This is a little video I compiled drawing specific clips from the hours of pulling footage I have. You might notice that some of the most spectacular blowups come from the super stock class - a class where competitors generally use diesel truck engines, displacing 500 ci or less and generally designed to produce 350-450hp. Fitted for pulling, these same engines can sometimes produce more than 3000hp running on diesel or methanol with water injection and up to four massive turbos. While these modifications increase performance substantially, they also make the equipment prone to catastrophic mechanical failures, perhaps second only in magnitude to NHRA top fuelers and nitro funny cars.
