Actually, pure Nitro Cackle has been our national anthem for a few years now.
Also, a big part of the reason they top-fuelers only run six seconds, is that the only cooling they have is the fuel that goes into them, and an entire tank would last something like 15 seconds if you were to hold it wide open and wait for it to run dry. They practically need a fire-hose just to pump fuel from the tank to the carburetor, because they're eating it down about as fast as a Boeing 747. Throughout the course of a quarter-mile, the gearing will actually get higher, because the diameter of the tires increases so much from the speed. An entire pass only takes 700 revolutions of the crankshaft. Each ~900cc cylinder makes as much power as an 8,000cc Bugatti Veyron. The violence of the acceleration is such that long-time racers have developed serious problems with their eyes, because they were pushed back into their sockets too hard and too often. When you see one of the cars going down the strip and leaving a trail of what looks like dust, you're actually looking at bits of clutch. And what's almost the coolest thing about them - they're just modified versions of a production motor. It's a lot more than, "ooh, fast." There's so much gnarliness to them, that they ooze personality. I'm not saying that F1 motors don't, anything that revs to 25,000 is clearly incredible. Relevant to the discussion, however, they're not nearly as loud.
As for singing songs with engines, a Dodge Avenger can do that.
Dodge Avenger - Deep Purple
