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Originally posted by sammyg2
LOL, unfortunately top fuel flatbottoms went the way of the dinosaur. They are all retired or dead.
Nowadays they run top alcohol flats but no fuel flats that I know of.
They still run top fuel hydros but it aint the same, flatbottoms gotta be flown to go fast. Plus they have full capsules instead of parachutes packed on the back of their necks. Pansies 
Jeff, you sure about that fuel shutoff in top fuel? I thought they had a lever in the cokpit to shut off the fuel. I don't know where i got that idea, maybe it's just something I assumed.
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Pretty sure... I saw one get crossed up at about 100 feet and land on its side one time. With that big old slick on the ground, the car was rotating around it at idle speed. It finally ran out of fuel and died, and the driver got out. The TV announcer explained how helpless he was, with the lack of fuel or electrical shutoff where the driver can get to it. The announcer was Cruz Pedregon, before he got back in a car again. That was a couple of years back, so they may have changed by now. He did say it was for the drivers' safety, but it sure didn't look much "safer" for that poor guy.