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Automobile used in drag racing
be electric. Dragsters are distinct from "bodied" cars such as funny cars and gassers, as well as from Altereds. The front engine dragster came about due
Dragster_(car)
Car propelled by a jet engine
A jet car is a car propelled by a jet engine. A jet dragster is a jet powered car used for drag racing. They are most commonly seen at race shows. Jet
Jet_car
Drag racing car
The Junior Dragster or Jr Dragster is a scaled-down version of the top fuel dragster or a roadster (where it is called Junior Roadster but is classified
Junior_Dragster
Launched roller coaster at Cedar Point
Sandusky, Ohio, United States. The ride originally opened as Top Thrill Dragster in 2003, becoming the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world,
Top_Thrill_2
Type of motor racing
increasingly popular, as it has become the standard for Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars, where some major bracket races and other sanctioning bodies have
Drag_racing
Type of drag racing car
The front-engine dragster is a type of racing car purposely built for drag racing. Commonly known as a "rail", "digger", or "slingshot", it is now considered
Front_engine_dragster
Miniature car propelled by carbon dioxide
CO2 dragsters are cars used as miniature racing cars which are propelled by a carbon dioxide cartridge, pierced to start the release of the gas, and which
CO2_dragster
Topics referred to by the same term
Dragster may refer to: Dragster (car), a drag racing term referring to a lengthy, open-wheeled vehicle Dragster (video game), a video game released in
Dragster
Land vehicle propelled by a rocket engine
A rocket car is a land vehicle propelled by a rocket engine. A rocket dragster is a rocket car used for competing in drag racing, and this type holds
Rocket_car
Type of drag racing vehicle
driver, as opposed to dragsters, which place it behind the driver. Funny Car bodies typically reflect the models of newly available cars in the time period
Funny_Car
Classes in dragster racing
in professional drag racing: Top Alcohol Dragster and the Top Alcohol Funny Car. Commonly known as "alky" cars, both are akin in design to the premier
Top_Alcohol
Land speed record vehicle
Arfons and his half-brother Walt Arfons. These ranged from dragsters to a turbojet-powered car that briefly held the land speed record three times during
Green_Monster_(automobile)
Type of drag racing motorsport
Top Fuel is a type of drag racing whose dragsters are the quickest accelerating racing cars in the world and the fastest sanctioned category of drag racing
Top_Fuel
NHRA champion, drag racing pioneer
"In 1970, the transmission exploded in my dragster on the final run, and it cut my foot off and cut the car in two. That’s when I drew up plans for what
Don_Garlits
American racecar driver
American dragster and funny car driver competing in the NHRA. Under the tutelage of her father, Ron, she began driving quarter-midget sprint cars at the
Mendy_Fry
English journalist, television presenter, and author (born 1969)
of the jet-powered car he was piloting. He was travelling at 288 mph (463 km/h) at the time of the crash. His vehicle, a dragster called Vampire, was
Richard_Hammond
American drag racing driver (born 2004)
fuel, succeeding in the Junior dragster, Top dragster, and Super comp series before racing in NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car and becoming the 100th female
Maddi_Gordon
American dragster driver
Joe Amato (born June 13, 1944) is an American dragster driver, who won the National Hot Rod Association's Top Fuel championship on five occasions and scored
Joe_Amato_(dragster_driver)
American drag racing driver
Enders Racing Junior Dragster car is on display at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum. In 1993, Enders won the Division 4 Jr. Dragster championship in
Erica_Enders
Jet-propelled car in England
