Yeah, thinking back, I did pretty well in my youth with an upper-12s SB '57 Chevy around '70-'72.
Had no bottom-end torque & 4.88s, so it would leave on the other guy - and if he buzzed his tires he was immediate toast.
In a few years, the cars got a lot quicker; by about '80, allegedly & sometimes credibly capable of 10s; by then I'd quit that stuff before something bad happened.