I agree with you, till my daughter 30ish came up to me and asked me to build a roundy-round car for her man,
He had been I-racing for a number of years on the internet against true racer like Hamlin and Jr. He won a lotta $$ and the pros told him to get a real car, he did.
Took him a coupla yrs driving, me, a coupla years re-building/tuning the oldest car there .
2 Championships in 6 yrs racing iirc.