Given the name "Kings of the Sport," Top Fuel dragsters are the most powerful vehicles among the drag racing categories of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). As the world's fastest accelerating ...

The following story originally appeared with the title of “Garlits Up Front” in the May 1971 issue of HOT ROD and marked the introduction of drag racing’s first successful rear-engine Top Fuel ...

Top Fuel dragsters are astonishing feats of engineering, reaching speeds over 330 mph in less than four seconds. These incredible machines epitomize the peak of drag racing performance, crafted for ...

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 delivers 750 ...

You can bet your bippy that Gary Ormsby(foreground)and Joe Amato-two of Top Fuel's heaviest hitters—will be ready for Kenny Bernstein and Don Prudhomme. Why, how, and what will they find? Five years ...

Like any self-respecting petrolhead, I’m captivated by all things internal combustion. I’ve been to racetracks all over the world to see the best riders and drivers on two and four wheels, ...

The technology behind a both an NHRA Top Fuel dragster and a Funny Car is stunning, a true engineering feat of genius. However, the long, skinny power-producers, with the skinny front tires and the ...

The typical sports car has been previously characterized as having a mid or rear-engine configuration to gain the best performance attributes. in front-engined cars, the engine's position typically ...

Over the last three years, the popularity of diesel drag racing has skyrocketed. The new muscle cars are 3/4-ton pickups, and Cummins, Duramax, and Power Stroke diesels can be found on dragstrips ...