My guess is that he could still out-shift most guys today! These young guys live in the world of automatic trans with automatic shifters lol. Ah the good old days you drive the cars, no buttons, no delay box, no reaction times......
Just 2 weekends ago while at the Summit Nationals at Norwalk, Butch was BSing with a current Hemi Super Stock / stick car owner about their problem with launch. Butch was attempting to tell him the importance of properly setting the clutch linkage..... but the owner was not interested and told him the car builder did that. I could not believe it.
I spoke to Butch today and we are still both shaking our heads.