Ok so quarter mile time is 14 vs 14.6

Saskins spanked them anyway, and I'll tell you why.

Because if you've already got a higher speed going, or the momentum, it will still take a faster car a bit of time to catch up and pass you. In other words, over the course of a mile, he'll gain 2.4 seconds on you...

Think about that... if you floor it, and a Z floors it two seconds behind you, and he's a few lenths back... by the time an entire mile is up, you'll both be going way too fast for him to actually exceed your speed to pass you. My guess is that by the time HALF mile is up, and your already going WAY too fast 100+ mph, most sane people will just throttle it back down and give up.. In other words, get the jump and you'll win.