jet dragsters in 1981. The sister car "Hellbender" was involved in a crash in 1986 at Santa Pod, in which Mark Woodley (an experienced dragster driver)
Vampire_(car)
American drag racer (born 1977)
initially competing in the Super Gas category, before moving into a Super Comp dragster.[citation needed] Eight months after her NHRA debut, she went on to win
Alexis_DeJoria
Jet car
FireForce 4, are jet-powered funny cars. The fifth car, known as FireForce 5, is a jet-propelled dragster. They are all powered by Pratt & Whitney J60 turbojet
FireForce_(jet_car)
NHRA champion drag race driver (born 1941)
before switching to Funny Car. After trouble getting the "vaunted" Gilmore Engineering-chassied Donovan Engineering Special dragster sorted out, Tom McEwen
Don_Prudhomme
North American drag auto racing organization
Competition Eliminator, Super Comp, Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, and Top Alcohol Dragster. All classes except Snowmobile and some Sportsman
National_Hot_Rod_Association
Motor vehicle
dragster. Designed by dragster and funny car builder Sammy Miller in 1974, the car was allegedly a product of Miller's dislike of repeated funny car fires
Miller_Wedge
NHRA Professional Race Car Driver
they will field a 2 car team. Both she and her father will make history as the first Father-Daughter duo in NHRA Top Fuel Dragster. In 2021, during the
Jasmine_Salinas
NHRA champion, drag racing pioneer
her first dragster. It was Jack Muldowney who first taught me how to drive a car. Jack was the mechanic. He was the guy who tuned the cars that let the
Shirley_Muldowney
Motor vehicle
The Tony Nancy Wedge was the name given to two streamliner dragsters (also referred to as Wedge I and Wedge II) built for drag racer Tony Nancy. Designed
Tony_Nancy_Wedge
American dragster driver (1937–2018)
the stock ranks to gas coupes, Altereds, and eventually dragsters and funny cars. Among the cars he drove were the Stone-Woods-Cook '50 Olds fastback, the
Tom_McEwen_(drag_racer)
American drag racer and entrepreneur (born 1983)
Florida. He drives the 12,000-horsepower Burnyzz / Speedmaster NHRA Top Fuel Dragster in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series for John Force Racing. Joshua
Josh_Hart_(racer)
Hall of fame in Talladega, Alabama
hall of fame; the two other female inductees were multiple NHRA Top Fuel dragster champion Shirley Muldowney in 2004, and Janet Guthrie, who was inducted
International Motorsports Hall of Fame
International_Motorsports_Hall_of_Fame
Motor vehicle
Videoliner is a streamliner slingshot dragster, built for "TV Tommy" Ivo. Designed by Steve Swaja, Videoliner used a Frank Huzar chassis and aluminum body
Videoliner_(dragster)
American dragster and car maker (1945–2002)
Samuel Anthony Miller; April 15, 1945 – October 29, 2002) was a dragster and funny car builder in the 1970s and 1980s. Miller was responsible for the "Miller
Sammy_Miller_(engineer)
Pioneering funny car
with Pontiac to supply Drarare hemis (remnants of Mickey Thompson's gas dragster program). Brutus was sponsored by Larry Hopkins Pontiac in Sunnyvale, California
Brutus_(Funny_Car)
Swedish dragracer
Sweden and lived in Jomala, Åland, Finland. She started racing Junior Dragster when she was eight years old. At the age of 16, she earned her Super Comp
Ida_Zetterström
American drag racer
championship car is now one of only 2 drag race cars in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, the other being Don Garlits' rear engine dragster. He was
Bruce_Larson_(racing_driver)
American drag racer and auto racing team owner
drag racer and NASCAR and IndyCar team owner. He is a four-time NHRA Funny Car champion and a two-time NHRA Top Fuel Dragster champion, winning a combined
Kenny_Bernstein
Ronnie Scrima is an American dragster and funny car chassis builder. He was responsible for the streamliner slingshot dragster Scrimaliner in 1964. After
Ronnie_Scrima
Scale model of car
