Do you launch with 1 or 2 hands on the Steering Wheel

I was wondering what you racers do when you leave off the tree.
Do you have 1 or 2 hands on the steering wheel?
Do you hold it at the top or bottom with the 1 hand or do you hold the steering wheel with 2 hands in the 10 oclock -2 oclock position?

One hand at 9,Oclock the other on the tranny brake button on the shifter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:headbang:

no where as fast as you, but one on the shifter, the other 12 O'clock .....

One at 9 and the other at 2 where my trans brake button is.

:bootyshake:One hand at 9,Oclock the other on the tranny button on the shifter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:headbang:

Mr too,and I fixed it for ME!!

Left hand 9 o'clock, right on shifter, right thumb on ether trans brake or line lock. I always keep an arm rest of some kind for my left elbow. If the steering wheel moves just a hair out the gate it can cost you a race. And if your not gone before that last yellow gets brite your out the gate too late, and your going home.

I hold the steering wheel at 12:00 with my left hand.Shifter with the right in my Hemi Belvedere.
With my 63 Plymouth while pushing buttons on the dash I hold the steering wheel 12:00 with my right hand.
Things will be very different with my new 65 Dodge, I think I'll need 2 hands on the wheel but 2nd gear is gonna come on very fast so I might have to rethink the process a lttle deeper. heres a incar video of the hemi belvedere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub0TY3iFWcs

Left hand at "High Noon" the other on the line lock/shifter

Left hand at "High Noon" the other on the line lock/shifter

I do the same as well.and boy am I ever quick. LOL

I hold the steering wheel at 12:00 with my left hand.Shifter with the right in my Hemi Belvedere.
With my 63 Plymouth while pushing buttons on the dash I hold the steering wheel 12:00 with my right hand.
Things will be very different with my new 65 Dodge, I think I'll need 2 hands on the wheel but 2nd gear is gonna come on very fast so I might have to rethink the process a lttle deeper. heres a incar video of the hemi belvedere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub0TY3iFWcs


might as well put a air shifter in it. shiftniod will hook right up to that ppp shifter.

No hands. I'm usually eating a JV Stadium Brat. YMMMM, yummy...:icon_cheers::grin:

No hands. I'm usually eating a JV Stadium Brat. YMMMM, yummy...:icon_cheers::grin:

So you do the leg deal holding the wheel. What about for this year,? Healthy eating.

Only been to the track a few times. At first I was doing the 10 and 2. But then I switched after a few passes to one hand on the shifter.

Anywhere from 8:00 to 12:00 with my left hand and the right hand on the pistol grip.

Always one hand on the shifter, auto or stick and with the slower cars with a bench seat that I let shift on their own, my right arm was usually laying across the top of the seat like on a Sunday drive :D. Only realized that after someone mentioned it to me. Never really paid much attention to where my left had was but most of the time it was between 9 and 12....

So you do the leg deal holding the wheel. What about for this year,? Healthy eating.

I'll be eating baked, broiled or BBQ on the grille chicken this season :headbang::tongue7:

I'll be eating baked, broiled or BBQ on the grille chicken this season :headbang::tongue7:

I wanna see you launch with a corn dog on a stick in one hand.

I like the corn dog idea. I just might try that and surprise you.:tongue::wave:

right hand on the wheel at 12:00, left hand on the buttons

This ones gonna be a tough one. Shifting at 7600 and it coming up on ya real fast. might have to put the trans brake button on the steering wheel.

I had to think about it for a second but left hand at about 9:00 with elbow on the arm rest and right hand on the shifter. Most recently I was racing my 66 Bel and it has a column shift.

Left on the wheel and right on the shifter.

right hand on the wheel at 12:00, left hand on the buttons


yep, i love squeezing my hand between the buttons and a pillar rollcage.

I had to think about it for a second but left hand at about 9:00 with elbow on the arm rest and right hand on the shifter. Most recently I was racing my 66 Bel and it has a column shift.My first 66 was a column shift and I kept both hands about 9 and 3 with my right thumb hooked on the wheel and moving the shifter with my fingers....

My first 66 was a column shift and I kept both hands about 9 and 3 with my right thumb hooked on the wheel and moving the shifter with my fingers....


