So last fall I raced a car dialed 8.00 which he said would run in the high sixes. He ran over at 7.868 at 140.56. Looking at calculators a 7.86 should be about 185 mph.

His 1000 ft time was 6.427. Is that 1000 ft mark indicate he was still wide open at that point, or does that indicate he was already off the gas and perhaps on the brakes there?

After thinking about this, if he dropped 45 mph in the last 2-300 feet that sounds like a lot of speed to drop?

Can somebody who runs that fast clue me in here. Really just curious. He took the stripe by about 5 cars and it was an easy win, but none the less, is that excessive braking?