Thoughts on Straight Line races.

By saying straight line, I don't mean just drag or roll or any other race. I'm talking about any race that includes a run from point A to point B without any corners. Any requirements? Sure, get a fast car and any idiot from a suicide hotline and stick them behind the wheel and ask them to press the gas pedal as soon as the green light comes on. What's the catch? Come to the finish first. Any skill required? Yeah, just know how to use stick-shift. I mean, come on, straight line races are pointless. There are no corners, there's no skill, it's not the driver, it's all about the car. I see people buying Ferraris or old Mustangs and putting big block chevy engines under the bonnet, spending from $10,000 to $100,000 or even more, just to make their car go fast on a straight line. But they simply don't realize that they are making a car that is literally, just like a bullet. It goes, it goes pretty fast, but it only goes straight. What if you try to turn? Sure, go ahead, make sure you have your last wish written down and confirmed by your attorney though, or else the only thing your family will get is your wrecked car. Let's forget drag cars, and let's look at normal, every day cars. Teenagers go out and buy Evos and M3s and STi and other stuff, tune it up and race it on a highway. What do they prove? Their cars are the "fastest". The only thing is though, they only prove that to themselves, while everyone else thinks that those teens are lifeless morons who have nothing better to do than spend thousands of dollars on their lame cars. For what? To prove how cool they are on a straight-line.