torsion bars / drag racing
I'd rather build a car to handle than "launch", but I suspect that modern suspensions, shocks, and tires MAY have lessened the need to "transfer the weight". The need to transfer the weight was about traction, more weight on the rear tires equals less wheel spin. I'm fairly certain that IF traction was equal between two otherwise identical cars, the one with LESS front end lift would be faster as all of the power would be used to propel the car forward as opposed to upward.