Suspension question

SS/AH cars are running low 8s @ 160 + mph on stock front suspensions; doesn't seem to slow them down too much .... Always makes me laugh when I hear people say that they have to spend $7000.00 for aftermarket suspensions to "go fast" or make their car "handle". Transam Cudas and Challengers were pulling well over 1G cornering forces in 1970-71 with basically stock front suspensions.