Precisely. My air can be 45 degrees entering the throttle body off the line with a little bit of dry ice in the water tank at the track. On the street, the intake air temps RARELY increase 20 degrees over ambient, even when sitting still in traffic, or whatever.
That is exactly what can happen to drag cars or street cars. The Air/Air can get heat soaked, and you're basically running a NON intercooled kit until your vehicle speed get up over 30-40 MPH when the air is moving fast enought to cool the intercooler to maximum efficiency.
I dunno about you, but I don't wanna take off on the street with a hot intercooler, and at the top of first as the boost reaches maximum, that little bit of detonation makes all the difference to your engine in the world.
Heat is Heat. I like getting rid of it ALL the time, not jsut when the car is moving.