I sure pray the #'s you posted are innacurate... Hopefully one of Car & Driver's monkeys got those #'s in 1981 while wearing giant Go-GO boots than interfered with the clutch pedal. I mean, a 79 MPH trap speed? Sounds like poppycock to me. I will be going to Irwindale Speedway soon to race my DMC against a friend's Ford (with 5.0 engine). The DMC feels faster than a 17- second car, but perhaps they go fast up to a certain speed, then creep along?!