Role of Track Radio in Drag Racing

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Hi, I'm Tina Stull, and I drive the top dragster for Interstate Batteries. On behalf of Expert Village, I want to talk to you a little bit about getting ready to go to the lanes. While being at the track, you need to keep an ear out for when they call you to the lanes. You can get a schedule, but those changes up, so always keep a radio on. Well they've called the category before, top dragster, so we need to get ready to go up to the lanes. What I do is I just grab my gear, I usually keep my gear in my car, but we had to tear the car apart after this last run. So, I keep my gloves in here, and I just, I have a place where I can tuck them and they'll kind of stay tight. It's just to get them up into the staging lanes. Everybody kind of does it different, but after forgetting gear back at the bit, I found that just consistency and doing it the same way every time, that way I know my gear is here. You need to listen to the radio at each track. They'll list it in your fan guide if you're racing NHRA, and most of the tracks will give you an information sheet when you arrive and check in, and it'll you the frequency that that track uses. You need to listen for that because you don't want to get caught at the last second rushing up to the lanes. So they've called the group before me, and I'm going to go through my normal routine. I like to do everything the same each time, that way there are no surprises and I'm not scrambling at the end of it. I keep all of my gear in the car with the exception of my fire suit and my shoes, because I usually change in my--I like to change awhile ahead of time so that I can adapt to the suit and not be warm in it, so I can stay cool and keep the inside of my suit cool.

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