Hate it when I red light by .001!

[Cranky]

Been a long time ago but it happened..... @kiwigtx but really like it when I tree someone and then they break out and still didn't make it to the line first!

 

[kiwigtx]

I did it to a guy here once.....we crossed the finish line staring at each other.....my GTX was tapped out and spluttering & coughing across the line.

Turned out the fuel pump pushrod had worn out and there was very little gas in the bowls. Nevertheless, a 0.001 win was good enough.
Dave wouldn't talk to me for the rest of the day.....in fact it was a bit frosty the next time we met. He called me a Sandbagger.
Got him good that day.

 

[eldubb440]

sort of like leaving her hanging

 

[tonysrt]

The last time I red lighted I received a summons in the mail courtesy of the red light cameras at the intersection. Big brother watches everything now.

 

[zyzzyx]

If you don't red-light every now and then, you're not trying hard enough!

 

[GTX JOHN]

In Denver in Class Finals some years ago in a Heads Up
race between two 340, we both had .01 light. My Margin of victory
was .0001.

I went over the scales right to the pound my minimum weight.
My friend Earl in his Cuda was 5 Lbs. only over his minimum. If he had been exactly
on he would have won by a few thousands. That is what makes NHRA class
racing fun!

 

[dvw]

A few years ago i was -.001 at Norwalk Friday and Sunday. 1st rd both times to the same guy. Funny stat. 4 times I've had people cut a .000 against me. I've won all 4
Doug

 

[not so famous bob]

Been a long time ago but it happened..... @kiwigtx but really like it when I tree someone and then they break out and still didn't make it to the line first!

been on both sides of that , late on the light ??

 

[GTX JOHN]

My son Jon red light-002 in the King of the Hill raced Sunday on Sunday
I Lost in semis at the Semis at the same race.

Like the Old Cowboy song: Competition is getting younger and better!

 

[Some Car Guy]

I missed a final by a .002 breakout. I hit the brakes, but keep my foot on the floor. If only I’d lifted, even the least little bit…

 

[33 IMP]

I've done what I consider worse.
Running against a two seconds slower car, i cut an .001 green against him tying his shoe. Covered him before half track, backed off to just take him by a half car or so.....
You guessed it. I didn't judge his topend charge, he drove around me, and I was off my dial by more than a half second!
At least I haven't done that idiot move again in twenty years.

 

[RemCharger]

I've done what I consider worse.
Running against a two seconds slower car, i cut an .001 green against him tying his shoe. Covered him before half track, backed off to just take him by a half car or so.....
You guessed it. I didn't judge his topend charge, he drove around me, and I was off my dial by more than a half second!
At least I haven't done that idiot move again in twenty years.

That was my favorite with the 383 -1 motor..
First 330' was a total slug.. then the magic happened at the top end.
Like a built in throttle stop

 

[bobtile]

I'm not fond of losing like this either...

 

[tonysrt]

Going back to the red light cameras I learned how they caught me. One 4 AM driving on the road about 1/2 a block away lite turns green. By the time I get there it was red and received a summons. What I learned is the change the yellow to red timing when not much traffic. Timing goes from 6 seconds during rush hour and 3 seconds when not much traffic. So assuming 6 seconds I got red lighted. I tried to fight it but it was a waste of time and had to pay the fine.

 

[Drop Top GTX]

What's embarrassing for us old guys is the humiliating "LB3A".

 

[padam]

What's embarrassing for us old guys is the humiliating "LB3A".

Haha I thought I was the only one!

 

[33 IMP]

Okay. Is LB3A left before third amber, or, left before tree (three) activated? Two separate things.
One is just real early, the other is before the first yellow appears. Either should be a automatic loss.
There is a very interesting old thread on yellow bullet about this. Car in one lane broke out, other car broke in the beams, never moved, got a lb3a, and a win on the slip. (Was a division event, super street, .5 protree.)

 

[Drop Top GTX]

What those two scenarios share in common is that neither are desirable!

Fortunately, there is always "mechanical error" to explain them away. Two-step, brake, etc. I recall that on one occasion, I had a bee in the car.........?

Fans and even most racers think .001 red is indicative of a racer that's pretty darn good. Never mind that the driver likely lost the race. I think I may have been .101 red once.

I remember a recent pass where I felt very lucky right after leaving that I wasn't red. Certainly the red bulb must have been lightly flickering it was so close.

Got the slip and it was .140. No kidding.

 

[33 IMP]

Yeah, I've had leaves where I KNOW I red lighted, get a green, and then find out that the other guy red lighted first. I've been lucky that the fair tree (or whatever it's called) wasn't in use at the time.

 

[Drop Top GTX]

I'm okay with the TruStart/Compulink worst red loses.