It's still a Civic. How much cash involved to get it to run high 10's?
Impressive that he's done it? Yes, of course it is! But it's not like you guy buy a Civic, slap a turbo on it and you have a 10-second car... Nor are they, at that HP level, all that great on gas.
Not knocking his ride, but there are a lot of cars out there (WRX for example, Termi, Lancer....etc) that have a lot more potential in stock form. You aren't running 10's (reliably that is) on a stock Civic longblock.