Why are people scared of the drag strip?

It might not be that a lot of people are scared of the strip itself. Maybe they are afraid of breaking something that costs a lot.
Okay so your new car, your new Slant six are you scared you're going to break something expensive?
Let's start with my first friend. An ASE Certified mechanic he put the LT1 in his lowrider. Now he was willing to go. Who really rather wait till he put his big motor in...
Another one just had a new motor and it's all broken and I rebuild the turbo 350 and we totally went through everything actually. That car I totally know would not be hurt by a few quarter mile passes. It probably only get up to about 90 miles an hour anyways which it should cruise at on the freeway....
The last guy has brother had the older Pontiac LeMans and already cut a hole in the head in anticipation for his blower motor. And that's when I'm supposed to see him at the track when he had something that he'll put into the wall with too much horsepower LOL...