When I used to race a 4 speed 340 Dart years ago of course I was in fourth by the end of the 1/4. About like 68Lar said I would be pulling fourth at about the 1/8 mile. This was in the late 70's and early 80's as you did not see all the 5 and 6 speeds back then. But you want the car geared to use all 4 gears for drag racing to take advantage of the faster rpm climb in each gear. At least back then you did before we had all these strokers and 5 & 6 speed trans. You can of course gear your car different if its a street/strip car and uses a 5 or 6 speed. Ron