Why are people scared of the drag strip?

If that...
Well, it was slower than my '69 Super Bee that ran 14.20s in Spokane.
It had a re rung 440, a 3:54 Dana, McCleod street and strip clutch, 4 speed, and weighed about 4,000 lbs at about the same time we bantered about it, so we street raced the two one night, and let me say, i kicked his ***............
So, i was being nice with the mid 14 second estimate!
Funny thing, he didn't have a problem going heads up light to light on the street, but no way would he put the car on the track.........