I'm gonna have to disagree with holding 3rd gear out all the way through the traps. If your car is strong (like mine), you're gonna be doing 94-95mph at the end of the track (not necessarily trap speed.. top speed) and that puts your rpm AT the cutoff. Last time at the track, I tried this on my last run (95mph, 90% humidity). All my other numbers were very close, but because of the drastic power drop after 8K rpm, I actually trapped under 90mph for the first time ever, and got my worst et ever at 15.7. Even with the horrible weather, when I would switch to 4th right before the end, I would trap 91-92mph and get 15.5-15.6. Too much power loss... and btw, as SOON as I crossed the line, I hit cutoff as I was getting off the throttle.