What's the point? Anyone can play the "hey look what someone else did" game all day long. I am familiar with that car and the fact that a RWD chassis would have gone over a second faster.

Success or not, you cannot argue the laws of physics. Unless you're Al Gore.

Not saying those cars aren't impressive for what they are. Just that you've missed the point.

Yes if you put enough work and money and such into anything you can make it perform how you want. But to argue it as a smarter/better/equal path is just plain ignorant.