I agree, but my drag racing background does not when it comes to tinkering with physics.
If it were that easy any joker could get a drag radial car down the track without putting the car on the bumper, blowing the tires off, or doing duribility testing on roll cages.
I don't look down my nose at any form of racing, because none of it is easy. You are fighting man, machine, and the conditions around you to win or beat a time.
One of the coolest things to see is a good dirt track team trying to sort a car out. Watching them take a car that pushes like a dump truck, and make it work anywhere on the track is amazing.