In response to your post that I just got around to reading .... Gordie Reed with his Keith Black 306 cu in Chrysler didn't have to be in to big of a hurry to get up to the line because by the time he got up to the next turn he was usually leading anyway !!!! He knew he could catch them and most of the time he did . Just about 600 HP at 9600 RPM in a 19ft. 3in. Lauterbach