TNT'ers think they are racers

R&R, nice move! You open up a can of worms and let it grow on it's own. LOL I think most T&Ter's here are just seein what there car/ mc/ atv/ ect. Can do in the 1/4 mile . Maybe your talking about the kid who puts a k&n air filter and a coffee can muffler tip on his Honda Accord with the massive wing on the trunk lid and thinks he's got a ten second car only to find out it's a 17 second car? I'm sure he still had fun regardless of the disappointing time slip. Two years ago when I started going to the local T&T I was doing a 16.4 the first night (reaction time? Who cares!) And by the end of the summer 13.7. I can't say I was having any more fun. Raced a small bracket series this last year and lost in the first round every time except the last race, then blew up the rearend at the start line. All was fun, that's what the car/money pit is for? My reaction times ? Inconsistent at the very least !! My wife got me a two step MSD for x-mas to help work on that.
So in conclusion, T&T is almost always the starting point for your future bracket competition. Maybe that kid with the funny little Honda Accord got a little bug that night at T&T and someone encouraged him and ????
Got no problem with guys who just want to know how fast their car is, as long as they know the safety rules. It's the ones that talk about how fast the car they will never race is. And I'm not talking about the kid in the Honda Accord, because as you describe him he RACED against a little bug, he wasn't there only for TNT. Unless it's index, heads up amateur racing is whoever has the most money wins. Not really interested in what the rich do for fun. I agree, TNT is the starting point, but when I was doing that I kept my mouth shut.