ET with and without wheelie.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

what you lose or gain in 60 foot directly effects the ET!

That said, I invite you to come to Numidia next season on a bracket day and I'll show what the change in 60 foot does to the ET. I'll launch wheels up, breaking the 60 foot with the back tires and the next pass I'll tighten the front shocks up all the way launching with the front wheels just off the track. My car doesn't need to wheelie to dead hook, it will hook in a puddle!

Daren, that's a very good explanation.

Ed, again you're talking about YOUR car. It's not a bracket car and it's not a SS car and what YOU are doing to YOUR car works for YOU.
In a Stocker (not necessarily a SS car) with a Powerglide you can get "60' crazy". If you shift the car too high and the converter locks up OR you have too much low gear in the trans and you don't have enough wheel speed yet, it can "stagger" the car. Make it hesitate on the shift. A lot (not all) Racers with PGs try and shift the car low enough to "flash" the converter again. Especially in bad air.
In a Stocker with a PG, 60' times are irrelevant.