Going DEEP....

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Mepprecht

I have a time card from the summer nationals this year, I accidentally went deep.... On the reaction time it just says DEEP. It was R3.

Tree was already started so it didn't go red. The deep , no r/t must be part of that software package..Of course, it's shut off for the Pros.

[Mepprecht]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Tree was already started so it didn't go red. The deep , no r/t must be part of that software package..Of course, it's shut off for the Pros.

It went red as soon as I bumped it in deep.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Mepprecht

It went red as soon as I bumped it in deep.

Oh.. that's the way it works then, unfortunately.

Once the tree starts, you could keep rolling in and it wouldn't go red..obviously .

[Tim Ellis]

I say let's get NHRA to allow it. It's true many slower reacting cars can't hit a light shallow. What is it hurting you if the other driver goes deep? Nothing. If you don't think it's fair , go deep too. Or better yet just stage quickly so the slower ( most likely) driver doesn't have time to go in carefully deep. He may still be bumping as his lights are coming down. Been on the bad side of that one.

[JOE ZOOM]

Originally Posted by Tim Ellis

I say let's get NHRA to allow it. It's true many slower reacting cars can't hit a light shallow. What is it hurting you if the other driver goes deep? Nothing. If you don't think it's fair , go deep too. Or better yet just stage quickly so the slower ( most likely) driver doesn't have time to go in carefully deep. He may still be bumping as his lights are coming down. Been on the bad side of that one.

Hey Tim...Nice Post. The burden to stage deep has always been on the deep stager.I never understood the issues competitors had.Any so called games by anyone have been resolved by NHRA implementing the auto start and courtesy staging.

[Tim Ellis]

Exactly Joe

[The Hawk]

Maybe sometime this coming season I should put someone else in the Skyhawk to see how they do. At legal weight for V/SA at Denver, I shallow stage with 26" tall front runners and use either a 2 Step or foot brake and have troubles at times keeping it green. The normal 60` times are in the mid 2.20`s. This is with a low gear TH 350 trans and leaving on color on the last amber.