"Actual Match Race" 1969 440 'Cuda vs 1973 Firebird Formula 'SD-455'

Very good post additions by all,

But I wanted to post actual Race's between my 1969 440 'Cuda and my sisters
1973 Formula 'SD-455'

I'll post all the 'minor' tweaks we did to the Cars, to make a fair comparison.

Race 1

Dead-Start from Idle, with both cars left in {Drive}, and with fully Automatic Shifting.

From a 'Dead-Start' in a 'Quarter-Mile' Race, my sister's Formula SD-455 hooked up much
better off the line, and I lost distance as the 'Cuda spun the tires, and she pulled away,
and had me by '3' Car Lengths before I hooked up.

The 'Formula SD-455' held a 2+ Car Length lead by the half-way point, but the 440 'Cuda
started pulling on my sister's Pontiac hard.

Then the '440' started to breath, and once it 'shifted' into 3rd-Gear {Drive} I pulled on
her big time, and got to within a 1/2 Car-Length at the End. But she just getting nipped
me, as I went by her 'after' the End Line.

Gears
* 440 'Cuda............ 3.91
* Formula SD-455... 3.90

440 'Cuda Tires
* {Front}..................Concorde F-70 x 14" {Ansen 14" x 6" - Cast Aluminum Mags}
* {Rear}...................Concorde G-60 x 14" (Ansen 14" x 7" - Cast-Aluminum Mags}

Formula SD-455 Tires
* {Front and Rear}.....Firestone F-60 x 15" {Pontiac 15" x 7" - Honeycomb Wheels}