Starting Line Beam vs Rest of the Track

[Bobby Fazio]

This has probably been asked before but why can't the beams all the way down the track, and the most crucial of beams (at the finish line), be the same height off the ground to keep old style cars from getting screwed by late model cars with low bumpers who can use the brake to dip the nose and trip the beam?

[Billy Nees]

Maybe some racers who have experienced dipping the nose and tripping the beam will post and explain to you the down side of trying to drive like that.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Maybe some racers who have experienced dipping the nose and tripping the beam will post and explain to you the down side of trying to drive like that.

That's right. At the finish line, if you "dump", you have to get the nose back up before the stripe to prevent breaking out with an even quicker et. Took me twice to catch on. I'm old and a little bit slow.

[Chris1529]

I have seen a few bracket cars put an additional "device" under the nose of their car to trip the beam. If you think you have a wheel on them, you really don't because they are tripping the beam with that whether they dip the nose or not. If I go bracket race at a track for the first time, I like to look around and see who has them while I am waiting in the lanes.

[FLEMING]

I raced a 87 camaro stocker a few times and I hated the way the nose was made on those cars.. Atleast 3 times I dropped on a guy only to have the nose trip the beams and I would break out and run like 2mph faster.... I even had it do it on me when I peddeling at the stripe..

I would much rather have an older car that you dont have to worry about that..

[Michael Beard]

Sure wouldn't bother me if the downtrack beams were set at 3", the same height as the ground clearance you're supposed to have.

Been on both ends of the spoiler, and they both suck!