Several years ago John Force made a commercial (for Castrol, I think) in which he stated:
"My crew chief (I think his name was Bernie Somethingorother) can build a nine thousand horsepower engine in 45 minutes. I can blow it up in less 4 seconds."
Force went through a phase where he blew the engine, or the clutch exploded, or the blower sneezed and blew the body off the car
right at the finish line.
He is a quite entertaining post-race interviewee, as well.
I believe he set a reaction time record while in his sixties, too.