I respect your opinion, but it's not how I read the OP's question or the resulting answers.
He wants a quicker car, but general opinion was make yourself faster. And I get. I do. But that's one side of the equation, the other obviously being the car. I didn't see safety mentioned at all. Quite the opposite was implied.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr9r81O5vN8&feature=youtu.be
This video is an in-car shot of a world record acceleration/braking run. I'm sure the driver is more than qualified to pilot the vehicle but I include it for two reasons. 1) a faster car is just that - a faster car... and 2) other than putting heat in the tires, a monkey could've made the run.
Three pedals or death.