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Message: [QUOTE="muddy226, post: 783822, member: 46421"] There seem to be many different techniques for starts. I'm no good at starts, and I asked a friend who holeshot about 1 in 3 of his races, and he says he just gives it max gas and dumps the clutch completely, no feeding in or anything, and then adjusts body position to control the resulting wheelspin. In other words he appears to be using the tyre/dirt as a clutch. It doesn't work for me, and I try to follow the standard expert advice and hold the throttle about two thirds and ready to make power, the clutch just at the point of biting, one finger on the brake, head over number plate, watch for the pin to move, then full gas and release the clutch smoothly but quickly, so that ideally you come out the gate with the front wheel about 6" off the ground and keep it that way til you shut off for the corner. Whatever you do, DO NOT close the throttle, but if you wheely too much feather the clutch until back under control. This I think is the most important thing to remember, the throttle should be wide open and not used for controlling anything much at all out of the gate. If you wheely and chop the throttle you will lose time until the throttle gets open again. Use clutch and body position only at starts, and if starting in 2nd gear like most do be ready to hook 3rd while just feathering the clutch and keeping the throttle open. As I said, this is what I try to do because that is what most experts say, but I usually mess up by slipping the clutch for too long. I think the idea is to have the clutch fully out after about the first five yards. You'll probably get lots of different ideas on this one, if you try them all you'll probably find one that works for you. [/QUOTE]

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