It seems a very bad idea. But they did just that in the FC final round at Pomona Finals, November 2019. Hight did a long burnout and the car died, he bailed out over the wall and Jack Beckman made a full passs. I would have just idled down there.

Another BS deal from team force. Hight won the championship by 8 points, if he ran it that round and crossed the centerline Or oiled down he would have lost the championship. So he wimped out and parked the car on the track. Which could have killed the driver in the other lane, very slim chance. Why didn’t R hight drive it all the way down and off the track. That would have been the move to make in that situation. But he had to climb out of the car over the wall and wave to the fans. Another public relations gig.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=359152&Filter=Year2019#indextop