Over Staging

[GTS340]

another first round in super stock there was a crew member standing in the stage beam while the other car was pre-staged. The starter had to run out and get the person out of the lights.

[jimmyparker]

In the early days of super gas some of the drivers had a indexed magnetic tape on the driveshaft with a sensor sending a signal to a indicator light on the dash. Once they turned the bottom light they would roll in, they knew what value they needed to see on the indicator to keep from deep staging.
NHRA outlawed these devices probably 25-30 years ago.

[GTS340]

Originally Posted by jimmyparker

In the early days of super gas some of the drivers had a indexed magnetic tape on the driveshaft with a sensor sending a signal to a indicator light on the dash. Once they turned the bottom light they would roll in, they knew what value they needed to see on the indicator to keep from deep staging.
NHRA outlawed these devices probably 25-30 years ago.

Sounds like to me another way to cheat. Getting a 1320 measurement somehow. I mentioned a long time ago about racing a world champ that only stared at the tach like it was a geiger counter. Burp burp burp right on the dial in a head wind. Jumped out the car and tells his crew "I thought I turned the tire." Nice!

[Mark Yacavone]

Question..Race Pack type onboard loggers use a driveshaft counter /reader, right? And lots of new cars have digital dashes, right? Turn the key off and they go blank, right?
Ah, never mind..This is silly

[GTX JOHN]

[QUOTE=GTS340;634165]Sounds like to me another way to cheat. Getting a 1320 measurement somehow. I mentioned a long time ago about racing a world champ that only stared at the tach like it was a geiger counter. Burp burp burp right on the dial in a head wind. Jumped out the car and tells his crew "I thought I turned the tire." Nice![/QUOTE

Perhaps not even very long ago?
That is all I will say!

[Larry Hill]

The driver may have a difficult time seeing over the steering wheel.

[rognelson777]

[QUOTE=GTX JOHN;634186]

Originally Posted by GTS340

Sounds like to me another way to cheat. Getting a 1320 measurement somehow. I mentioned a long time ago about racing a world champ that only stared at the tach like it was a geiger counter. Burp burp burp right on the dial in a head wind. Jumped out the car and tells his crew "I thought I turned the tire." Nice![/QUOTE

Perhaps not even very long ago?
That is all I will say!

The one Big dollar bracket race in 2020 they stopped all 4 semifinalists in the shutdown area and checked all 4 cars for illegal electronics and did not find anything. Promoter did say was not sure what they were looking for?