Cast vs. Forged Crank?

I ran 351-c's in my dirt cars... never a crank problem but I kept the rev's under 7K...except the one night when one of my pit guys hot lapped the car and did it in first gear! Tossed a rod but the crank was OK... that old Ford sounded like an Indy car down the straights... we figured it was at about 9,500!
Man, that is funny..... I bet you were fit to be tied LOL. Was that a modified body or stock body class?