This sounds like a joke but it is not. I used to believe that "drag racing" was men, wearing dresses, driving very fast.
A childhood belief about sport

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that drag racing was when guys dressed in drag raced each other. LOL— Emmy
- I used to believe that drag racing actually involved men in drag.Anon
- When I first seen that boy band Hanson I thought they were all drag queen that were in bad drag. — TUTTLE
- I always used to think that Ozzy Osbourne was a racing driver!
Anon - I used to think that my father pedaled fastly when the car was racing through the countrysideAnon
- when i was a kid i used to believe that the water drops was racing on the window when it was raining outside — Emeline