You want to go the fastest and quickest ? ... put the smallest tire you can on it. But if you have consistent hook-issues and you are just going to bracket race it ... the steam-roller tire and look is the plan.

REMINDS me of a customer I had some years back .... 70 Cuda - 10.90 car ...good 440 ... used to get his 9" tires used from a stock-elim guy. He came into some money ... and wanted that steam-roller look ... so he put on some 14x32's and all the expense that goes with that(and "corrected" the gear)... and the car slowed up a BUNCH ... .250 and 3 or 4 mph ... IIRC ..

If you don't need the tire in the first 20 feet ... it is going to HURT YOU in the next 1300 feet ...