Drag racing is a deceptively nuanced sport, with many factors influencing the perfect run beyond just which car has the most power. Even more important than power is traction — after all, a car ...

Given the name "Kings of the Sport," Top Fuel dragsters are the most powerful vehicles among the drag racing categories of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). As the world's fastest ...

"Ski-Doos," Miller said, meaning snowmobiles. "And you'll have the junior dragsters," Debley said, vehicles that resemble a stiletto on wheels, built on lawn mower engines, that children 8 to 17 ...

It was Nitro Night. It's not every day that you can go to a cruise night and see vintage dragsters push-started down a city street. In fact, Escondido is the only city on the planet where you can ...

Racers ages 10 and older can go as fast as 85 mph, while younger children can reach speeds of about 50 mph in their dragsters. At about 8 feet to 121/2 feet long, the narrow, low cars have the ...

However, as a brand-promoting publicity campaign, the company instead drew from its existing aviation technology and hired some hot rodders to use turbines to slingshot their dragsters toward the ...

Here, we examine how Garlits’ serious accident at Long Beach, California, in 1970, changed the design of dragsters, moving the driver from behind the engine to in front of it; his being first to ...

Best day ever," said Henretta, manager of Chrysler brand retail advertising. While the dragsters got a thrill, so did the spectators, who said they loved a lot of the event's elements.

If you feel the same, the footage below will quench your thirst for 1950s and 1960s nostalgia gassers, as it includes a bunch of cool dragsters that were displayed at the 2023 Bluegrass World of ...

However, the long, skinny power-producers, with the skinny front tires and the fat slick in the backs of the Top Fuel dragsters till are the headliners of the sport—until John Force flipped the ...