my opinion

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

I think you took my note wrong. I've always been a proponent of having deep staging legal.

What I was saying was that the same people that got deep staging banned the first time would have the same complaints all over again, and people who don't understand how Autostart works would once again be racing to the line, quick-staging or hanging people out, blah blah blah... Additionally, Deep Staging on a Pro Tree with courtesy staging enforced can be very difficult, as you have a full second less to get in and set. I've deep-staged on a .400 Pro Tree under those circumstances (7.00 index racing). Try pre-staging, bringing it up to 3800rpm, and then jamming it in Deep before the tree falls. LOL It was fun, but hardly a competitive way to race.




Going back to the very beginning of the thread though: Why? What's wrong with Full Tree racing? Great conversation for curing winter boredom, granted...

Micheal,

100 years ago when I started racing at ATCO Dragway it was a NASCAR sanctioned track (yes kiddies, NASCAR once dabbled in drag racing) and they ran what they called the "Leaver's Lose" system. It used two staging lights but only one yellow light then the green. Everyone loved it but that was when there were no electronics.

If it were used today we would have the same problems faced if we went to the pro tree.

JimR

[pauldilcher]

Don , Great idea on the tree ,seeing you have a fast car .

[Rich Biebel]

Originally Posted by treessavoy

Micheal,

100 years ago when I started racing at ATCO Dragway it was a NASCAR sanctioned track (yes kiddies, NASCAR once dabbled in drag racing) and they ran what they called the "Leaver's Lose" system. It used two staging lights but only one yellow light then the green. Everyone loved it but that was when there were no electronics.

If it were used today we would have the same problems faced if we went to the pro tree.

JimR

I was at Atco when it was Nascar sanctioned so I can confirm this is true

It was also IHRA for a while and they held at least one National event there....

There was also the UBRA and they promoted and held big bracket races there....

This thread is very funny.....Don Kennedy, you have some valid points but mostly your way off base......

I would agree with the complaint about "waiting" for someone. It is an irritating condition and is likely to get someone rubbed raw....and might lead to a miscue but then that is all part of racing...Controlling ones emotions and blocking that stuff out once you fire your car and prepare to race. There are numerous things that can happen that can get a racers concentration broken. If you let that happen you lost before you staged......

[Don Kennedy]

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Don, I think your age has clouded your judgement!

Dwayne

[Don Kennedy]

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