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Originally Posted by Michael Beard
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.
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A big reason why I went stock eliminator racing was for a more pure footbrake. Would love to get rid of 2 steps and auto shift even though I can legally use both don't, not even the internal hydraulic 1-2 shift many use. Not using these aids adds variables to ET as well as deep Staging adds variables to RT.
Was at a race and at fuel check was pulled aside by a tech official who explained that Stock was Foot Brake and Trans Brakes were not allowed, another official went and checked my car durring the discussion and found nothing. Apparently someone on the starting line saw something. I explained to both that I was Purely Foot Braking not even a 2 step told them "it's just more stuff to break".
Heavy (which I loved) became Pro which is No Box in most of the country as you know. I didn't like the 9.0 ET break with the reassoning that Suoer Pro door car racers who were tired of racing dragsters would enter but but they didn't. There are some who would say Heavy went to hell when the ET brake was lowered to 10.0. I brought up No Box and trans brakes becasue like deep they add another varuable and for some consistency. Why not do what is done in much of the country?
There would be no argument against Deep Staging if Deep Stage Racers did not take advantage of thier Shallow Stage Opponents. Agree it's not all of them but there are plenty.