The name of the game is how fast can you get to the end of the track (and not break out of your time if you're racing bracket).
You could just as easily say, 'only losers need massive turbos and nitrous and slicks to win the 1/4 mile'
If auto's are cheating, what about a dog box? what about a sequential shifter?
This is not 1985 anymore, there is such diversity out there on the track that you cannot impose your subjective preferences on an entire scene.
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