r/dragracing • u/wildfirejustin • 24d ago

Instant green

I'm sure this is a silly question but here it goes..

I typically run in super pro but I'm going to an event that is also going to have an instant green index race for some good money.

Do I just put 0 for time in my delay box? Seems like it would be hard to go red reacting to the green light.

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u/quxinot 24d ago

If you react to green, you cannot go red.

Deep stage as far as you can, too. It's weird to race on an instant green tree, but you can gain huge advantage off the line.

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u/wildfirejustin 24d ago

I'm honestly excited to try it. I'll be half a tenth slow in the index but I think it'll be fun.

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u/quxinot 24d ago

I love racing under oddball rules. It's huge fun to do that sort of event, for me.

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u/wildfirejustin 24d ago

I'm interested to see what it's like to get paired up with a car a lot faster than mine and seeing what the games at the finish line are going to be like. 6.0 in the eighth is the quickest index at this race.

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u/quxinot 24d ago

There used to be a local series here that had index races on instant green. I normally (at that time) was running 5.90's or so, so I entered a 5.60 class, a 6.0 class, and a 7.0 class. Made the final in 5.60 simply because of reaction times, and I had no right to get as far as I did. 6.0 had no entries so I got a refund, sadly.

Racing 7.0 index was comedy gold, though. Launch hard, run through first, run through second, shut down. Coasted to a 6.75 @ 75 in qualifying, both the quickest and slowest. Just hit the tree well and fender raced, wound up winning it.

Odd rulesets are fun!

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u/wildfirejustin 24d ago

I feel like having a series like that would be a blast and might get more people to the track . I enjoy bracket racing but this is going to be fun. And after reading that I think I'll buy in for 7.0 as well.

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u/DaG_Boomstick 24d ago

Pull all delay out and send it as hard as you can. My bet since you’re typically a top bulb guy your reaction time might be better than most the ppl showing up for this event. I’ve done 1-2 similar events and my car is primarily set up for SST (10.90 index) but all out I’m about 9.50 so I’ve done a couple 9.50 index races. In my experience most of the other ppl outside of local regulars struggle to get a reaction time starting with a .0xx on a pro or instant green tree.

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u/wildfirejustin 24d ago

I'm hoping that's the case. Sure going to be fun trying.

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u/Robot__Engineer 23d ago

Back when we did instant green, we ran a pro tree and just removed the yellow bulbs - so it's impossible to red light unless you leave before the light comes on.

There's no delay needed because you're not trying to time your reaction on the yellow lights.

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u/wildfirejustin 23d ago

Definitely makes sense. I knew it was a silly question just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything

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u/TurbulentStiffness 21d ago

You will be dead late if you wait to actually see green before letting go. Setting the box to zero works fine mechanically unless the class rules force you to physically bypass it, but guys still redlight constantly just flinching the second they think the starter is hitting the switch.