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June 15, 2024, New England Dragway, ET Street bracket racing. Car number 1113 (Time-trial, first and second round (buy-back) eliminations).
2012 Mustang GT, MT-82, 3.73 axle, Steeda CAI and 93 octane tune, M/T ET Street S/S 275/60R15 tires.
1/4 tank of fuel, no weight reduction, approximately 3750 lbs. DA ranged from about 1150 ft to 1450 ft.
My first round R/T was poor and my opponent "treed me" pretty well. Once I realized I couldn't take the stripe, I was on the brakes in case the other car broke out.
Bought back in and dialed according to my previous run, but then ran much stronger than I thought. I waited too long to look for my opponent and didn't realize how far ahead I was. I should have eased off the throttle much sooner and braking at the end couldn't save me from breaking out by a couple of tenths.
While bracket racing is certainly the sum of many things (R/T, dial, driving the finish line, etc.), given the inconsistency of my ETs driving the manual transmission, I am finding that I need to improve my finish line driving most of all.

2012 Mustang GT, MT-82, 3.73 axle, Steeda CAI and 93 octane tune, M/T ET Street S/S 275/60R15 tires.
1/4 tank of fuel, no weight reduction, approximately 3750 lbs. DA ranged from about 1150 ft to 1450 ft.
My first round R/T was poor and my opponent "treed me" pretty well. Once I realized I couldn't take the stripe, I was on the brakes in case the other car broke out.
Bought back in and dialed according to my previous run, but then ran much stronger than I thought. I waited too long to look for my opponent and didn't realize how far ahead I was. I should have eased off the throttle much sooner and braking at the end couldn't save me from breaking out by a couple of tenths.
While bracket racing is certainly the sum of many things (R/T, dial, driving the finish line, etc.), given the inconsistency of my ETs driving the manual transmission, I am finding that I need to improve my finish line driving most of all.

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