
Originally Posted by
SE-Rican
So stop beating around the bush explain to me how the car with the lower ET in drag racing does not win.I happens so often, I'm surprised you're not familiar with it. Watching a typical top fuel final will result in 3-4 of these usually.
Here's how it happens.
Tree drops.
Car A leaves the line tripping his lane's timer at 6:00:01.00 PM
Car B leaves the line tripping his lane's timer at 6:00:01.50 PM
Car A crosses the finish line, tripping his timer at 6:00:11.00 PM for an ET of 10.00 seconds.
Car B crosses the finish line, tripping his timer at 6:00:11.25 PM for an ET of 9.75 seconds.
Car A wins the race, as usual, because he crossed the finish line first. He had a longer ET, but his reaction time made up for it. This happens all the time.