AWD vs RWD

Your budget will be the decision maker.
4 wheel would be more interesting, it is a Jeep,,will also be more expensive to build and maintain.
2 wheel will be less expensive,, will still be an unusual and fun drag vehicle.
So do what you can do well.
If you build a 2 wheel drive for the strip, no reason you could not convert it to 4 wheel later.

Ya my budget is pretty non existent for this, for now just do with what I got, to start with anyways, I’ll probably start with RWD and go from there, got a 727 in the shed and like you said always can back to AWD.