Every drag car I have owned and race in the 1/4 mile was in high gear before the 600 ft clocks so I had to hold my right foot down for another 3 to 6 seconds to get to the 1/4 mile finish line, most of all the driving was done before the 1/8 mile
Most hard parts failures are either on the starting line or at the finish line in the 1/4. I've hurt a lot more parts in 1/4 mile racing than I have in 1/8 mile racing
My last S/P car ran 5.50 in the 1/8 mile at 124+MPH and 8.80s at 150. MPH in the 1/4 mile, so the last 3.3 seconds netted me 25.+ MPH for the last 1/8 mile. As already suggested, all the work is done before the 1/8 mile finish line
I'm hoping my new No Prep car will ET in the low 4 to upper 3 in the 1/8 mile at 160.+ MPH