318 build #2 "cost minded" for the '74 Duster

Ill try and put it another way . Why do people talk themselves and their car up on mathematically calculated 1/4 mile times when they never ran the car down the 1/4 mile. Why not be "honest" and report their 1/8 mile timeslip? For example, say "oh my car does blah blah blah in the 1/8..."
My 73 Challenger was a sled. 9.75's all day long.