From what I see here the main concerns are people "cheating"- namely going off of the top bulb, and secondly- stick guys being at a disadvantage because they have less adjustment.
What if we were to do this; NHRA ?staggers? the tree. This means that the time the top bulb stays lit, varies slightly from run to run. Instead of the bulb being lit for .5 tenths (as it currently is), it would stay lit for lets say .46 one run and for .54 the next run (or anywhere in between). Now if a driver even tries to ?cheat? and leave off of the top bulb he will not be successful. His reaction times would be all over the place and he would place himself at a huge disadvantage.
Now NHRA and racers wouldn't have to worry about racers going off of the top bulb. If a guy wants an adjustable button and a stick guy wants a delay box for adjustability with a clutch release system, let it happen, as long as everyone is going off of the bottom bulb like we were intended to. Same for automatic guys with adjustable buttons. Bottom bulb, no cheating and a fair playing feild for all is what we are after here,,, right?
A spec button isn't a bad idea either but is does open the door to people still hiding stuff. Let people use what they want to for adjustability (track to track you need adjustability and clutch guys too) but stagger the tree to elliminate the thought of cheating. This concept has been used before and with success.
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