Lost 1/4 mile race by 0.001

[gh6o6]

i go to race way park and i do like 17 time trials and decide to dial in at 16.55 - which is around the time im doing the most
consistent runs
brackets start and im up againts this old civic dialing in at 18.02
r/t:
me:.571
him:.507
1/4 time:
me:16.568
him:18.037

i lost by .001 its driving me nuts