Front skinnies

RockinRobin said

The tire is shorter, lengthens RT by about .01 After dark the bulbs on the tree are brighter and it shortens my physical reaction time. I used to red light a lot 1st round after dark until I did this. Nothing more frustrating than putting yourself in the trailer by going red by -.005 or -.003! Some people use a tinted visor after dark but I've never tried that. Around here if you don't turn consistent .01 lights in no electronics classes you don't win. The guys with electronics always seem to be in the double zeros! Some good tree people around my area.

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Just to clarify so someone doesn't misinterpret the tire statement:

* Less air does make the tire shorter and the tire stays in the beams longer, BUT, it's shorter because less air creates a longer "flat" area at the bottom that the starting line lights "see", so it blocks the beams longer. More air "lifts" the tire and makes it rounder, so there is less tire length that the lights see and results in slightly quicker reaction times.

* When it comes to the actual "manufactured" tire height, at the same air pressure, a shorter 26" tire will produce slightly faster RT's than a 27" tire. If you're in the ballpark, you can then fine tune RT's based on the previous info with air pressure.