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Old 11-07-2009, 01:01 PM   #13
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If the wind is right, it can blow your exhaust accross the beams at the line, obscuring them, even when you take off. They'll ususally clear up a few tenths of a second later, but your time will be off. This is called "smoking out the lights."

If by some miracle, your 60 ft time improved from 1.8 to 1.4 on one run, chances are you didn't just "leave real hard." You smoked the lights, and your E.T will be off (too quick).
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