I actually had a much better winning percentage when I was driving a stock Slant car. Something seems to go away when the bug to go faster hits.

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AMEN to that Slantzilla !!!

Too much other "crap" gets added... more then anything "going away".
With my street slant at the drags, I wait for my run, stage the car and leave when the tree drops, and you'r off.
18 seconds later, I am looking for the other car to see if I need to let-off some.

With my 12 second car, I'm watching tempetures in the staging lanes, putting on a helmet & jacket, doing all the tire heating, burn-out stuff, (so the car hooks) turning knobs, (N2O bottle) flipping switches and pushing buttons... between the burn-out and staging the car... it's like running thru a pre-flight check-list, and don't skip a step.

Once staged and the tree drops, now you have to keep the car going straight... and that can be a challenge on some passes, then judge the closure and finish, that my need both feet on the brake to slow the car enough to not break-out...
Yes... a lot more to keep track-of as the car gets faster.
DD

Nothing makes up for seat time, I took 4 years off and now it's like I never went down a track before.