What does staging mean in drag racing?
Shallow staging involves rolling through the starting area until both the prestage and stage lights are lit. This maximizes the amount of rollout you have, which improves elapsed time at the expense of reaction time. This is the technique recommended for new bracket racers until they learn proper launch procedures.
What is a burndown in drag racing?
Burn down: When both cars intentionally hesitate before moving out of “pre-stage” and into the “stage” position at the Christmas tree, therefore delaying the start of the race.
What does deep staging do?
Deep staging is used to reduce a car’s reaction time, as it puts more of your front tires ahead of the Stage beam. While this technique does improve your reaction time, it also increases your chances of red-lighting if you don’t time your launch just right. Needless to say, Deep Staging requires a lot of practice.
What is deep staging?
Deep staging is the practice of rolling forward enough to turn off the prestage light. The thought behind this is you are closer to the finish line than your opponent.
What does knock the tires off mean?
When a car loses traction; also “blew the tires off” or “hazed the tires.”
What does deep stage mean in drag racing?
Why do drag racers bump in?
The “Bump Box” has totally transformed the way many drag racers stage their cars. By controlling the trans brake with a high speed micro processor, the car can be bumped into the second bulb with extreme precision and control! Allowing the driver to focus on the tree, and not worry about rolling the beams.
What is double ball in drag racing?
Essentially, when staging, you turn on the first staging bulb or your opponent does and waits until the other racer turns on their first bulb. Then both racers in turn push in to turn on their second stage bulb. The opposite of courtesy staging is generally called double bulbing.
What does getting treed mean in racing?
Getting treed is when you have a significantly worse reaction time than the guy you are racing against. If you’re in the starting area and you see the green light and before you even start to move the guy next to you is already out of the gate having totally blown your doors off, well, then you just got treed.