Try GOLD - Free TOP FUEL IS THE PINNACLE OF PROFESSIONAL MOTORSPORTS' SPEED AND ACCELERATION, AFACT IT HAS ENJOYED SINCE IT BEGAN IN 1963. The two men sit, one hand on the butterfly steering wheel, the other on the brake handle. To their left are tens of thousands of fans. Immediately in front of them, a nitro-burning, snarling Chrysler Hemi engine, and beyond that, a flagman. The date is February 17, 1963.