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I didn't get it before i wrote the book about George Montgomery and drag racing from stop light to stop light in Dayton, Ohio in the early 1950s. After hours of interviews with George, what I get about it now is that unleashing short bursts of horsepower on public streets is fun, and in the absence of some kind of off-street tracks it's the best and cheapest fun available. Drag racing is the result of the desire for horsepower absent an off-street alternative. So I get it, big power with no place to use it is part of the 60 year heritage of hot rodding.