- Day 1: Michael Manners lined up and when I saw the scoreboard I thought I had a vision problem, he was dialed at 6.48!! I thought no way, but even though he red lighted he ran a 6.911, shutting off early. Then Day 2 he came out, dialed 6.50 and just about sucked the doors off Mark Oquisanti’s 8.22 Mustang when he blew by him with a losing 6.60 at 210.47 mph! Any of you guys “drove the stripe” either against or with a 210-mph dragster? WOW!
Number of red-lights in competition: 272 (11% of all races decided by red-light).
Number of -.001 red-lights: 38 (14% of all red-lights were -.001).
Number of -.002 red-lights: 24 (8% of all red-lights were - .002).
That means 22% of all red-lights in competition were -.001 or -.002.
That statistic alone surprised me. I knew we all cut them close, but to have almost one-fourth of every red-light by .002 of a second or less is pretty amazing, especially when you see what the average winning reaction times were.
One other thing about red-lights, only one final round had a red-light. There was also a .058 to .011, a .027 to .020, .027 to .001 (the .001 in final lost!) and a sharp .010 to .001 final.
Click here to see a spreadsheet that I hope makes sense of the averages: These are average winning reaction times and below each day’s average is the slowest reaction time that won that round. I see one thing on there: I think Jack Sepanek and Jack Sepanek, Jr. brought their lucky charms with them, as did Jason Folk and George Rupert… sometimes it just takes more luck than the other guy to get to the next round, no doubt about it.
 There it is, two days of mind-numbing work. Where would bracket racers be without all the NUMBERS! I did go through a lot of Mountain Dew and now I think I earned an adult beverage. . .or two. |
 I know this is a strange photo. I just had to get a picture of the 42 feet of adding machine tape I used getting "STAT ATTACK" ready. The really strange part is, it almost didn't fit in my 90-year-old house! |
As I mentioned in a couple of my Race Coverage articles I was surprised by not just the quality of the door cars and dragsters at the event, but also how fast bracket racing is getting, in general. Here is an interesting stat: Average Dial-in for first round, Day 1: 8.00 seconds; Average Winning E.T. round 1, Day 1: 7.93.
If I remove the door cars dialed in slower than 9.99 the average winning E.T. drops to 7.80. Still an amazing number for 120 first-round winners.
There were 36 door cars in first round on Day 1. Steve Ryan did the best with his Camaro by winning the 1/8th mile race on Wednesday.
Roy St. Denis put his Thunderbird into 8th place in the overall points with strong finishes each day.
Slowest Dial-in for first round Day 1: 12.32 seconds by Brian Shannon, Seaford, DE.
As you can see in the attached photo, I have worn out my antique calculator getting this “Stat Attack” ready. I hope you learned a little, were surprised at some of the numbers and enjoyed the coverage of the Moroso 5-Day. If you didn’t see the “Photo Recap” take a look at our Race Coverage. There are some great photos of a group of racers that may never be assembled again.
Our family had a great time and I hope you get to attend an event at the soon to be totally rebuilt Moroso Motorsports Park -- watch for press releases on “VELOCITA.” That is the name given to the new state of the art facility.
Hope to see some of you at the PRI Show in Orlando. 
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