Not illegal, alot of these races are done on drag strips and betting large sums of money means to me,they put up where most others shut up and sit in the corner whining that they can't race against a big tire car or a chassis car or the only way they can go that fast is with boost or nitrous.Mabe a handfull of cars that are on this site would have any kind of a chance.But the rest are wanta be's. Also I love the "you only racing half a race if you race 1/8th mile tracks". Now thats funny.Most of the time the guy that says that races once a decade and brags the rest of the time. I am getting a little hungry so off to KFC.