I think no one would waste their time racing their car in a manner its not designed.
You are designing your car that way.
I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a design thing. Supposedly, all these other cars are setup with big cubes, top notch breathing heads, a TC stall and turbo that would give a relatively quick spool up. I, on the other hand, am doing the complete opposite. Small cubes, simple breathing heads, very large turbo, very low stall TC, only with some simple tools to fill in the shortcomings.
I would find it amazing if there weren't a lot of people that would be very curious about what the difference might be?