And I won't spend long on this.... but that goes back to application. I don't drag race... I rally (well, I drove rally cars...been a while now). Excess torque over a very wide RPM range is important because with 500 turns on a rally stage that are all different, you're gonna hit some gear-speed combo's where a narrow torque band engine is not going work. (BTDT! Young and dumb LOL) You need excess torque in a turn NOW to get the drive wheels spinning/slipping as part of steering the car on loose gravel (think of sprint cars only worse!). You can't wait even a fraction of a second 'til the engine rev's up a few hundred RPM; the brain-to-throttle-to-drive-wheel-spin/slip has to be an instantaneous connection to go fast.