I am also 45 y/o.
Drag racing on the streets isn’t even a thought.
Having a Honda Accord might help that though...
I’m still under 45 and I don’t drag race on the streets.
Mostly because unless you bring about 700+ horsepower, your car is *not* going to out-accelerate my motorcycle and I don’t see any reason to bother with you if you didn’t. There aren’t many cars that can do 0-60 in 2.8 seconds or run high 9s/very low 10s in the quarter. Half throttle is enough to see off most ‘hot’ cars and that’s my normal pace for setting off from lights.
“Having a Honda Accord might help that though...”
If you think that’s bad, try drag racing in a Honda Element! :-)