deep staging

[MoJo Risen]

One can still deep stage, but they have to do it while the tree is coming down.

The reaction timer starts when the stage beam is exited, not the pre stage beam. It takes practice.

There is also no rule saying at what angle you stage, perpendicular to the beams or extreme example of aiming toward or away from Christmas tree to get "excessive rollout".
Pro Tip. # 207

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by MoJo Risen

One can still deep stage, but they have to do it while the tree is coming down.

The reaction timer starts when the stage beam is exited, not the pre stage beam. It takes practice.

Sometimes it’s better to remain silent and be thought of as a fool than to speak and remove all doubt…

[MoJo Risen]

Originally Posted by mr derby city

sometimes it’s better to remain silent and be thought of as a fool than to speak and remove all doubt…

Hilarious. M.J. Quinn

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by MoJo Risen

Hilarious. M.J. Quinn

Congrats, you know my name ….😃

[GTX JOHN]

My understanding and experience is if you roll
in deep enough to turn off the Pre-Stage Bulb
you immediately Red Light in our classes.

[Larry Hill]

What I didn’t like was Deep written on the window, it told the starter don’t do anything until the deep stager was ready to have the tree to start. The racers that did a quick burnout and staged quickly did they do anything wrong? Staging is like playing checkers.

[Signman]

Back in the 2000s looked into this for a way to make it fair simply becuase some cars cannot cut a light and to remove the game playing by some who were abusing holding the tree. I have never deep staged.

Called Compulink who told me with some additional programming to Autostart this could be taken care of. Add a D before your dial when race control puts it in with the D the staging lights will allow deep by the full stage light not coming on until the prestage beam closed. Opponent would see the same as if shallow. He did say the cost would have to be covered by the tracks and since need was limited did not think it worth doing. He would never return my calls afterword
To get some racers involved went to at the time the bracket racer favored message board created a post with the above info. Funny thing some of the well known deep stage racers who I raced with drove 10 second cars mostly trashed the concept. I remember one wrote I didn't understand deep. It appears I understood the advantage they were enjoying and did not want to give up..........
A few years ago had to race the local deep hero since I was not a regular other racers told me he would not light a lamp without his opponent fully staged so HIS process would not be interrupted. So the dep stage racer is not taking an advantage??



Later found that Port-a-Tree always had the option to accommodate deep but never used.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

What I didn’t like was Deep written on the window, it told the starter don’t do anything until the deep stager was ready to have the tree to start. The racers that did a quick burnout and staged quickly did they do anything wrong? Staging is like playing checkers.

Turn off Autostart and usually not a problem.

Did they do something wrong? Besides acting in an un-sportsman-like manner, I guess not...