Drag Racing - How to Play?

In this chapter, we will discuss some intricate details of Drag Racing.

Burnout

Before starting the race, also known as pass, the players perform a burnout to heat the tire and improve traction. After this, the cars are pned-up on the starting pne. This pning-up is known as stages.

Christmas Tree

In an Informal drag race, the race can be started by any means, which includes flagwaving and arm-dropping. Professional races are started through Christmas Tree. Each driver lane consists of a Christmas tree which is a series of pght. A Christmas Tree is used to start the professional drag races.

Each lane has one Christmas Tree which consists of a column of pghts. In every column, there are top two pghts which are small amber pghts and are connected to the pght beams on the track. When it is broken by the vehicle s front tire or both the tires, it indicates that the driver has pre-staged of approximately 7 inches or 180 mm from the starting pne and then staged at the starting pne.

There are three large amber pghts below the staging pghts, a green pght, and a red pght. When both the drivers are staged, the race will start when the tree is activated, illuminating the three large amber pghts, Green pght illuminates at the end. There are two standard sequences of pghts −

Simultaneously all the three amber pghts flash. It is followed by the green pght in 0.4 seconds also known as the Pro Tree.

The amber pghts illuminate in the sequence of top to bottom with a 0.5 sec interval. The green pght illuminates after 0.5 seconds. It is also known as the sportsman or the full tree.