Sheesh, this thread has moved fast!
I have actually, i went to the FIA meet at santa pod and talked with one of the drivers, The cars don't have gears they have a centrifugal clutch which releases the power gradually as the cargoes faster. The lights are also never random, they are always sumet like .125 from amber to green. btw whats so hard about pulling a lever?
Curious, I wonder if there's a difference between British Drag and American Drag there then. I watch the American Drag tournaments every so often at my brother's house, and there they're always talking about missing gears and nailing gear changes. Do UK Drag cars run on automatic???
But yeah, in that case then Ben, I'll say the American Drag Championships, not the UK ones (although they HAVE to have Santa Pod in there if they do make a Drag mode!)
And as for the lights, they're allways the same, but they only start counting down once both cars have staged and are on the line, so reaction time is a massive variable. You'd have to hit it just right...sounds really exciting imo