It caught me when I was in third but I had him till then. I'm pretty sure it was a stick cause his *** end was all over the place on the launch and a good friend of mine has a 350 Track version and he can attest that the rear ends are squirrely too. Just admit it we don't have the raw HP but our gearing on our cars is not bad, other than a tall 3rd gear. The proper gearing and weight distibution on our cars allows our little 215HP to go a long way.