Going DEEP....

[Pinballer]

At the local tracks I've been to, if a competitor wants to stage deep, as a racer courtesy he is -expected- to get in there and get staged first so as not to "hold up the show". Much like Jim Mantle stated, I already know from past experience that if forced to shallow stage, I too will have to leave in between the second and third yellows in order to cut a good light with a 14 second 6 cyl car. The reason for a deep stage in my world is simply to adjust where I leave on the tree, not to get closer to the finish line. Even though I've always had slow cars, I just wanted on leave on the last yellow like everybody else gets to do!
But its OK, I'll figure out the adjustment either with shorter tires or brain cells..been through the wars many times before.

As far as deep staging being an advantage--you have to run what's written on the window or slower so I don't see that being an issue as far as ET is concerned. Doesn't mean a deep stage guy will always cut .00_ lights either.
Yeah, I get where a fast car can ET slower than what they're fully capable of if they're in deep, but the only time I can see that really meaning anything is when you can run 1.20 unders or better at will.