Re: deep staging
 

Frank, The reason it's dead is because you'll never get enough racers to support it. The majority have no interest. Many don't even understand it.
They're fine with their tacky sounding two steps.
NHRA doesn't care a wit about slow Stockers either. They've got their 8.30 "Stockers" out there with parachutes on the back. They'll go along with any fee increases.
The suits know that much...

Re: deep staging
 

As long as there is a courtesy pre stage and time out. Who cares. If I have to alter my staging for 3 out of 50. I guess those 3 need to alter theirs.

Paul

Re: deep staging
 

While on the subject of perceived advantages or disadvantages in the rules, let’s talk about the 170 lbs. driver. I’m my car drivers seat is an extra 130 lbs. The extra weight screws up the balance of the car: right side left side, front to rear. It’s totally an unfair advantage for someone that weighs 150 lbs. My solution is have 300 lbs in all the seats. If you weigh 200 lbs. you would have to add 100 lbs. weight under the seat to make it fair. To keep things fair the weight would have to placed no further rearward than the door post.

Sounds fair to me

Re: deep staging
 

Back in the old days, when I race my 64 Max Wedge A/SA
they did not include the drive when they weighed the car.
I was 280 and one of my competitors was maybr 120 dripping
wet (A whole class difference in weight). It annoyed the crap out
of ne so I went to the Gym and got all the way down to 170.
Then the rule box came out and they add 170 for a driver to
what car had to weigh and included driver in the car.

Probably did add 20 years to my life though.

Re: deep staging
 

Time to change baits Bob! They quit biting.