"Throwing a rod(s)"

Nothing like a bit of carnage. Helped a neighbor decades ago. He had a 67 Cheby 2, been a drag car it's hole life. Motor was a 377", destroyed 400. Teddy liked pushing parts. 2 Bolt block, wrecking yard crank (from another friends yard). Factory "pink" rods. Gigantic cam, 2 home built Holleys on top of a tunnel ram. 8" converter. Had a Hamburger pan with the linkage running thru it. Spinning every bit of close to 9k on the top end. One pass, about the 1200' mark there was a big bang...gigantic cloud of smoke. Luckily he managed to keep it off the wall. Lifted the hood off, holy hell. Both side of the bottom of the block were MIA. Had a valve stem sticking thru the side of the intake. Found a chunk of what looked to be a rod laying on the brake lines. This was the beginning of us keeping track of how many runs the bottom end had. Good times...