Thats very cool.I got the same thing going with nmy 69.5 superbee column Automatic.

Make a bracket and mount the trans brake button on the driver side of the shifter. That way your left hand remains on the wheel, once you let go of the
trans brake button your right hand can go immediatey to the shifter.
Easier that hand off wheel and down to the shifter- and quicker.
See I'm making it easier for you to concentrate on me in the other lane driving away...LOL:bootyshake:

Thats very cool.I got the same thing going with nmy 69.5 superbee column Automatic.My first car was a 66 Belvedere with column shift 318 poly and 727 and I got used to shifting like that.....and it went from there. In 70, a 383 went in and well, same thing lol

My first 66 was a column shift and I kept both hands about 9 and 3 with my right thumb hooked on the wheel and moving the shifter with my fingers....

HA! Good trick. I might try it.

Left hand on wheel, right hand on seat. 12 second auto car.

I would keep the left hand at 9:00 and the right hand on the shifter with my thumb on the roll control button. Had a bracket made on the shifter. Use to be a 727 with lightning rods.

I was wondering what you racers do when you leave off the tree.
Do you have 1 or 2 hands on the steering wheel?
Do you hold it at the top or bottom with the 1 hand or do you hold the steering wheel with 2 hands in the 10 oclock -2 oclock position?

Always with 1 hand on the wheel at the 11 o'clock possition & 1 hand on the 2nd gear Lenco lever with a transbrake Auto trans I would do roughly the same. I allways would install a small piece of yellow electrical tape at the 12 o'clock possition to make sure whne the wheel came down I was pointing straight down the track when leaving hard some time I would have a tendency to jerk the wheel alittle of center & kill a bunch of ET by scrubbing the front tires slightly. My father tought me to use both hands but I started to go way too fast to react to the shift light with both hands on the wheel.

Always with 1 hand on the wheel at the 11 o'clock possition & 1 hand on the 2nd gear Lenco lever with a transbrake Auto trans I would do roughly the same. I allways would install a small piece of yellow electrical tape at the 12 o'clock possition to make sure whne the wheel came down I was pointing straight down the track when leaving hard some time I would have a tendency to jerk the wheel alittle of center & kill a bunch of ET by scrubbing the front tires slightly. My father tought me to use both hands but I started to go way too fast to react to the shift light with both hands on the wheel.


You need that YELLOW TAPE. Helps me line up at the stsrting line so I don't aim for the wall after the takeoff. Its tough when you can't see over thew hood and your praying your going straight.

I go to the strip a lot as a spectator, have only driven a few times. Most would say they have no idea where my hands were, but my head must have been planted firmly between the lower cheeks!

Left hand on the wheel and right hand on the shifter. Ron



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Hello, newbie here. Looking for steering parts and came across this one. I see I'm not alone - right hand @ 1:00 and the left thumb on the buttons! Don't see too many that still use them.

Hello, newbie here. Looking for steering parts and came across this one. I see I'm not alone - right hand @ 1:00 and the left thumb on the buttons! Don't see too many that still use them.

i still use them. looking to go faster next year in my 63 savoy.
should be a challenge.

Left hand at 9 oclock with my elbow locked against the door to go straight and right hand thumb on the transbrake switch on right side of steering wheel, after i release the brake i put right hand on shifter cause its still up at times when i go into 2nd gear what a rush!!!!!

Between the coffee, the 4 speed shifter and the cell phone, how the hell am I supposed to have a hand on the wheel?

Between the coffee, the 4 speed shifter and the cell phone, how the hell am I supposed to have a hand on the wheel?

And if you were a girl don't forget putting your make up on.:bootyshake:

Left hand at 9 oclock with my elbow locked against the door to go straight and right hand thumb on the transbrake switch on right side of steering wheel, after i release the brake i put right hand on shifter cause its still up at times when i go into 2nd gear what a rush!!!!!


Well I'll be at 12:00 with the left hand and 3:00 with the right while i'm pushing the red little button. Someone's feelings are gonna get hurt!

And if you were a girl don't forget putting your make up on.:bootyshake:

If I was a girl, I would be to busy playing with my.... Right, make up.