Originally Posted by hammertime
I've hit the button in a buddies car at about 100mph in low gear, button was close to the edge of the indy wheel talk about stopping in a hurry !!
Its not possible to go on the brake in 2nd gear unless its a high gear only brake ... which is VERY uncommon but they do make them
I am not as concerned about hitting the button during a run as it is far enough away from my thumb. My main concern is while in the pits. Sometimes a guy has to make a few forward and reverse moves to get parked and, I worry that, if I accidentally hit the switch while in first gear, the car would begin it's launch sequence. I did hit the button accidentally once and realized it when the gas pedal dropped to the floor. I shut the car down real quick. My box is set to launch 1.02 seconds after releasing the button. That's not much time if a guy doesn't realize right away that he accidentally hit and released the transbrake button.
It does sound like it can't happen in second gear, so maybe I should always be in second in the pits instead of first.
You would think, if it was possible to accidentally "launch" the car in the pits, you would hear of it happening once or twice.