Jeff Lutz retires his dominant big-block Chevy for a 4,500-hp twin-turbo Noonan Hemi, aiming for consistent five-second Drag ...

This story originally appeared in Volume 33 of Road & Track. “Looking down and seeing the driveshaft between your legs, 12,000 horsepower . . . if you’re claustrophobic at all, a Funny Car is not the ...

Street Outlaws racers debuted in NHRA’s Outlaw Street class, where Ryan “Fireball” Martin claimed the first Wally after a ...

Dom Toretto may live his life a quarter mile at a time, but you know who doesn't? Drivers in the NHRA's Top Fuel and Funny Car classes. Organized drag racing has been around since at least the late ...

The world of racing has been forever transformed by the introduction of big-block engines. These powerhouses have not only dominated the racetrack but have also become iconic symbols of automotive ...

In the early years of drag racing, driver personalities were all the rage. You had “Big Daddy” Don Garlits, Shirley “Cha Cha” Muldowney, Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen and Don “The Snake” Prudhomme. All ...

The 1963 Chevy Impala Z11 became the first factory car to break 10 seconds in the quarter-mile with its 427ci V8, making drag ...

November 14 - Drag racing legend John Force is retiring after 46 years on the track. Now 76, Force has not raced since June 2024, when his engine exploded at the NHRA Virginia Nationals, sending his ...

We started the club in September,” Tom said. We've done everything from bake sales to concessions, gone out and tried to get ...

In 1952, the brilliant Rod & Custom magazine writer Roger Huntington did some math to figure out the quickest possible quarter-mile time drag racers would ever achieve: Just 9.1 seconds at 166 mph. He ...