire pressure trick that helps when staging.
Drag Racing Terms
Christmas Tree
Column of 7 vertical lights used to indicate when race starts.
Lights in order from top to bottom.
Pre-staged yellow light.
Staged yellow light.
Amber flashes for .500 Seconds.
Amber flashes for .500 seconds.
Amber flashes for .500 seconds.
Green lights up.
Red light flashes if cross line before green lights up.
Used for bracket racing.
Pro-Tree
Same light pattern as Christmas tree with different light time.
All three amber lights flash simultaneously for .500.
Green on.
Used in non bracket racing.
Bracket Racing
Allows vehicles of varying elapsed time to compete against each other.
Makes the race more about reaction time, shifting ability, and driver skill.
Each vehicle writes their predicted 1/4 mile time on top corner of windshield
Pre-Staged
Race car is about 7 inches behind start line.
Top yellow on tree lights up
Staged
Front wheel on the starting line.
Second yellow lights up.
Race can start at anytime now.
Red-Light
Bottom red will light up anytime a racer cross start line before green light.
Racer disqualified.
Tree (this guy)
Once green lights up.
Crossing the start line faster than opponent.
Breakout
Used in bracket racing.
When a driver goes faster than his written best time.
On the Trailer
Race car is put on a trailer after losing or being eliminate from the race.
Mentioned in Episode
SIR - Saskatchewan International Raceway
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