It would certainly work and I know this because many, many years ago, I drove my 1965 Mini down the Grossglockner Pass in Austria and I lit a cigarette off the the front brake drum - I'm still not sure how it stopped at the bottom !
Some very delicious bananas that I got off the guy In a van, he gave me a free pink lightsaber, I asked if he had another one so me and my friend could have I lightsaber battle.