It has been a while since we raced at El Mirage, but throughout the nineties when we raced consistantly I could launch very hard at the start line without loosing traction. At Bville this year I had to ease into it and when the engine started hitting its sweet spot in the 1, and 2 I short shifted to make sure it didn't loose traction. Not sure if the lack of water in the past years have made it more loose or not, but we will find out in Nov. weather permitting.