Bob,

Your entering the same point with the kids that I've been in for a while. Which is why my car still only runs 11.70's. I don't need a roll bar and the car is very streetable. If it's not raining, my boys and I have taken her to Little League practice and games all summer for the last 8 years. Same with my duaghter's soccer stuff in the fall. The wife and I use it on the weekends to do our errands around town and the old retired Chrysler guy at church really likes seeing me lay a patch leaving the parking lot on Sundays.

I street drive my Valiant at least 20+ times for each run it makes on the track. And I couldn't be happier.

It's fast enough to be respectable at the track, drives good enough to be safe on the street, and looks weird enough to get a TON of attention.

When my kids are grown and out, then I'll step it up and run low 10's, but I'm not willing to sacrifice the ability to haul the wife and 3 kids around when we want to go cruising around town.