There are some ideas that just seem bad on paper, right? Drag racing is full of weird ideas that, in their day turned out to be genius. Stuff like racing a 70ci engine against V8s, using a turbine engine to run top fuel, a blown AND turbocharged alcohol engine in the 1970s and mixing an Olds and Cadillac engine in the same car during the 1950s. Oh, and then there is the rocket powered rear axle dragster that went...well you'll have to watch and see.

This video looks at five of the most oddball but successful cars in drag racing's colorful history. All five are totally and wildly different and only two of them have pistons!