That is why there are classes at the same track where delay boxes are allowed and where they are prohibited to give back honor to all competitors. It’s hard to win a race against a delay box car if you do not have one. During a race, a driver releases a button that internally countdowns the electric signal until it releases the trans-brake to almost a perfect light.

Then I found out it was a machine that was beating me it was called a delay box.Ī delay box delays the launch of a drag car using an electric signal that holds the trans-brake with hydraulic fluid pressure. I was cutting good lights but all these guys were like machines. One weekend, I decided to take the Mustang to Grand Bend and race once again in the Pro division.

I was making some round wins and cutting some good lights, which is not bad for a stick-shift car. When I was racing my ’86 GT in the Pro division at my home track in Cayuga, I was doing all right. A delay box is a device that assists in perfecting your reaction time in a drag race, however some drag racers conceal the device and race in a no box class.

Professional drag racer reaction time