"...and Brooks saddles are not meant for racing."

Au contrair,
The Swift and Swallow are designed from the get-go for racing. You might see more of them on "modern" bikes but for the cost. However, as a purely aesthetic statement, I agree that the whippy looking new style roadies might look like a Daytona car with chrome bumpers with a Brooks on there.

BTW, I can't recall his name, but there is rather well known RAMROD racer who lives around a town near here called Salmon le Sac or maybe it's Cle Elum. A group of us waved him down for directions, not knowing who he was at the time. He pulled over and one of us recognised him as this racer. He was riding an ultra high end bike - with a Brooks Team Pro on it. Said he had about 30,000 miles on the thing.

They work.