showmen's engines, customized automobiles, hot rods, dragsters, the recently popular so-called 'funny cars', early self-propelled road carriages, and so on
Model_car
American dragster and car driver
an American dragster and funny car driver. McCulloch grew up in Oregon. McCulloch started racing in a Chevrolet-powered Top Fuel dragster, which he built
Ed_McCulloch
Motor vehicle
The Petersen and Fritz dragster, also known as the Can-Am dragster, is a streamliner dragster. Purchased by Herman Petersen in 1974, it was built on a
Petersen_and_Fritz_dragster
Form of motor racing
Association (NEDRA) Drag racing Electric dragbike Electric dragster Jet dragster Rocket dragster NEDRA Handbook: Class Rules Nedra. Retrieved: 19 June 2010
Electric_drag_racing
American racing driver (1928–1989)
area to race in their Top Fuel dragster. In 1959, Chrisman started racing in Chuck Jones Sidewinder dragster. The car, wrenched by Joe Maillard, had its
Jack_Chrisman
Motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition
range from the everyday car to the purpose-built dragster. Speeds and elapsed time differ from class to class. Average street cars cover the 1⁄4 mile in
Auto_racing
Motor race
National Dragster editor. "Summernationals Time Machine", written 2 June 2017, at NHRA.com (retrieved 16 September 2018) No Top Fuel Funny Cars were recorded
1978_NHRA_Summernationals
American NHRA drag racer
Alcohol Dragster was Brandsource. In 2009, Force picked up sponsorship by Sanyo, as well as Ford. During the 2011 season, Force tested a Funny Car and earned
Courtney_Force
American racing driver
dead. His dragster broke up after he crossed the finish line. One of the rear Goodyear tires blew out, damaging the back part of the race car. Shrapnel
Darrell Russell (dragster driver)
Darrell_Russell_(dragster_driver)
American motorsports artist
paint scheme on Don Prudhomme's Funny Car, and the logo for ZZ Top's Eliminator '33 Ford coupe. National Dragster called him "the dean of drag racing artists"
Kenny_Youngblood
Motor vehicle
streamliner dragster, sponsored by National Speed Products. Designed by Chuck Tanko in 1971, the car was a fairly conventional rear-engined dragster, except
Researcher_(dragster)
American professional drag racer (born 1966)
top fuel dragster. His crew chief is Jason McCulloch, son of Funny Car legend and fellow crew chief Ed "The Ace" McCulloch. Dixon's Funny Car teammate
Larry_Dixon_(dragster_driver)
Rollercoaster at Mirabilandia
person cars are lifted to the starting elevation by at least one lift hill at the start or end of the experience, and much like the Spike Dragster, riders
Desmo_Race
American racecar constructor
Logghe Stamping Company (commonly known as Logghe Brothers) is a dragster and funny car fabricator based in Detroit, Michigan. Logghe Brothers, operated
Logghe_Stamping_Company
Motorcycle
battery range is not an issue. A number of electric dragbikes and dragsters (cars) are competing with Top Fuel classes. Electric drag racing records
Electric_dragbike
American drag racer, airline owner (1938– )
from the 1950s through the 1990s. He was the first driver of a Top Fuel dragster to hit 200 mph (320 km/h) in a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) sanctioned
Connie_Kalitta
American racing driver (1928–1988)
then turned to racing, winning many track and dragster championships. In the 1960s, he also entered cars at the Indianapolis 500. Later, he formed off-road
Mickey_Thompson
1980 video game
Dragster is a 1980 racing video game for the Atari Video Computer System. It was designed by David Crane and is one of the first video games released by
Dragster_(video_game)
2016 American TV series or program
SEMA in Las Vegas in 2017, a four-foot racing drone, and a street-legal dragster. Guest appearances include NASCAR driver Richard Petty, actor Dean Cain
ToyMakerz
Motor vehicle
(following the mid-engined Funny Car he built for Doug Thorley) and Pat Foster developed a rear-engined fuel dragster, which was unveiled in December.
