If you destroy all 3 cars, the race ends a lot sooner. The IL run is a bit tough because you have to move those racers to a corner at the gas/petrol station and use your own car's explosion as a way to deal damage. Full Game run version is a bit doable as you would have moltovs to deal damage, just tap them to slow a racer down and throw a moltov to deal damage. I got a sub 2 minute run back in 2011 unrecorded but required a lot of resets for the IL run.

Thanks for the information, will try my luck at that time saver aswell. Definitely will be useful for the further full game runs