To the original poster...everyome has their opinion on this. I will give you mine.

My car made it around 200 passes on a 100% stock 8 3/4 3700lbs, drag radials, and a trans brake. Went a best of 10.08@136mph on boost.

Only when I accidentally let the transbrake go on 20psi of boost at 5000rpm did it finally break. And it didn't break an axle, it broke the pinion gear.

In my opinion...No way is a car 600+lbs lighter on slicks with half the power going to break an axle. Dont let anyone tell you different.