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Drag Racing Tips Staging Beams
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Drag Racing Tips Staging Beams
On the starting line are two beams: the pre-stage and stage beams. Each is placed about 6 inches apart from each other, and both are vitally important when it comes to starting-line procedure and recording your elapsed time.
Drag Racing Tips Dragstrip
Most every track in the United... 
   
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Drag Racing Tips Dragstrip
Most every track in the United States and abroad is of the same layout, though distance may vary from eighth-mile to quarter-mile. In the center of the track you have the Christmas Tree and centerline, complete with Styrofoam timing blocks. The centerline separates the right and left lanes, and on the edge of each lane is a retaining wall.
Drag Racing Tips Pre Stage
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Drag Racing Tips Pre Stage
In this series of photos, you can see the staging procedure and how the Christmas Tree operates. In the first photo, you see both pre-stage bulbs lit on the top of the tree. This indicates that you are 6 inches away from being staged, or ready to race. In the second photo, both of the stage bulbs are lit.
Drag Racing Tips Staged
At this point, both cars are... 
   
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Drag Racing Tips Staged
At this point, both cars are in the proper position, and the starter will activate the countdown on the Tree. In the third photo, you see the last amber bulb on the Tree lit. On a normal street-legal night, the Tree will run on a 0.500 Full Tree setting, meaning each of the three amber bulbs will come on for 1/2 second, one after the other.
Drag Racing Tips Christmas Tree
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Drag Racing Tips Christmas Tree
As soon as the third amber lights, most competitive racers plant the loud pedal to achieve a good reaction time.

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