There are several models of Daytonas out there that can be considered 'fast' - in particular anything with an R/T badge on it could be considered quick. As you didn't state an era or year-range of the Daytona you were up against it's hard to really tell you exactly what you might have been up against.
In the newer style Daytonas, Dodge had arranged a pretty solid 4-cyl with ~220hp stock in the IROC R/T model. It's quite quick but I always had a little trouble hooking up at the line even with the front wheel drive. We're talking early 90's type Daytona there, as an FYI. Go to yahoo.com and do a search for '1992 Dodge Daytona IROC R/T' and that should give you pictures to see if it looked like what you were up against.
http://www.auto-enthusiast.com/shelb...aytona_rt2.htm
Comes to mind as one of the links I had in my list when I had my R/T.