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..."
1 because most people no nothing about 1/8 mile times
2 the track might only be 1/8 mile
3 joe blow, car meet crowd,magizines test are 1/4 mile
4 they dont wanna get booted off the track for going to fast without proper saftey regs