According to this podcast, in order to stop the car you just need to brake, as brakes are always more powerful than the engine
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That's really not true at all. Generally, as braking systems pick up heat, they become continually less and less efficient at slowing the car down and will eventually stop working entirely. This will be especially true when fighting against an engine running at wide open throttle. It's called brake fade.
The problem is having the presence of mind to do that when confronted with such an unusual situation