NHRA drag racing begins at Heartland Park Topeka

TOPEKA, Kan. – Cruz Pedregon raced to the qualifying lead in Funny Car with a track record performance Friday at the Dollar General NHRA Summernationals at Heartland Park Topeka.

Native American elementary students compete in solar drag races

Before the rain moved into Albuquerque Friday afternoon, some Native American elementary students raced drag cars they built with solar technology.

Heiress and mom: drag racer defies conventions

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) Alexis DeJoria remembers the first time she was speeding - and she did it with her father's blessing.

Nostalgia drag race today at San Antonio Raceway

MARION – The Texas Timing Association will hold their Texas Nitro Nostalgia drag race and cacklefest today at San Antonio Raceway. The event will feature some of the oldest drag racing cars from the 1950s and 1960s competing on the quarter-mile dragstrip. The race features Nostalgia Fuel Altereds and Front-engined Fuel Dragsters. The lineup will also include Fuel Dragsters, Funny Cars, and ...

Cars, motorcycles speed down Howard Avenue

A drag strip for people on four wheels -- or two. "Well, the cars, you can watch them. They go 5 to 10 over. But the motorcycles are the worst," said Kozlosky.