That depends. I have no problem drifting left and roasting my tire. Drifting right not so well - I think I worry about damaging my pipes.
As for Shep’s M51 - I can’t believe no one at any point in time said “Dude, your track is on backwards.” After all, it was only for the cover of a book.
Who knows - maybe he actually had a photo of one like that. I’ve seen some with individual links reversed.