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Couldn't get on the site, but if yu're taling about 18oohp cars, these are the things that , sorry, IMO, ruined streetracing. Those are great, impressive cars to see--on the track. With that much hp, the car is hardly inexpensive or your "average" car. Even the most serious of streetracers had MAYBE a 1000hp, worked a 60-hour week and didn't need an engineer to tune his car. PLUS (for the most part) the guys were honest. There's no way a 19 year-old mechanic, making 20-30 dollars an hour can afford an 1800hp racecar HONESTLY. Now we weren't all "saints" back then either, and yes, many "high-end" racers made their money in "other" ways, but the AVERAGE guys worked hard, lived for the week-end and raced what they could honestly afford.
Nowadays the cars are too expensive, too high-tech, and the penalties too severe to rationalize running a 6-second streetcar the way we did our 9-second or slower cars---and you know what? I'l bet we had just as much fun with a 11 or 12-second car as these guys are having with their quicker machinery.
Sorry, a tube-chassised, carbon-fibre bodied, mountain-motor ride that looks like a ProMod doesn't impress me.......

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period. Back then 10-11 sec rides (and a few 9-sec pieces) that were street tagged and driven most of the time (to anywhere) was exciting. Think about it!
Get off work Friday afternoon/night, cash in pocket, maybe a HOT date planned, early dinner, go
out in your ride, later on look for action or try
to create some with your girlfriend/wife. Best of all, your ride is the focal point in your social scene. Can't do all that in a tube chassis, 1800 hp, ride. Roll bars were cool back then! And I really don't think your girlfriend/wife would like a fully caged tube-chassis car. Uncomfortable for her, if you know what I mean.
They DO belong on the track!! However, that PASS
the rail job did at the Connecting, I would have
PAID to see that!!