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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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