Why are people scared of the drag strip?

I don't know about that guy or any other, but I'll tell you about ME and THIS particular situation.

I'm not building my car to blast......or slug down the strip. Though, it might happen. I AM going to build a pretty nasty N/A slant six complete with a solid roller camshaft and camshaft gear drive. So that also means to USE that camshaft, I'll need a nasty ported cylinder head with bigger valves. In other words, a lot of money spent......for ME. Honestly, the intent is to be a 100% street car. I just want to do the cam and gear drive to be "different". I don't want to break anything. Nobody "wants" to I guess, but some people are in better situations to recover. All I would do is remove the carnage and reinstall my 170 and keep on truckin. lol
I think this is Way Coool!
You need a license plate frame that says "I could of had a V-8" :D