You guys are all coming up with great questions and I really apprecieate the help.
Sorry about not posting my name I thought that I had but anyway my name is MIKE REICHEN .
Chicane -in the DSM drag community even stroker motors are turned to 9000 rpm
my car is regularly spun to over 10,000 rpm. The car see's over 9,000 rpm in 4 th gear on the drag strip(this is with short slicks)-when racing the standing mile races last year I was pulling 9,200-9,400 rpm in thestock 5 th gear with 25" tall tires. For this season I'm changing the 5 th gear (for the mile races) and at B-ville I will have the 27" tall tires.
You are right about the fact that there are not many gears available and I will probably be rpm limited at bonneville, which is why I think it will be over by the 3 rd or 4 th mile. I also don't want to crank on the engine for that long.