First Time Drag racing

I hate to tell this story because I couldn't stand the guy but here it is.
A brother of a good friend of mine had a 67 big block 4 speed Corvette capable of mid 10s but he would dial the car 11.40 and run 6 of them in one night. He was great at running a slower car down and playing games a the finish or drawing a fast car into breaking out and using the breaks at the last second.
I watched him run a 11.43 at 97 mph one night sliding the front tires through the light's for a win.
The guy was an arrogant prick but he new how to run the Vette.