[kazman]

Originally Posted by Pampered-Z

As an example I've run street and the toughest guy to beat runs a 66 nova with a little 327 CI motor. Car runs 14.x all day long. He knows what the car will run just by keeping an eye on the engine temp and gauges ET by the tach keps him near his dial-in and about impossible to push him to break out, combine that with good lights and you have what pure bracket racing is all about. Ask anyone that runs Street or Pro/heavy at Maplegrove, Island or Numidia about Tom Harhart and his "Golden Retriever" 66 Nova! He's terrorized all the other racers at those tracks!

John, just to point out Tom's golder retriever is driven to the track but make no mistake it's a very well prepared bracket car. Tom usually cuts consertivate lights (.020) and is able to run the number by watching his tack and adjusting on the top end. Tom's isn't watching the other car. When I go against him I set my car for a .020 light hold .05 on my dial. I either try to take strip by .01x or dump hard 60' in front of the stripe. Key point is that I run Tom just like any other racer. Tom gets a lot of red light wins because of his rep. Just keep to your program. Sorry kinda got off topic.