Old-School "David" beats Modern "Goliath"......

An arrogant rich kid got a great comeuppance the other day. It was recorded on my buddy's cell phone If I could upload it here I would. Anyway a guy with a Supercharged 662hp Shelby GT500 2014 Mustang got his doors blown off by a '72 Camaro with a normally aspirated 350 and a 4-speed. The Camaro did have the Edelbrock Performer Rpm package-Heads,Cam, Carb and intake etc. According to Edelbrock this makes 410 hp. So how did the 400 hp car beat the 660 hp car?  Good old drag racing prowess. The Camaro driver dropped the clutch about 2,500 rpm getting just enough wheelspin to get the car moving and up on it's torque curve, spinning the tires for maybe 50 feet. The Supercharged Mustang incinerated his tires through 1st and 2nd. The Camaro jumped out to about a 5 car length lead. Even finally getting traction in 3rd gear and having nearly 700 hp pulling hard-the Mustang couldn't catch him. The Camaro still beat him at the end of the 1/4 by about 2 car lengths. Now if the Mustang had had slicks or drag radials and a more competent driver it wouldn't have even been a race. But that's what makes it so cool. My Hurst / Olds that had a 355 hp Chevy ZZ4 crate motor in it beat a Subaru WRX in drag race. The Subie owner spouted Motor Trend's road test where their WRX test mule ran a 5.4 second 0-60, and a 13.8 second 1/4. My Cutlass had run a best of 13.92. He was sure he was going to win. Except the M/T driver dropped the clutch on the WRX at 5,500 rpm and powershifted it, shocking the AWD system so bad that all the traction control nanny lights went off as all 4 wheels spun off the line. Without the brutal launch-the times increased to 6.6 seconds 0-60 and 14.4 seconds in the 1/4. Still quick, but not as blisteringly quick as the quoted time. And honestly-the average Joe isn't going to drop the clutch at 5,500 rpm and risk his $5769 transaxle to jump some clown from a light. I came off the line even, and then pulled away in 2nd gear. The Subie driver was aghast. How could a heavier car with not much more power ( 3,731 lbs with 355 hp vs 3,330 with 305hp ) win?. Same way- my 2,800 rpm B&M Converter and 255/60R15 Comp T/As allowed me to launch with about 30 feet of wheelspin, and then the 418 lbs of torque-350 or more of which is available from 1,800-5,200 rpm took over. I beat him by about a car length and a half. That's the oldest drag rcing adage in the world "All the Power in the world doesn't do you any good if you can't put it to the ground."  Anyhow-it was fun to watch. Mastermind