[Angelo DiTocco]

If you win today it is as much luck as skill to me.....

I have to agree with Rich - winning (in any class not just SC) is a about an equal amount of skill & luck. No one can control what happens in the other lane. You can lay down a near perfect run, and from time to time, have an opponent be a just a hair better (on that pass) and get the win when your package might have been enough to beat everyone else in that round. That can be particularly frustrating if it happens at a few consecutive races.
I've experienced the same thing over the years in SS & stock.
The flip side?? Sometimes you have a killer package in a round when you don't need it, like where an average package would have won it.... only to have an average package in the next round and get drilled by someone with a killer package. That's just the way break out racing is - I think there might be a little bit of an advantage to the higher mph car in general, but personally I don't see it as any advantage. There are strategies the driver of slower car can utilize to guard against a strategy of a faster car holding & pacing.
From a mental preparation perspective - if a racer goes into a round feeling like they are at a disadvantage it is going to have an effect their game..... their reaction time.... or maybe the wrong decision or second guessing at the finish line.
Anyway - that's my perspective on things (having only raced SC a few times).
I have found some things to be the same as bottom bulb racing - know your car, be prepared, pay attention, & focus on your own game.
It might be because it's something different and a new challenge to me, but I think it is an absolute blast and I wouldn't be in a rush to change anything (except possibly the index).
Going to a 5 second staging rule, or an instant green would make the results more chaotic I believe - one resulting in more red lights and the other more late lights - the better drivers would have more of an advantage. IMO - the current rules work pretty well to equalize the playing field. That's what I think, for whatever it's worth.