Pawnbroker_(dragster)
Motor vehicle
Bushwacker is a pioneering streamliner slingshot dragster. Originally built by Pete Ogden as Goldfinger, the car had a 156 in (4,000 mm) wheelbase with dropped
Bushwacker_(dragster)
Showboat is a four-engined four-wheel-drive exhibition slingshot dragster, built by "TV Tommy" Ivo in the 1960s. Showboat featured four Buick nailhead
Showboat_(dragster)
for Antron Brown in the Matco Tools, US Army Top Fuel dragster. Burk, Jeff. “50 Years of Funny Cars: Part 3” in Drag Racer, November 2016, p.58. Burk, p
Mark_Oswald
Brand of beer produced by Anheuser-Busch
hydroplane boat to sponsorship of the Budweiser King Top Fuel and Funny Car drivers Kenny Bernstein and Brandon Bernstein. Anheuser-Busch has sponsored
Budweiser
Motor vehicle
The Setzer streamliner dragster is an unusual streamliner dragster built in 1972. Built at John Buttera's shop, and conceived by Buttera and body man
Setzer_streamliner_dragster
Motor vehicle
Panorama City Special is a pioneering streamliner dragster. Believed to be the first "slingshot" dragster, the Panorama City Special (designed by hot rodder
Panorama City Special (dragster)
Panorama_City_Special_(dragster)
Rocket-powered land speed racing vehicle
1999-2014 Unique Cars & Parts. Ratliff, Franklin. "Drag Racing Story of the Day - Early History of the Hydrogen Peroxide Rocket Dragster". Draglist.com
Blue_Flame
American actor and racing driver (born 1936)
Hollow (1959), features a brief appearance of Tommy Ivo as a dragster racer and race car builder. From 1959 to 1961, Ivo appeared as Herbie Bailey on
Tommy_Ivo
old cars for little money and turning them into Super Muscle cars. There was usually a deadline of between three and four weeks to complete the cars after
Wrecks_to_Riches
NHRA drag racing team
Speedmaster, and HendrickCars.com. Josh Hart won the 2026 NHRA Gatornationals in his debut, driving the John Force Racing Top Fuel Dragster. staff, Posted by
John_Force_Racing
American football player (born 1949)
After retiring from the NFL, Pastorini pursued a career as a Top Fuel dragster driver in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). Pastorini played college
Dan_Pastorini
Motor vehicle
Super Mustang is the name given to a Ford streamliner slingshot dragster project. The project was begun by Ford's Styling Department in winter 1966, before
Super_Mustang
American drag racer (born 1988)
dragster for Tony Stewart Racing. Pruett debuted in Top Fuel in 2013 with Dote Racing after previously competing in Pro Mod and Nostalgia Funny Car.
Leah_Pruett
American drag racer and advocate
directed by Brent Hodge. Super Comp Dragster (2021) Nostalgia Funny Car/Top Alcohol Funny Car (2021) Nitro Funny Car - (2021) Not submitted passes (3.94
Travis_Shumake
European drag racing competition series
Methanol Dragster and the Top Methanol Funny Car were combined. Top Methanol Dragster was previously called Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Methanol Funny Car was
European Drag Racing Championship
European_Drag_Racing_Championship
American racing driver (1942–2022)
American Hot Rod Association AA Gas Dragster Championship in 1963 and 1964, and in the National Hot Rod Association AA Dragster championship title in 1965. He
Danny_Ongais
Motor vehicle
Scuderia is a streamliner dragster. In 1963, Jack Williams' Vancouver, British Columbia–based drag racing team (Williams-Devine-McDougall) rebuilt Williams'
Scuderia_(dragster)
Car in the television show, The Munsters
with the Munster Koach, was one of two cars on the television show The Munsters designed by prolific show car designer Tom Daniel while working for George
DRAG-U-LA
Motor vehicle
Thompson-Voight dragster is a twin-engined streamliner dragster. Mickey Thompson collaborated with Fritz Voight in building the dragster, which had a fully
Thompson-Voight_dragster
Motor vehicle
NHRA National Dragster Editor. "Remembering Doug Nash", 24 July 2015. NHRA.com. Retrieved 22 May 2024. McClurg, Bob. "50 Years of Funny Cars: Part 2" in
Bronco_Buster_(Funny_Car)
A non-bodied dragster, as distinct from a funny car or flopper (a drag car with a doorless single-piece body) or other bodied dragster. May also be referred
Glossary_of_motorsport_terms
American drag racer (1945–2023)
"Hawaiian" brand cars achieved many victories. He later went on to act as crew chief in Funny Car races. Leong's "Hawaiian" Top Fuel dragsters swept the National
