HP vs TQ question

[CSX 4027]

I just had this discussion with Tom Kirkham. At both VIR and Watkins Glen, the fastest 427 Cobra I have seen runs in the 2.08 - 2.09. We all know what the car weighs. The Gt 350's also run around the same. When I had 4027, my best time was in the high 2.12's at The Glen. My former Winston Cup car has run The Glen and VIR at 1.58 - 1.59. That's a whole lot faster and a whole lot heavier. It was 780hp/500tq.
I think most buidt Cobra's as street monsters with way too much torque. The last 427 we built as a standard bore/standard stroke dynoed at 551hp and 565 tq. The motor is a killer on the street but I would have preferred to kill the torque a bit, like to under 500 and bring up the hp. That would have taken a bigger cam making it less streetable. You can't have everything.
The cup motors are set up great. It would be neat to see what a well set up Cobra would do with real Cup Power and not a version of.
But.........going that fast in a car as unsafe as a Cobra as opposed to a cup car is a bit nuts also.
Cheaper,safer,faster to have a Cup Car