A top fuel engine develops more than 10,000 horsepower (though they were never able to be accurately tested on a dyno, recent tests have shown that they can actually exceed 11,000 hp). It takes about 700 of those horsepower to turn the supercharger the 12,000 rpms at engine redline of 9,500 rpms.

But on his final run of the weekend, the engine, according to Bucher, went lean at the close of a 3.64-second, 157 mph pass down the 1/8-mile. The result was one of the most catastrophic explosions by a fuel car in modern times, perhaps rivaling the unforgettable blow-up by Doug Herbert in 1999.

Doug Herbert has proberly the worst top fuel engine explosion in history at the 1999 NHRA Auto Club Finals at Pomona. As soon as Herbert gets on the throttle the engine goes into a HUGE fireball...

Here's a look at five Top Fuel runs where the car ended up in more than one piece by the time it got to the finish line. The most significant forces at work on a Top Fuel dragster are...

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