Would you stay in the throttle?

[mopower58]

i would guess 143mph, 4s and 9s kinda look the same on the score board

Most of the other cars are running in the 180 mph range.

[Russell]

3000 to 4000 horsepower...Holly Springs Mississippi...Southeast of Memphis

that is insane! 180's in the low fours! When I think of a really fast car going low 4's I am thinking 0-60...

[pdub]

I'm sittin' here thinking about this, the big question and thread title - would you stay in the throttle?

Hard to say, never having been there. Hard for any of us to say with that many ponies gettin' traction. And it may depend...from my only experience to compare it to, after having spent 2 1/2 days in Ohio to get less than one and a half minute on the track (weather included), I just might stay in it. As long as I could see enough out of the windshield enough to know I'm going straight. With faith in the mechanical accuracy of positive traction.

[Deaf Bob]

Most of the other cars are running in the 180 mph range.

1/8. or. 1/4?

[mopower58]

It is 1/8 mile and they claim the last 330 feet has more traction than the first 330.

[Hemi Joel]

The car almost blew over backwards, the results of which would have been destruction, injury, possibly death. Common sense in that situation would be to lift. If he was winning, then maybe it was worth the risk. He was loosing. In the drivers shoes, it is hard to accurately assess the situation in real time, but watching on the computer, I say lift. Don't risk it if you are going to loose anyway.

[Barry Donovan]

you know, I heard a quote the other day ...

if you need an angle of attack guage, you should not be flying. - chuck yeager

[MoparBilly]

I DEFINITELY would have stayed on the throttle!! It Went up smooth and gradual, so I would have been telling myself it was gonna come back down any second. Then I would have been scared out of my mind at the 330, and calculating what would happen if I lifted.
THen, half frozen in fear, I would've realized the finish line was coming and just bailed out of it and grabbed the chutes!!

Everyone would be in the pits congratulating me on an awesome job of driving, and I would be stupified, asking myself, "What the hell just happened??"

[Deaf Bob]

I DEFINITELY would have stayed on the throttle!! It Went up smooth and gradual, so I would have been telling myself it was gonna come back down any second. Then I would have been scared out of my mind at the 330, and calculating what would happen if I lifted.
THen, half frozen in fear, I would've realized the finish line was coming and just bailed out of it and grabbed the chutes!!

Everyone would be in the pits congratulating me on an awesome job of driving, and I would be stupified, asking myself, "What the hell just happened??"

Speaking from experience, sounds like...