I have a friend that is like that trying to break into the 10's.
We laugh at him and say he has an 11.0 bracket car. Last week it went 11.03..
'63 Dodge 330 11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs. 10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.