In short, weld a Saturn V rocket booster to the back of your car, shove sticks of TNT in the cylinders of your V6 and for the coup d'tat, smoosh C4 in your fuel tank.
Add one match to the equation and voila!, you've your very own dragster on a budget (immolating driver not included)...
What flat-out amazes me is their ability to build something that runs on the edge of destruction just long enough to give the drivers a chance at making record-breaking runs.

Wile E. Coyote and his Acme Rockets have got NOTHIN' on modern-day dragsters.