FE, at those power levels it becomes all about putting it to the track in a usable manner.
Clutch slippage, tire spin, inertia all come in to play. If one of those cars dead hooked, that is, had 100% power to the rear wheels and 100% traction to match, it would either flop over backwards or, more likely, quickly find the weakest component in the car.
Frame, driveline, rear gears, clutch, without some slippage something is going to go boom.
Have you ever watched videos of big block twin turbo cars making a pass? (I know you don't go to the strip much) Most naturally aspirated cars will wheelstand at the hit. The heavily boosted turbo cars will launch soft, and then as rpms increase and the turbo's spool up to full boost will lift the front tires at 1/2 track or so and carry the fronts in the air across the finish line.
There's a video of a pass a guy made in a turbo Mustang where he pulls the wheels at the hit and carries them all the way through an 1/8 mile pass at like 185 mph. Guys name is Tim Lynch, pretty well known in the Outlaw 10.5 circle.
Better yet, here's that clip.
