Exactly plenty of times cars with more mods or a "better" build should have won what ever race, Numbers only tell half the story, weight, gears, tires, experience, tune, weather, ect all have a major impact.
Take TEK's Boss vs that 427 WS6 trans am, By the vid the plume of smoke from the WS6 means it's running like ass and still hung with the Boss mustang. You can pile up the best parts you can possibly get you hands on but that's barely even half the story.
Again part of the reason I like my E85 s1x cam car its a stupid simple setup that shows good results vs mod list. Its not overkill or over complicated.