You don't have to be fast to win at bracket racing , many times the slowest guy will win his class simply by being consistent and not breaking out . I used to watch a man in a 4 door Caddy sedan win his bracket every weekend and he ran like 22.0 everytime he left the line , No burn out ,no expensive car/engine just very consistent and he would laugh like hell taking the trophy and cash home every week .
it was funny as hell watching him leave the line and be 3/4 of the way down the track before his 10.0 competition would even leave the line to try to chase him down usually red lighting while watching him drive away at 60 mph