I recognize what you're
I recognize what you're saying, but somewhat disagree.
I agree that this sort of stunt isn't something the kids should try at home but it points us in the direction of what's desparately needed for electric vehicles. More chargers, and a higher powered charging infrastructure. In other words, ubiquitous fast charging. Maybe the vehicles don't need to have a 260 mile range at all (like the Tesla Model S) but instead need ubiquitous fast charging to enable longer range trips.
Instead what we're being saddled with is an infrastructure of level 2 charging stations that are barely adequate.
As you say, long drives are a minority of driving, but the car buyers still feel the need to handle long range trips. What I found with my car - a home conversion w/ 50ish mile range - is that when I switched from a 3 kilowatt charger (Leaf speed) to an 8-9 kilowatt charger (faster than any manufacturer charger, except for the Model S) my sense of how far and where I could drive changed considerably. But my charger is powerful to blow the circuit breaker on most of the charging stations I find in the wild. This demonstrates that the infrastructure is not very future proof'd
As for electric racing ...
I am an avid fan of that field, and appreciate being able to have a conversation while a race is going on. I don't like the obnoxious noise of ICE race vehicles, nor the smell. Going very fast for a long time is possible right now with fast battery exchange, which would be the gasser equivalent to pulling into the pit to fill the fuel tank. In the future it'll be possible due to higher energy density battery packs. At the moment the high energy dense packs aren't power dense enough for racing.