pecker extender

There is a spec in the rule book about how low a car can be (ground clearance) before or after the tire, to avoid tripping the start beams with bodywork, or headers. Or pecker extender. (Had a friend get bounced at a Firestone centerline division finals. He made the mistake of beating the local track champ/favorite, and got protested that his headers were too low. They weren't)
The finish line lights are higher, and if the nose is long enough and low enough to trip the beams, it can make a winner out of an otherwise close/losing race.
As stated above, even against a non-peckered car, my front overhang is so short, I have to be driver-even with my opponents fender if I want the stripe.