If you have the money to build a 1000 horse car, you have the money to make it hook. 1000hp is far from too much to hook
Outlaw cars make anywhere from 1200-1800hp and they hook like hell.
Top fuel dragsters make 8000hp and they hook
and everything in between. Sure you throw 1000hp in a stock car (assuming it will even hold together, which it wont) and throw a 300hp motor in the same car. The 300hp car (IMO) will win everytime. You cant just build a motor and forget about everything else. 1000hp is very managable power if done correctly. Turbo cars are a great example. You can make 800-900hp and have no problems taking a trip to walmart with the lady. People do it every day. If you have the check book to support it, it can be and has been done. These guys with pipe dreams of driving their 1000hp cars to autozone car meets are, for the most part, doing just that. Dreaming. And if they arent smart enough to realize theres more to it than that, then they have no business behind the wheel of something like that anyways. As for track prep, most guys at tracks that suck arent putting down that kind of power. I know thats a generalization, but for the most part its true. Another point being, if youve put all the blood and sweat into a 1000hp car, take the time to take it somewhere worth racing at. If your track is a glorified parking lot then id be willing to drive the extra distance to go somewhere with a properly prepped track and not risk wasting good tires or putting my race car into a wall (or guard rail for most of those tracks) Id hate to see the race techs at a crappy track inspecting someones 1000hp car anyways. Point being, theres no such thing as excessive power, but there plenty of inadequate drivers.