Why are people scared of the drag strip?

you must be talking "hot rods" only. Certainly, if you go to a Walmart parking lot where 150 cars are parked, you are beating more than 50% with a 13 second car. You might very well beat them all.
Yeah, I was going to say, a 10 second car is probably faster than > 99% of the cars on the street (from a statistical perspective).

I have respect for anyone (Ford, Chevy, Honda, whatever) that takes the time to make their car fast...New cars like the Demon and Hell Cat are nice and all, and I would love one....but it only took deep pockets to get cars like this...its just not the same. Not bashing people that have them, its just not the same as building a fast car.