How do you get a Suspension to hook, when the track surface is marginal at best

I've even heard of racers adding a bar from that plate to the roll bar seat cross bar.
Good thinking. That just reminded me that my car builder had 2 bars going to that area with a big screw that I think was used on oval track cars to adjust their coil springs. There was a round steel plate underneath the car attached to this screw which came up through the floor. He could adjust pinion preload by turning that big screw from inside the car.

A lot of rear suspension talk here. Just don't forget about the front suspension for good stable driving at high speeds.