A few things

People going around the bend probably naturally stay in close, or close to the actual corner.

For a stop speed run, clearly they want to run as wide as possible, to give them the maximum distance on the actual runway. Goes against what you'd want to drive though.

I would highly doubt a 2wd car unless it had amazing traction would match the 4wd time/distance at only 600 feet. That's less than 1/8th mile.
All traction limited cars will struggle over such a short distance.

Making the engine hold together is one thing, Aero is another. I wouldnt want to be holding a car for lengthy periods around 200 or more unless there was some reasonable certainty about their stability at those speeds.

I feel it's just different when it's still accelerating fairly hard, or decel ( which can be unstable itself )
But holding a car when it's accelerating very slowly at those sort of speeds is bound to make it more unstable.