Look at how rise in the rear of a drag car gets less and less the faster the car gets.
As acceleration decreases in a slower car, controled seperation keeps the tire loaded enough for good traction. Once you get enough weight and g force planting those tires to get the front off the ground, you don't need any. It takes virtually no seperation and about eight inches of forward travel in my dart to get there. My carhas the power to keep the tires planted very early. A high 10 sec car not as much. Every car and situation will vary.
very interesting how are these guys going 1.0 sixty-foot . On a tiny 275 or small tire. And never lift a front tire off the track.. we have a hi 11-second. Street Dart.. has way better shocks than it needs hooks in a car wash with an 8 inch slick.. and never does a wheelie.. the fact of the matter is we race on prep surfaces.. I used to be one of the guys that struggled with the whole shock situation someone once said spend absolutely as much money as you can on shocks you will be way better off guess what they were right. There is no need to kill the tire it doesn't matter how slow or heavy your car is get some good shocks and be done with it
