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Originally Posted by Signman
Being able to deep stage in Stock & Super Stock would be another method to protect your combination from horsepower.
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Right. I forgot about all those -1.30 under cars that deep staged back in the day just to try to save their HP factor.
LOL People have been protecting their HP for decades without deep staging. Deep staging is about slow-reacting cars or drivers being able to be competitive.
As I posted earlier, there is a huge difference in rollout possible from track to track due to variations in timing systems: as much as .06, and I've seen .04 difference between drivers and the "sweet spot" that works for *them*. Add in the variables of the car's power, suspension setup, shocks, tires, gear, converter, how the tire exits the stage beams, ad infinitum, you have a potentially MASSIVE range of reaction time variables. Just because one person at one track in one car has the optimum setup does not mean that another person does, or even the same person at another track. As I also pointed out earlier, with the level of competition today, just having a 'teen' light every once in awhile does not qualify as "hitting the tree". You need to have a narrow window, and be able to repeat consistently. "OK" is not good enough.
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For the foot brake bracket racers posting here: Why not make a rules change and allow No Box (trans brake with no delay box) legal for your series to align with the rest of the country as per Pro Eliminator at the Bracket Finals Final in Pomona, CA.and in most NHRA Divisions? So at No Electronics Bracket races you can Foot Brake Shallow or Deep or use a Trans Brake.
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There is a wide swath of the country whose bottom-bulb class is still pure Footbrake. This is like asking transbrakes to be legalized in Stock. Some people like a little purity in the sport. (Kinda funny that Stock allows more driver aids than Footbrake!) Transbrakes are a completely separate topic from deep staging.
I'm not pushing for any rules changes. I'm well aware of how far gone they are. It's just an academic discussion. It's been a pretty revealing one, too. It's absolutely staggering how little some people understand how timing systems work.