Consider this: Saturday night a Capitol Raceway here in the DC metro area a 10 second mustang had a fuel line or rail fail before the 1/8 mile point. The resultant fire immediately burned through the brake lines and all he had left was the E brake. By the time he got stopped the car was fully engulfed and he just barely made it out. Of course it was a test and tune night and no fire truck was required onsite. Many competitors tried futilely to fight the fire.

Now think what could have happened on a deserted country road with no one around to help. Plus most of you probably don't have the driving skills or presence of mind this guy did and would have wound up upside down in a ditch becoming a crispy critter.