I'm going to go to the track next weekend, but I've never raced. Is there anything I need to know, or any advice you veterans can offer up?

 

haha I went for the first time last weekend. It's a bit different than I expected.

Here's what I would recomend.....watch a few races before you run your truck. This will give you a pretty good idea on how things work.

There will probably be guys to help you out in the staging lanes. They will tell you when to run and which lane to run it.

A big thing I didn't really need to know, but is good to know, is that after the run. If you are on the site opposite of the return lane(sorry I don't know the actual term), WAIT for the other guy to pass first otherwise you can cause an accident.

Somethings I didn't know:
You get your time slips AFTER you are done racing. I thought there was a booth that you got them from right after you raced.

Unless you're running drag radials or slicks, try and avoid the waterbox as it will just make your 60' suffer.

Go on the 3rd yellow light!! I would go on the green light and my reaction times were around .7 seconds.

That's just some of my noob info. I had no idea what in the hell was going on. It's best to ask people. Almost always the people are friendly and willing to help. I know they were with me.

 

Randomhero covered it perfectly and 1 thing for sure people at the track have allways been friendly so dont hesitate to ask questions while you are there.

 

if you can ride with someone for a run, that would help to, to see where to go and everything.

 

those big solid thiings on the side of the track are walls... they dont give... so dont run into them... point your truck rocket down towards the shutdown area

 

beautiful!

I am still a newbie, hell I let The Breeze turn in front of me and I was in the left lane and had right of way. I like running ALL the way to the end...makes me laugh.

GO ON THE THIRD YELLOW!

 

last time I went to the 1/4 track... me and another guy raced damn near to the end of the shut down area... he couldnt believe he got beat by me LOL...

we got a little talking to by the track officials LOL...

 

2 weeks ago when i was at the track they had like a 17 sec honda go all the way down to the last return road. the tree starter was like WTF this is taking all day

oh and don't line up your back tires up with the beams. i've seen too many rookies do it.