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On the track you ride on the drops.
And occasionally on the tops when cooling down or warming up, you don't have a brake so it's not an issue to have hoods. Riding in a hoods position on the track is dangerous as your hands can slip down (as there's no actual hoods to hold them) Although you do see roadies doing this.
If you are riding on the road then use road bars, with hoods. you get more hand positions and two of them are covering the brake, or if you want only one position, use mountain bike bars like commuters do.
Edit: those charge bowl things you mention look like a copy of the kind of bars used in the 30s, on the track. I expect most people who have them ride around the stem where they put the brake(s) anyway, rendering the "drop" part superfluous.
Idiotic.