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DURING VISUAL APCH (ILS BACKUP) TO RWY 8L AT HNL (5 NM IN TRAIL BEHIND 747); TWR CLRED A BEECH D-18 FOR TKOF FROM APCH END OF RWY 8L AFTER 747 HAD CLRED THE RWY. OUR DC-10 (CONFIGURED FOR LNDG) WAS INDICATING APPROX 140 KTS. IN MY 30 YRS OF FLYING INTO AND OUT OF HNL; I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BEECH D-18 TKOF FROM THE APCH END OF RWY 8L (12357 FT REMAINING). I SUSPECT THE TWR CTLR HAD NOT EITHER. THE CLOSURE RATE BTWN OUR DC-10 AND THE BEECH D-18 WAS REMARKABLE (RAPID). OUR DC-10 FLC ELECTED TO GAR. WHILE MAINTAINING VISUAL SEPARATION WITH THE BEECH D-18; WE MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY MISSED A 1500 FT ALT CLRNC (WE STILL CAN'T BE SURE) AND CLBED TO ATC ASSIGNED 3000 FT ALT. RATE OF ACCELERATION OF BEECH D-18 ON ITS TKOF ROLL SHOULD HAVE BEEN FACTORED INTO THIS SIT BY ATC (BEECH D- 18 SHOULD NOT HAVE CLRED FOR TKOF). SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 285141: RECEIVED FURTHER APCH LNDG INSTRUCTIONS AND LANDED ON RWY 8L. ACFT MAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED ON ITS TKOF ROLL BY WAKE TURB FROM THE LNDG B-747. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CLRED FOR TKOF BTWN 2 LNDG 'HEAVIES' BECAUSE OF PERFORMANCE DIFFERENCES.