Waterbox usage vary by track?

[blakbearddelite]

I noticed yesterday that GLD uses the water box much differently than Byron.

At Byron (for those that don’t know), they have you pull around the water box, dip your rear wheels, pull out of the box, and then do your burn-out

At GLD, everyone (using the box), pulls both front/back wheels through the water. Then they do a burn-out while in and exiting the water box. I would have thought that track management would frown upon this practice as the front wheels would bring water into the staging area. I prefer Byron’s method of someone guiding you back into the box and then pulling out for the burn-out. What are everyone else’s thoughts?

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[Gone_2022]

For cars with skinnies it does not matter as much. If you are running a full size tire in the front I would say that's bad track etiquette.

Personally I do not like GLD's burn out box setup. For some reason I struggled getting the tires warm and spinning on their uphill box. I do not know why. I have zero problems at any other track I have been to.

 

[Boostie]

Personally I do not like GLD's burn out box setup. For some reason I struggled getting the tires warm and spinning on their uphill box. I do not know why. I have zero problems at any other track I have been to.

I have always hated the pot holes/bump at GLD's box. I always drive around it and back in regardless the tires that I am on.

 

[Bru]

I think it's less of a track preference than user preference. I always use the pull-in method at GLD on street tires/drag radials.

 

[Gone_2022]

I have always hated the pot holes/bump at GLD's box. I always drive around it and back in regardless the tires that I am on.

I just dislike that box in general. My favorite is 66.... sadly I will probably never run there again due to their safety standards for my speed class. At least with this car unless I sell it,

 

[blakbearddelite]

I think it's less of a track preference than user preference. I always use the pull-in method at GLD on street tires/drag radials.

Just for clarity, when you say pull-in, do you mean just dipping the rear wheels or pulling the whole car through the box?

 

[1quick]

I always pull around and back in, I don't like how gld's box is on a hill either but I never really have issue with it

 

[Bru]

Just for clarity, when you say pull-in, do you mean just dipping the rear wheels or pulling the whole car through the box?

Rear wheels only. I bet they care less on a street tire night like Wednesday versus a slick night like Thursday.

 

[blakbearddelite]

So then do you do spin the tires in the box and then keep spinning all the way until you're out of the box? That is the only thing I didn't really get down while practicing in the rain last night. I should have practiced the scenario of slowly getting out of the water box while still spinning the tires. I don't want to drive through the water box with wet rear tires, I'm sure they'll grill me if I do.

 

[Bru]

A lot of people don't think you need to do a burnout with street tires but when we're talking about summer tires they still need heat to work. I back into the box a little, roll just outside the box (they'll instruct you how far) and then light em up. I'll haze them close to the line so they don't lose too much heat from box to staging.

 

[1quick]

You back in about halfway through the box then pull up till your on the front edge, I do a 1-2 shift while spinning and hold it at 4500-5k till the smoke starts to pour off, put the pedal to the floor then let off the brakes and ride it out for 15-20 feet, I just let off at that point some people ride it out till it hooks, for cleaning street tires id probably dip the tires then pull up on dry ground and do the burnout for a few seconds, if you don't need water to help spin the tires I probably wouldn't even use it just spin them on dry ground

 

[blakbearddelite]

The things is that I got yelled at last year for spinning outside the water box. Maybe I was up too far, but the guy said they'd boot me if I did it again. It's not like I was anywhere near being staged. I don't remember being that much in front of the box.

 

[Bru]

From my understanding, on a sticky tire without water on a hot day you can tear up the track surface doing a raw burnout. Less of a concern with a street tire.

 

[Pressure Ratio]

A hard compound street tire can tear up the rubber on the track surface as well.