# Track Tips **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 14, 2005, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950 "2005-03-14T06:43:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![A468Bu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@A468Bu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/A468Bu)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/21 "2005-05-25T17:49:37Z")
> [@gearhead](#): > > I’ve never heard that term…must be some new age BS. I’ve always known it as …fucking gay. lol ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/22 "2005-05-26T02:53:30Z")
> [@gearhead](#): > > I’ve never heard that term…must be some new age BS. I’ve always known it as …fucking gay. its been around longer than me! :eek4: ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/23 "2005-05-26T05:18:23Z")
no. thats teabagging. ---
**Author:** ![oneslowbowtie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@oneslowbowtie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/oneslowbowtie)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/24 "2005-05-26T06:12:53Z")
Red rose ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/25 "2005-06-07T15:42:25Z")
poop 5 mins before race and race in the nude, = weight reduction ---
**Author:** ![81Boo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ac8455/32.png) [@81Boo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/81Boo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/26 "2005-06-07T15:43:16Z")
also shave any body hair. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/27 "2005-09-02T18:12:30Z")
> [@BlkP42E](#): > > no. thats teabagging. 🤣:owned: :kekegay:🤣 ---
**Author:** ![2003frontier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2003frontier/32/5965_2.png) [@2003frontier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2003frontier)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/28 "2005-11-18T21:02:40Z")
```auto its been around longer than me! ``` thats really old then lol :owned: ---
**Author:** ![MONTE\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MONTE\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MONTE_SS)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/29 "2005-12-27T12:10:53Z")
Awesome write up on staging , I would also think a very helpful tip in going to the track for great times would be to go over you vehicle, parts, weight, shifts points etc. Make sure you weakest link is the strongest you can make it. Seen alot of great racers, with awesome R/T times, great staging practices, but fall short on double checking the rod bolt torque, and watch a piston or rod take flight. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/30 "2005-12-27T14:55:33Z")
also more people need to learn to courtesy stage. if it is a race for points or money you have to do it and most heads up classes require it or you will be disqualified ---
**Author:** ![SmokinDiesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@SmokinDiesel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SmokinDiesel)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/31 "2005-12-30T22:25:24Z")
> [@BoostedITR41](#): > > also more people need to learn to courtesy stage. if it is a race for points or money you have to do it and most heads up classes require it or you will be disqualified Courtesy Stage? … Maybe Im just an idiot … but Ive never heard of it ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/32 "2005-12-30T22:56:28Z")
> [@SmokinDiesel](#): > > Courtesy Stage? … > > Maybe Im just an idiot … but Ive never heard of it i think that means not rushing in and staging… but i could be wrong ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/33 "2005-12-31T05:31:56Z")
> [@whitey](#): > > i think that means not rushing in and staging… but i could be wrong yes,prestage & wait for fellow racer to prestage,than stage!dont take for ever also! ---
**Author:** ![A468Bu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@A468Bu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/A468Bu)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/34 "2005-12-31T16:32:39Z")
> [@PewterSS](#): > > yes,prestage & wait for fellow racer to prestage,than stage!dont take for ever also! Ahh take your time you have 14 seconds to stage after he lites the tree 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/35 "2005-12-31T18:44:10Z")
> [@A468Bu](#): > > Ahh take your time you have 14 seconds to stage after he lites the tree 😃 thats why the guy up there took 30seconds to stage! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_the\_roofer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@Tom\_the\_roofer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tom_the_roofer)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/36 "2006-01-01T09:11:58Z")
> [@gearhead](#): > > my staging secret… a good number of races are won at the lights! For the best overall run you can possibly give your car, here is what you do. > > Light the pre-stage light as usuall. STOP. get your head straight, go through the run in your head (I have to deal with delay box, releasing transbrake and slight steering compensation out of the hole). Normally though, get your rpm that you want to launch at practiced and also ‘how’ you let your clutch out. This is what testntune is for…hopefully most people have this figured out. > > Don’t worry about taking too much time at the pre-stage light, you “won’t look cooler” if you hurry up and stage the car…you’ll most likely look like a dumbass. > > Once you are calmed down and ready, here is what you do. EVER-so-slowly inch your car forward. The key here is to “tickle” the stage lights so they just stay on. What this does is put your car in the furthest most point from the green light. What this is important for is to give your car the biggest head start on the tree as possible. This also means that you’ll have to learn to leave VERY early on the 3rd yellow, usually just as it lights. > > Getting a jump on the tree is the best possible way to begin to get your car into the fastest times possible. Some people like to “deep-stage” where they actually turn the pre-stage light off leaving only the stage light on. Some say this is good b/c it puts you physically ahead at the tree so you can have that much less of a distance to travel. This usually is false. If you watch professional drag racing, you will often see people tickling the stage light to get the best head-start. > > There, the secret’s out. Agreed. There is 7" between the prestage and stage beams. Once you break the prestage beam you have approximately 7" of travel to break the stage beam. ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/37 "2006-01-01T09:14:58Z")
> [@Tom the roofer](#): > > Agreed. > > There is 7" between the prestage and stage beams. Once you break the prestage beam you have approximately 7" of travel to break the stage beam. aint it six? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_the\_roofer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@Tom\_the\_roofer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tom_the_roofer)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/38 "2006-01-01T10:35:18Z")
> [@PewterSS](#): > > aint it six? I guess we are both right. Read this. The two photocells are linked to the Tree: the Pre-Stage, and the Stage lights. When the car inches forward and blocks the first photocell, the Pre-Stage light comes on, indicating that the driver is close to the starting line. Most tracks have a rollout, or distance between the Pre-Stage and Stage beams of 6-8". The driver can now nudge the car forward until the car blocks the Stage beam, thus lighting the Stage bulbs on the Tree. This means that the driver is on the starting line, and is presumably ready to go. The driver also has the option of deep-staging, however, which means he bumps his car forward even more until the Pre-Stage bulb goes out. This means that his tire has just left the Pre-Stage beam ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/39 "2006-01-01T10:47:52Z")
> [@Tom the roofer](#): > > I guess we are both right. Read this. > > The two photocells are linked to the Tree: the Pre-Stage, and the Stage lights. When the car inches forward and blocks the first photocell, the Pre-Stage light comes on, indicating that the driver is close to the starting line. Most tracks have a rollout, or distance between the Pre-Stage and Stage beams of 6-8". The driver can now nudge the car forward until the car blocks the Stage beam, thus lighting the Stage bulbs on the Tree. This means that the driver is on the starting line, and is presumably ready to go. The driver also has the option of deep-staging, however, which means he bumps his car forward even more until the Pre-Stage bulb goes out. This means that his tire has just left the Pre-Stage beam :boink ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950/40 "2006-02-09T16:43:20Z")
Couple things I’ve been told for a GP… -front tires 26psi rear 40 (street) -take out jack and spare -take out pass seat -a/c off, heat on max -get a manual fan switch -race with an 1/8 a tank -turn off trac -use GTO spring blockers on the rear oh yeah, and some guys pull the abs fuse to disable the torque management I think it’s #28 under the hood [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-tips/172950.md?page=3)