Roland_Leong
Dragster driver (born 1965)
father, Terry (a car dealer), sued. The suit was ultimately dropped, at Johns' request. After learning to drive a Top Alcohol dragster, Johns went into
Lori_Johns
American drag racer (1930–2012)
2013, at Hot Rod Network (retrieved 19 June 2017) Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "The Time Machine: 1973", written 17 August 2018, at NHRA.com (retrieved
Bill_Jenkins_(drag_racer)
Motor vehicle
Freight Train is a historic slingshot dragster. Designed by Nye Frank, it used twin supercharged engines and had an aluminum body. When owned by John Peters
Freight_Train_(dragster)
2017 steel roller coaster in Spain
peak load from the power grid necessary to launch the coaster. Top Thrill Dragster Kingda Ka Formula Rossa 2017 in amusement parks "Google Maps". Retrieved
Red_Force_(roller_coaster)
American drag racer (1962–1996)
aerodynamic downforce at the rear of the dragster, which caused Blaine to lose control. His out-of-control race car then slammed into a guardrail apex (an
Blaine_Johnson
British founder of the Allard car company & rally driver (1910–1966)
block on Madeira Drive in Brighton. The car turned out to be a fifties-style dragster at a time when dragster design was rapidly evolving. Tire technology
Sydney_Allard
American drag racer
Motorsports to Pursue Jet Car Dreams | Drag Illustrated". Retrieved 2026-07-17. Wade, Kelly (2022-07-07). "DI Interview: Jet Dragster Pilot Elaine Larsen Reflects
Elaine_Larsen
Roller coaster model by Intamin
these include Xcelerator at Knott's Berry Farm or the former Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point. As of 2025, Accelerator Coasters are no longer being produced
Accelerator_Coaster
Type of drag race car
prohibit dragsters and mandate full-bodied cars in that category today.[citation needed] Because they were primarily built for racing, these cars typically
Gasser_(car)
American drag racer (born 1936)
car. In 1960, Hill became the first driver to heat his rear tires with a burnout and he was the first driver to use smaller front tires on a dragster
Eddie_Hill
Rail-based amusement park ride
last into the early 2000s with rides such as Millennium Force, Top Thrill Dragster, and Kingda Ka being constructed. Kingda Ka marked the end of this period
Roller_coaster
Topics referred to by the same term
alias of the comic book character Cassandra Nova Smokin' White Owl, a dragster car This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title White
White_Owl_(disambiguation)
American drag racer
September 2018) "Mustang Funny Cars through the years". NHRA. Retrieved 19 September 2018. Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "Carol Cox: NHRA's first
Carol_Cox
Defunct roller coaster in New Jersey
fastest roller coaster in the world on May 21, 2005, surpassing Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point. Although both featured similar designs, Kingda Ka's layout
Kingda_Ka
Amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, US
Snake River Expedition opens; Antique Cars in Frontier Town and Wicked Twister close. 2022: Top Thrill Dragster closed indefinitely; Johnny Rockets closes
Cedar_Point
American dragster designer in the 1960s
Steve Swaja is an American dragster designer in the 1960s. Swaja was responsible for both Tony Nancy wedge cars of 1963, the Yellow Fang slingshot in 1963
Steve_Swaja
American businesswoman and heiress
2016-07-16 – via Radar Online. "Torres Jr. wins title with borrowed car". National Dragster. August 14, 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-02-07 – via
Lynsi_Snyder
Motor race in England
Commuter dragster. The canny Duce returned in 1964 with the Moonbeam modified sports car, which at least looked like a traditional European sporty car, but
Brighton_Speed_Trials
Motor vehicle
slingshot dragster. Built by Al Bergler, who did interiors for Funny Cars and bodies for dragsters at the Logge Bros. shop in Detroit, Michigan, the car was
More_Aggravation_III
Automobile museum in Ocala, Florida
with cars and memorabilia associated with other figures in the sport. Two of Dean Moon's cars, the Mooneyes gas dragster and the Moonbeam sports car, are
Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing
Don_Garlits_Museum_of_Drag_Racing
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