Why are people scared of the drag strip?

I'm not going to beat on my car!
but they think nothing of starting their car up in zero degree weather,jump in and slam it into reverse before the car even runs thirty seconds. that may be one of the worst ways to beat on a car.
sure, I raced my Dart and spiritallty drove it on the track and street. It was for "testing" purposes. Clean the carbon out...look for weak links...come to think of it, it was my Chevy's that broke driveline pieces. The 340 only ate timing chains.