running out of breath in the 1/4 mile

Not to open up a hornets nest. I do not know why people say to use a electric fuel pump! The Hemi and 426 Max Wedge motors from the 60s and 70s use a mechanical fuel pumps and they had no problem running the 1/4 mile, some of those cars had the cross ram intakes and the mechanical fuel pump had no problem feeding the two carbs