Its become more and more of a MPH game for sure. But also seen alot of guys with slower cars having alot of success as well. I am always watching the numbers and while I see alot of faster cars these days that are really slow in 60 and have "slow" backhalfs So it can be misleading a bit IMO. In S/ST anyway alot of those "fast" 150mph cars are in the 2.0-2.2 60'and only gain 32-35 in the back half. I would think that would make them easier to judge for the slower cars as they are not as far back as I would expect for a faster car. I know my junk we could run as fast as 49 in the back half of the track depending on how we had the car set up.

My last S/ST car had no cubes and not alot of torque. It worked well because of the converter, stop set up and the power it made. HP makes up for alot in a t-stop car. The last few years I have helped a couple of guys with slower cars optimize there set ups to have better back half MPH and they have found some success that way, while still having decent 60's(1.70's).