Once a year the streets of downtown Escondido, California, come alive with fire-breathing machines from the golden era of drag racing. Located just 20 miles from the old Carlsbad dragstrip, Grand ...

Like a time machine that transports you back to 1966, Nitro Revival harkens back to what many consider to be the heyday for drag racing. Dragstrips had popped up all over the country, innovation in ...

It’s not really that easy to drive one of the fastest vehicles in the world. After all, a top fuel dragster accelerates from a standstill to 100 mph (160km/h) in as little as 0.8 seconds. But not all ...

Jul. 9—ASBURY, Mo. — A special weekend is in store for drag racing fans on July 15-16 at Mo-Kan Dragway as the venue celebrates its 60th-year anniversary by delivering a unique experience for all of ...

The very first electronically timed ¼-mile drag-racing run in history was made at the Ramona airport in 1949, said veteran drag racer Ron Johnson, who lives in Escondido. “Wally Parks, president of ...

One of drag racings’ top events is returning to Palm Beach International Raceway in Jupiter for a one-night show on Saturday. Nitro Jam, featuring four drag racing classes ranging from Top Fuel ...

The National Hot Rod Association’s 60th season begins with this weekend’s Kragen O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals in Pomona, Calif., and the milestone year has put me in a nostalgic mood. But there ...

MARTIN – Elaine Larsen proudly held up her hands and showed off the dirt that covered them during a break in this weekend’s Nitro Jam action at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park. “People say, ‘Look, the ...

I'm standing on a four-foot-high podium smack dab on the starting line of the zMAX Dragway in Charlotte, NC. On my right is an 11,000-horsepower Top Fuel Dragster belching nitro-methane into the air.