Stop in for a cup of coffee

Question for you all....

Why do I worry about the engine for Bonneville running high rpm for 5 miles when I don't give it a second thought to run an engine at work right now at 5500 for 30min? Or last Thursday at 5500 for 3hrs? Or years past at 6200 for 12hrs straight? Shouldn't I be numb to it?
Because of your years long addiction to street hot rodding, and the bias that creates. As street/drag racers we cannot even fathom being WFO for anything longer than a 1/4 mile burst. If you had spent the last years on a NASCAR or Indy car pit crew your first question and point of view would always be, that’s cool but can it hang for three hours? All about perspective! You do remember my genuine offer to be a salt monkey for you right? Hah!