These classic models built a reputation for straight-line speed during the Golden Age of American muscle cars.

Based on the Chrysler Hemi engine, a Top Fuel dragster's power plant uses nitromethane as its fuel and is capable of generating 11,000 horsepower, a staggering power output that dwarfs horsepower ...

Tony Schumacher set a National Hot Rod Association record last year with a quarter-mile run at 330.23 mph in his top-fuel dragster. Joe Amato and Gary Scelzi weren't far behind. Amato's top speed ...

The NHRA's Midwest Nationals begins a three-day run Friday at World Wide Technology Raceway.

All race cars are powerful, but the NHRA’s Top Fuel dragster and Funny Car are the beefed-up Arnold Schwarzeneggers of the motorsports world. • Consider, a 358-cubic-inch V8 NASCAR engine ...

Casey Sapio For The Arizona Daily Star Mar 31, 2011 Mar 31, 2011 Even earplugs couldn't muffle the roar of top fuel dragsters and screaming fans during the Arizona Nitro Jam at Southwestern ...

Top Fuel dragsters are without argument the fastest accelerating manned vehicles on Earth, boasting engines that are absolute marvels of engineering. Each V8 displaces 500 cubic inches, about the ...

It's not the first time a canopy has turned the open cockpit of a Top Fuel dragster into something resembling an F16 fighter. Don "Big Daddy" Garlits tried it in 1986 with mixed reviews.

NHRA Top Fuel Dragster Blows Past 300 MPH in 1/8-Mile, Sets All-Time Record. Mike Salinas has made drag racing history with his own Top Fuel dragster team, Scrappers Racing.

During the early days of Top Fuel drag racing, the engines used were a lot less powerful and complex; in fact, the Swamp Rat 1-R only made 1,500 hp when it came out.