More classes added to Div 2 LODRS events

[Villain281H]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

Deep Staging still sucks unless your trying to run a 1960 Pontiac station wagon (kind of heavy) in the 13.0 class. It became a "zoo" without courtesy staging. Everyone said the 5 tenths Pro tree wouldnt work in Top Stock when I first came up with it but it was proven wrong. I know the Top Stockers were low ten second cars and most weighed around 3200-3400 lbs but it can be done.

My street/strip Nova weighs 3580 with me and I can't cut better than a .047 footbraking on a 5-tenths pro tree (car cuts 1.50-1.59 60 foots). But I can go red off a transbrake at or below a 3000 rpm 2-step setting all day.

The problem with saying no deep staging (especially to the 12 second class, which will have a good chunk of street/strip cars) is you now put the power in the hands of racers that have cars specifically set-up to hammer the pro tree and/or can get out the beams quickly. What's to stop someone that has a 11 second car to slow down to the 12 second class and shoot it up like ducks on a pond?

I agree deep staging can add a new hassle, but I don't concern myself with it. If I see someone with deep on the car, I'll ask in the lanes how they want to do so neither of us feels rushed and/or hung out.

Maybe a better solution will come about after a race or two.

Derek

[Maverick]

I just want to say that deep staging is when you have deep on you windshield and they allow you time to go deep. Letting the prestage light go out is really not deep staging. The prestage bulb is there to tell you are getting close to turning the stage light on. I will agree that letting the top bulb go out you will get a better rt. But I believe you can have courtesy staging and should be able to let the top bulb go out and still race. Why call it a pro tree, if you have courtesy staging rules. You should call it the Blue Lite Stage Tree. It is not a pro tree if you have courtesy staging. It really don't matter to me if the opponent goes deep and I haven't prestaged. My time don't start until I lite the prestage lite and I have plenty of time to do what I want. You have staging battles now with Blue Lite Stage Tree, where people don't want to be first and make the other guy move first and then they lite both bulbs. I can race either way. I prefer no courtesy staging, and the timer doesn't start until the second racer prestages. Let have some fun on the starting line.

[Tom Joseph]

1. NHRA let's the track pukers,Pros, deep stage whatever they want which the monkeys in the booth call "Starting Line Prowness". They need to inforce courtesy staging accross the board.
2. After much thought maybe there won't be that many cars to worry about because A. Most will be locals,B. Most won't want to pay the entry or the membership, the cert and the license if they make them have those things. C. If they don't have motor homes,which most local racers from the host track don't have because they only race there, and come from out of town then the hotel expense. These things may cut that tech line down. No disrespect to any local bkt racer just that this will factor in when they can run at a local track 1/8 mile and win the amount of money. I wouldn't blame them if they consider these things.

[Villain281H]

Just a little FYI from an inside source.

At this point (subject to change based on car counts, time delays, etc), the index guys would get 2 qualifying hits Friday, one Saturday morning then run first round Saturday afternoon.

Derek