new racer, help!
11-10-2010, 03:52 PM
#11
Senior Member
RACING JUNKIE
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Staunton, IL
Posts: 943
All cars come equipped with a neutral safety switch. You'll be just fine.
All you ahould need is long pants (No Shorts), a shirt with sleeves (short sleeves are fine) and close toes shoes (no sandals or flip flops).
You can just drive the car through on the first pass. Go as fast as you are comfortable going. You can always pick up the pace on the next pass.
Watch the other guys to see where the starting line actually is. It's not right up by the tree.
Courtesy staging- You pull up and light your top yellow. You should wait for the other driver to light his top yellow before you slowly move up and light your 2nd yellow.
Leave on the last(3rd) yellow. If you wait for the green you'll be way late.
The finish line is the last foan block in the middle of the track.
Your Reaction time does NOT figure into your elapsed time.
Think about or find out where the turn offs are at the end of the track BEFORE you make a pass. NEVER, NEVER back up or turn around on the track.
If you get there early, Tell them it's your first time and maybe somebody will walk you through it.
All you ahould need is long pants (No Shorts), a shirt with sleeves (short sleeves are fine) and close toes shoes (no sandals or flip flops).
You can just drive the car through on the first pass. Go as fast as you are comfortable going. You can always pick up the pace on the next pass.
Watch the other guys to see where the starting line actually is. It's not right up by the tree.
Courtesy staging- You pull up and light your top yellow. You should wait for the other driver to light his top yellow before you slowly move up and light your 2nd yellow.
Leave on the last(3rd) yellow. If you wait for the green you'll be way late.
The finish line is the last foan block in the middle of the track.
Your Reaction time does NOT figure into your elapsed time.
Think about or find out where the turn offs are at the end of the track BEFORE you make a pass. NEVER, NEVER back up or turn around on the track.
If you get there early, Tell them it's your first time and maybe somebody will walk you through it.
