BRACKET RACING BASICS

The beauty of bracket drag racing is that it doesn’t matter how quick or how slow your vehicle is, it’s how consistent you and the vehicle are.
Bracket racing is a combination of a consistent vehicle, quick reaction time to the green light and of getting to the finish line first.  “Dial in” refers to the time you predict it will take you to run the track from the start to finish line.  You choose the “dial in” time your car can run consistently based on your qualifying pass results.  When two cars compete, they subtract the dial-ins, and the slower car gets that much of a head start. The theory is that if both drivers get identical reaction times, and both run what they predicted, they will meet right at the finish line...a tie. In practicality, this never happens. Reaction times will differ, and the car may run quicker or slower than predicted. If both cars ran quicker than their respective dials, the car that ran the closest to its “dial in” is the winner.
So whether you are interested in racing a custom built vehicle or a stock vehicle, bracket racing comes down to consistency…not what is under the hood.