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IMO, there was no need to pull that car out of gear. Ran those epeeds. Never had a rod problem.

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Apples to onions unless you ran those speeds back then - the accident happened in 1964. It would have been a lot more important then to protect the connecting rods back then - there were no Carillo, Eagle, Manley, etc. rods a credit card away in the mid 60's. Rod failures were common then - even getting good bolts were a luxury. And many trophy class racers commonly used the lightest rods they could find just for that little edge in HP and to help them rev just that little bit quicker.

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Yes, back then with stock max wedge rods and bolts. Maybe I was just lucky

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You might have been using a little more "user friendly" gear ratio and a tighter converter, too. Stock rods that tolerate tall tires and a 4.10 may become "alergic" to shorter tires and 5.38's.