IMO sportsman 0.5 tenths trees/lights
suck ***
give me a 0.4 tenths all 3 yellows/ambers at once, pro-tree any-day
I left when I saw yellow/amber, on a pro-tree
I usually couldn't tell if I was green or red
I left on the last yellow on a sportsman tree
I red-lit far more than I liked on a 0.5 tenths sportsman tree
most my cars were trans-brake or Lenco cars,
I did the same thing
the classes I ran, rarely ever had 0.5 tree either
that's mostly bracket racing stuff or handicap racing
with the Lenco/Crower clutch I would mess with clutch fulcrum points
or even weight, for better reaction times
with the trans-brake it was just letting go of a thumb button quickly
a trained monkey should be able to do it
not all buttons are created equal either
(I found that out the hard way too)
I liked to shallow stage almost always too,
it left a little room for roll/creep,
it may have sacrificed maybe a 0.005 to 0.01, maybe a 100th in reaction
I never liked the really tall front runners/tires either,
no matter if it gives you a better reaction time,
you should know your car, what it takes to stage & where
my cars were squatting then lifting & going forward for the most part
no big *** wheelies (jerking the car up & out of the beams)
IMO that's a waste of ET & momentum
IMHFO wheelie-bars (in my case anyway) are for controlling wheel-speed
& fine tuning the starting line/suspension adjustments
to get the launch straight,
not to control huge wheel stands
in most all the classes I raced in anyway
IMO it's risky to go in deeper too, but it's what I did regularly,
when I knew someone in the other lane
was really good on lights/reactions
most the time I just raced my own lane & not worry
about who's in the other lane
with a shorter tires it's like 7" of play room, you could do either
get a really good reaction time in deep or a better ET going in shallow
sacrifice a very minor slice of your Reaction time,
IMO you just need to know what you're doing & when to do it
practice makes perfect... I did a shitload of TnT days
I've done very little foot-braking, competitively anyway
except for an occasional street/strip car
or my daily driver