Whats "Bracket Racing"?
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RE: Whats "Bracket Racing"? - 7/8/2007 12:24:21 AM
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Hailchristian
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Im pretty sure its style of drag racing where before the race each car chooses a dial in time and the goal is to get as close to that time as possable. The person with the higher dial in time gets the green light first and the faster time is released how ever many seconds lower his/her time is. if all things went perfect both cars should go accross the finish line at the same time. If either car goes faster then their dial in time they will be disqualified and if they both go over the one that was closest to their time wins. Pretty much you need to get the closest to you time to win without going over. With this type of drag racing you win more on your driving skills instead of how big your engine is or how much money you have put into your car.
somthin like that.I
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RE: Whats "Bracket Racing"? - 7/8/2007 10:28:31 AM
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Lost
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I see, thanks
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RE: Whats "Bracket Racing"? - 7/25/2007 1:53:39 PM
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Patrick
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ORIGINAL: Hailchristian
Im pretty sure its style of drag racing where before the race each car chooses a dial in time and the goal is to get as close to that time as possable. The person with the higher dial in time gets the green light first and the faster time is released how ever many seconds lower his/her time is. if all things went perfect both cars should go accross the finish line at the same time. If either car goes faster then their dial in time they will be disqualified and if they both go over the one that was closest to their time wins. Pretty much you need to get the closest to you time to win without going over. With this type of drag racing you win more on your driving skills instead of how big your engine is or how much money you have put into your car.
somthin like that.I
that is a good description.
just to elaborate...ive made a thousand or so bracket runs...
the way that bracket racing works...
you show up at the track, and they give you a number (just like test and tune). you are then grouped into the given class, typically based on your times, tires style, and exhaust. some classes require street legal tires and mufflers, some dont. at my home class, they have:
street
trophy
pro
super pro
street is open to cars with mufflers and street legal tires, and I believe that you cannot run faster than 11.00...you can dial two decimals, such as 12.45 (i was get into the dial-ins in a moment) this is a class in which you win money if you win.
trophy is similar to street, except they allow open headers and slicks (non street legal tires). The dial-ins must be one decimal only (such as 12.4). in this class, you dont win money, but just a trophy if you win.
pro and super pro are both for cars running (usually) slicks and open headers, but if youre a street or car and can run 13.99 or faster, you may enter pro. many people run pro and street, and pay double admission. pro sometimes also called "mod" or "heavy", typically run 10.00 to 13.99...and you are not permitted to run a throttle stop or delay box.
super pro class typically has the same requirements, but they allow delay boxes and throttle stops. super pro cars also are permitted to run under the 10 second barrier. also 'rail cars' are not allowed to run any class other than super pro.
anyway..once in your class, you will get some time only runs to establish what your vehicle will run. when i raced regularly, i knew what i was going to dial as soon as i got to the track. usually, you will get at least two time trial runs before you go into eliminations, sometimes as many as 5 runs.
once eliminations begin, you are put with your class, and you write your dial-in on your windshield. i typically dial in the 12.40-12.50 range, depending on elevation, weather, etc. i run street legal tires and mufflers, so although i could run pro, i usually run street. if there is an odd number of cars, someone gets a bi-run in the first round and that generally means a free pass to the next run, so long as you dont red light. some tracks award the bi-run to whoever had the best reaction time in time trials, some just pick a car at random for the first run. usually after the first round, every track ive been to gives the bi-run to whoever had the best reaction time in the prior round. now onto the race..
say that i dial 12.45. say that Lost dials 14.45. He would get a 2 second head start. If he red lights, the race is over at most tracks, as once the first car to go red lights, the other car's green light comes on automatically..its called "red light lock out". however, some tracks DO have it set up so that both cars could possibly lose on the same run. anyways, say that Lost launches with his two second head start, and i launch two seconds later. whoever gets there first wins, unless that person runs a better time than his dial-in, which is called a breakout. a breakout is a disqualification, unless BOTH cars breakout, which is called a double breakout. in the event of a double breakout, the car who breaks out less, wins.
in theory, if both cars pull perfect reaction times, and run exactly on their dial-ins, the race should be a tie. i have been involved in a race with a guy in a dart, where BOTH win lights came on. we were both perfectly on our dial-ins, with the exact same reaction times...he won, as he ran something like 1 ten-thousandth quicker than me...
say that Lost gets there first with his 14.45 dial-in, but runs a 14.449...he broke out by 0.001 seconds, and he loses, so long as i dont break out. if i run a 12.448 on my 12.45 dial, i break out by 0.002, where he only breaks out by 0.001, and he wins.
bracket racing is more of a test of the consistancy of the vehicle, and the drivers ability, than a pure test of how fast the car is...bracket racing also allows more people to enjoy themselves, and have a chance of winning. the track would be far less crowded if the guy with the fastest car won...thanks to bracket racing, ive lost to a 20 second geo tracker in my 12 second car...
if you have any specific questions, feel free to ask, and for more information on drag racing, check out this post:
http://www.hondacivicforum.com/m_235494/tm.htm
< Message edited by Patrick -- 7/25/2007 1:56:58 PM >
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RE: Whats "Bracket Racing"? - 7/26/2007 5:27:38 AM
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Patrick
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^ damn im confused 
hmm..that wasnt my goal at all...im sorry if i was too broad in my run down...it seems confusing, but all in all, its still just drag racing. some guys will dial higher, thus altering the difference in launch times, and then hit the brakes at the end to avoid breaking out...
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RE: Whats "Bracket Racing"? - 7/26/2007 11:21:45 AM
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matts
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lol, patrick i think that was too much info at once for him to take in. i think the other guy did a good job of giving him the general idea
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RE: Whats "Bracket Racing"? - 7/26/2007 7:23:58 PM
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Patrick
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so what ur trying to say is like u estimate the time tht u think ur goin to come in for example lets say i bet than i can drive to the end of my block in 9.0- 9.5 second. so than i get in my car and see if i can make it in tht time and if i come in too early i brake this way i can match the time tht i estimated?
right...maybe i can describe it better..
say that i get to the track and make three time trial runs...
i run:
12.459
12.473
12.455
my best time is 12.455...and i had two times right around 12.45...so i woud dial 12.45...assuming that something wasnt quite right on the 12.47 run...so, i would dial a 12.45. if i find that im running someone else with the same dial, and i seem to be kicking their ass, i will assume that im going "too fast", so at the end, ill let up a bit,enough to slow the car down, but not to let him pass me..
in short, you want to "guess" what you run, and you cant run under it. typically, the most consistant cars win bracket racing, so long as the driver can pull a good light. when i was on the national circuit, i averaged reaction times in the ,005-,020 range. at a regular bracket night,those lights are good enough to win alot of races, but as the races are worth more, the competition gets better, and you pretty much have to hover around the .000 area to win, and you need to be within a few hundredths of your dial in.
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