NPWDRL Staging

[5KidsRacing]

NPWDRL PREFERRED STAGING INSTRUCTIONS

The NPWDRL has a TON of cars each month so in order to make the race go as smoothly as possible please try and follow the staging instructions provided below.

Rear Wheel Staging:

DFW Staging:

Marking you DFW Staging:

The small print:

You do not need any markings on the rear of your car if you are staging it centered.

Place your DFW staging marking (“R”, “D”, “S” or “X”) by your DFW to easily identify which wheel is your DFW. The wheel by your marking will be assumed to be your DFW.

If your car has no markings it will be staged with rears centered and with daylight between the DFW and rail (notation “D”).

If your car has a mark for the staging pin it will be staged with the front of your car on that mark. Be aware that this is not a very accurate way to designate a staging position for your car. Pins are in slightly different positions in every lane on every track.

Use only one method to mark your DFW staging. If you have a rail mark and a letter it will be staged by the letter. If it has a staging pin mark and a letter it will be staged by the letter.

 

[Resophonic Racing]

 

[Mrouhselang]

5 kids I know this is off topic, but according to your drawing the front wheel and the body on one side is sucked in, this is new to me, what is the advantage to this? So much to learn.

 

[Chief]

This is great information! But if I do not have a track then would I know and or learn how to have my cars staged?

 

[5KidsRacing]

5 kids I know this is off topic, but according to your drawing the front wheel and the body on one side is sucked in, this is new to me, what is the advantage to this? So much to learn.

Typically the DFW has positive cant (bottom sucked in towards the rail) so that during RAILRUNNING only the very bottom of the wheel touches the rail. If you kept the DFW perpendicular or it had negative cant then more of the DFW would touch the rail and you would scrub off more speed.

 

[5KidsRacing]

This is great information! But if I do not have a track then would I know and or learn how to have my cars staged?

Honestly I think this is better for new guys and guys without tracks. I would start with the car with the standard staging (rears centered/DFW daylight) and see the results and then the next month they could mark "S" and see the results... then maybe on the rail "R" and see the results. At least they can figure out what runs the best with their type of build. The old way how did they even mark the car and if they did how could they change it to see if staging could get them faster? This way a person without a track can play with the staging.

 

[5KidsRacing]

I had actually never thought about staging a car with the "X" option, but it is actually pretty slick. The NPWDRL is the only running league that allows you to set the space between the lifted wheel/peg and DFW to anything as long as it clears the rail. So you couldn't do this type of staging at any other league but the NPWDRL. I know some guys run this tight and you can use this option to get this spacing as small as possible while still staging the car having the DFW in a particular place off the rail. I know this is probably not a beginner option, but if Spirit does it then it must be fast/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif

 

[Guest]

I did some staging this past weekend at the NPWDRL event and i must say, the 5Kids staging system works fantastic! No more trying to remember what each guy wanted and just look at each car as you put them on the track and stage as marked. Nice idea Scott! /images/boards/smilies/thumb.gif

Ian

 

[aircooled]

5Kids, great information as always. Looks like figuring out what staging method works best for a car can take some time. Just another great reason the get a track.

 

[GravityX]

+1 Saving up for a track right now.

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5Kids, great information as always. Looks like figuring out what staging method works best for a car can take some time. Just another great reason the get a track.

 

[W&K Creations]

I like it! Gona go find some small D and R stickers (that way i can take em off my nice and shiny finish when the car isnt running! instead of a permanent letter on the right side of my car LOL)...one more little detail to look at in tuning going forward for me!

 

[Papa V Racing]

+1 Saving up for a track right now.

Honey... can we have a garage sale???

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Originally Posted by aircooled
5Kids, great information as always. Looks like figuring out what staging method works best for a car can take some time. Just another great reason the get a track.

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[tinman racing]

I actually tried different methods today. On my 35' best track, I found no marketable difference. Again, I am not a pro.., I just am trying to get some things dialed in so I can start sending cars in to test my luck against the big boys.

 

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[ngyoung]

For wide tires I believe you want to go with D, S, or X. R I know some guys use for razor wheels. I think a few guys stage differently depending on what lane they're running.

Staging can be pretty subjective. Depending on how you tend to build your cars they may do better with one where someone else just as fast dies better with another.

 

[Obsessedderbydad]

Has anyone had any results from the different staging methods; is one faster than another?

All cars are different. I have had some like daylight and I've had some like rail. To say one is faster than the other depends on your car and the testing you do.