Outdoor entertainment is always risky in March, even somewhere envied for year-round motorsports. With big risks come big rewards—or expensive, even disastrous, disappointments. Famoso Raceway's ...

With a scrappy mentality and the PBR logo on his machine, “The People’s Champ” is racing’s most beloved underdog.

Drag-racing thrill-seeker Alex Laughlin talks fearless Travis Pastrana to experience nitro for real. Nitro-in-name-only Pastrana will get a major jolt in the Top Fuel dragster Monday morning at zMAX ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Funny car racer John Force loses traction off the starting line against Bob Tasca III during the third elimination round of the ...

Top Fuel dragsters are without argument the fastest accelerating manned vehicles on Earth, boasting engines that are absolute ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...