Weird ways to cut a light

[bill dedman]

I saw a guy win the World Finals once, in a low 14-second Stocker, by staging the car very shallow, and, at a considerable angle to the starting line (crooked).... increasing his rollout by a bunch! Wasn't a heads-up race, so I'm not sure he accomplished much with that little trick, but the other car spotted him a tenth or two, and, when the tree came down, the quicker car red-lit. Might have been that unnerving aspect of seeing that slower car leaving what must have looked WAY early, but the second-to-leave car red-litl

I don't know if you could get away with that crooked staging, nowdays, but, it worked back then....

[rick lester]

i have used just about every trick out there, ie... shallow stage, angled stage, offset suspension, bigger tire on one side, etc. even some that are illegal. we had this guy at my hometrack in the 80's (75 & 80 in monrovia md) that would turn on his brights. 67 pontiac bonnie if i remember correctly. each side was angled to shine directly at the tree depending on which lane he was in, if in the left lane, ligts on right side shined directly at tree, right lane left lights. after both cars were staged, he would turn his brights off to change brightness of tree, thereby throwing off driver in the other lane. as far as i can remember he raced only at nights, so this is the only time i would say this trick would work. he was an excellent racer, always stayed under almost everybodies radar, almost everybody. i knew of his trick, so next time i raced him, i "accidently" let my car roll the lights after both of us were staged and he clicked his brights. stater let me restage. that threw him off his game just enough for me to take the win.still to this day nobody ever knew what i did to be beat him at his own game. that is until now, 21 years later, te he! i guess thats could be considered a weird way to cut a light. rick.

[Mike Taylor 3601]

My V/S malibu you could tell you was good on tree when it seemed you were driving passed tree when bulb turned green. Iv'e almost always have had sticks so most people consider that a wierd
way to cut a light.
Mike Taylor3601

[greg fulk]

Now this is not a way to cut a light but something I have wanted to do to Dad for some 20 years....me & him have run a few time in the finals @ the local track...but I always forget to do this... what I want to do after staging is just lay on the horn!!!!! & while he's looking @ me just take off leaving him with a VERY bad light!

[Mike Taylor 3601]

Alright new advantage to having a stick you wouldn't hear a horn.I had friend take off as soon as we staged
one time on grudge run that threw me off I was sitting there thinking what the crap.
Mike Taylor3601

[The Hawk]

After 25 years of racing slow cars at altitude,I`ve always left on the bottom bulb. From 16 second Stockers to 21 second 5500lbs wagons and vans,I`ve always left at the same spot on the bttom bulb. How I`ve done it has taken me 25 years to kind of figure it out. It sure sounds easy.

[Michael Pliska]

If I need to lose about 0.02 in reaction time, I press the brake pedal REALLY hard. The extra pedal travel seems to slow it down that much (as well as my foot reacting slower from all the force on it).