The Trans-Am clearly pulled ahead at the beginning. We never had a clear view of what happened afterward. The other part of the scooter that would make it impractical for max-acceleration burnouts is the high center of mass with a standing rider. How do you balance the thing? Weight forward to keep it from doing a wheelie? Weight backward to keep the drive wheel from spinning?

I imagine you'd have better luck if you put the same engine into some kind of kart. Then you've got two rear wheels, a lower center of mass, and maybe a fighting chance against the Trans-Am. I don't know the quarter-mile times on racing karts, but in anything involving turns and twisties, I imagine a kart would blow away a Trans-Am.