[Heminator]

This is footbrake only.. no transbrake, no 2 step....

IMO footbrake is the toughest class. Agree with the others - .056 is a decent light, but not stellar. Another two hundy on the tree and you had the win by a whole fender.

National champ goes almost .06 on the tree? Sound asleep....:zzz:

In the footbrake class, 00x RTs are rare (but they do occur). If you can consistently go .02-.03 on the tree in the footbrake class and run your dial (which you obviously can) you'll usually go rounds unless you come up against a terminator.

In the late rounds if I know I'm up against a veteran or season points contender, I'll try to chop down the tree and go .01 or high .00x. When you're surprised it didn't go red - it's a good light. I'd rather go down swinging than be caught napping.

He was clearly on his way to a major breakout based on his trap speed - he sandbagged on the dial and stood on it in order to line-up bumpers at the stripe. That technique only works if he cuts a better light - if you cut a better light and he lines-up bumpers at the big end - he automatically loses on a breakout.

Tough loss on a double break out - .0024 MOV doesn't get much closer than that. Great race and even better learning experience.

 

[Heminator]

Hear ya..
Today in Modern Muscle I lost when my opponent toasted me with a scalding .009 R/T in the 1st round.. ugh....

However I bounced back & won the Corvette Challenge & then took Tim (HEMI MAN) (red R/T), in a run off for a spot on the E-town team for the Division I Finals... So today was pretty good!!

Damn good light for footbrake class....he earned that win.

Way to come back - the mentally toughest bracket racers can shrug off a loss and still be competitive.