Nov 4th, 2019: Forces to be Reckoned With

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Diaphone Jim

A runaway by 5 thousandths of a second!
At about the time I went to my first drag race at the LA County fairgrounds in Pomona, it was common knowledge that a 200 mph trap time was the maximum possible.

I remember when 160 was the theoretical limit, then M&H came along and blew that away.

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I believe he set a reaction time record while in his sixties, too.

One of his girls set a reaction time of 0.006.
That ain't reaction that's a lucky guess, dangerous game. Too easy to red light which would be embarrassing after using up a thousand dollars worth of fuel and wear getting to the line.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

One of his girls set a reaction time of 0.006.

That might have been what I was thinking of. I thought I was sure, though.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Courtney bio...

She recorded a career best reaction time of .006 in the final event of 2009 at Pomona raceway.

But it's quite possible, make that likely, John set new best reaction times more than once in his fantastic career.