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1. Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: Andrew_Bettencourt@kingston.com; Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 06:13:14 -0700; I really have no opinion on the pre-stage lights. In effect, there are not needed. What would be some of the reasons (other than the obligatory "Change is Bad") that people would NEED them? With the; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00680.html (8,015 bytes)
2. RE: Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: "Mohler, Jeff" <jeff.mohler@wilcom.com>; Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 07:25:00 -0600; In most professional drag racing circles, and minor draggin as well, the PS light is more a courtesy to let the other lane know you're ready. One lane will PS, wait for the other lane to PS, then the; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00682.html (8,900 bytes)
3. Re: Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: "Peter Wong" <rudeboy@nwnexus.com>; Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 06:25:24 -0700; I missed most of this thread, but as soon as both stage (at a drag racing event), the starter can start. If you're still messing around by backing up (which I dont believe is allowed at our local tra; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00683.html (9,555 bytes)
4. Re: Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: Andrew_Bettencourt@kingston.com; Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 06:39:14 -0700; Most of this doesn't apply to Pro Solo. There is a 25 second 'shot clock' that gives the drivers time to stage. When the timer runs out, both drivers are expected to be fully staged. 3-5 seconds late; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00685.html (10,041 bytes)
5. Re: Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: Scott Knight <sknight@mich.com>; Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 10:54:39 -0400; As a lifelong dragracer I feel compelled to comment on the staging issue here. The prestage light has a couple of functions, one of which was already mentioned: letting the competitor know that you a; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00690.html (11,101 bytes)
6. RE: Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: Paula Whitney <pwhitney@heartlandfund.com>; Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 10:27:19 -0500; [] When the timer runs out, both [] drivers are expected to be fully staged. 3-5 seconds later, the tree comes [] down. If you are not fully staged when the tree starts it decent, you get [] a DNF .; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00693.html (8,630 bytes)
7. Re: Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: Andrew_Bettencourt@kingston.com; Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 09:00:29 -0700; Thanks to all the drag racers out there who are weighing in on this issue. We should be renting the strip at the Virginia Motorsports Park at this Pro anyway... However...Pro Solo lights and protocol; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00695.html (12,474 bytes)
8. RE: Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: "Chan, Albert (GEP)" <Albert.Chan@gepex.ge.com>; Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 12:35:13 -0400; Common misconception. Yes, the time at the strip doesn't start until the light beam is broken, but the first one to the end of the strip still wins, regardless of E.T. If all you care about is your E; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00696.html (8,881 bytes)
9. Re: Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: Scott Knight <sknight@mich.com>; Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 12:40:08 -0400; Well, probably not entirely necessary, but surely is a big convenience. I know the few times that I have rolled into the staging beam too deeply, it has been a real bite to put the car in reverse, b; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00697.html (10,981 bytes)
10. RE: Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: Andrew_Bettencourt@kingston.com; Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 10:27:38 -0700; Those facts are well known. Most of the autoxers go on "Grudge Nights" when they are just running for personal ET's. Real racers don't care as much about ET's as they do about being the first ones to; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00700.html (9,509 bytes)
11. Re: Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: Streldoc@aol.com; Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 14:14:04 EDT; << I could have a faster run that Erik Strelnieks but he could get back before me because he cut a better light. >> But, as was apparent on Sunday morning, one doesn't have to worry much about this,; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00704.html (8,193 bytes)
12. RE: Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: "Mohler, Jeff" <jeff.mohler@wilcom.com>; Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 08:34:40 -0500; I missed most of this thread, but as soon as both stage (at a drag racing event), the starter can start. If you're still messing around by backing up (which I dont believe is allowed at our local tra; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00709.html (8,251 bytes)
13. Re: Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com; Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 09:04:37 -0400; This is true, however.... Just because "nobody deep stages in ProSolo" doesn't mean that there aren't people who /should/ be deep staging - or at the very least, staging deeper than they are. Learnin; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00713.html (9,114 bytes)
14. RE: Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com; Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 09:35:01 -0400; On the contrary, having drag raced off and on for about 10 years, it's damn near identical. The only big difference is that ProSolo doesn't give you a reaction time, so the only source of positive in; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00714.html (10,655 bytes)
15. Re: Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: Paul Czarnecki <oblique@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 10:21:15 -0400; This is what I don't understand about drag racing at all. I can see why you want stage and pre stage lights. But why do you get the yellow countdown lights? Why not just turn on a green and some arb; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00716.html (8,228 bytes)
16. Re: Pro Solo Pre Stage lights (score: 1): Author: Scott Knight <sknight@mich.com>; Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 20:07:12 -0400; This is basically how it is in the 'heads-up' classes. This thread originally started out wondering if a 'pro tree' should be implemented to make the racing more professional feeling. What happens o; /html/autox/1999-05/msg00749.html (10,065 bytes)

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