Drag racing fans gathered at Texas Motorplex this weekend witnessed a historic event as a nitro-fueled altered dragster ran the quarter-mile in just 4.92 seconds, setting a new record for the series.

Nitro Nostalgia Dragsters, Funny Cars, and Fuel Altereds Highlight Bakersfield’s 2018 March Meet. Paul Sadler Photographer Dave Wallace Writer Marc Gewertz Photographer Apr 11, 2018.

As the decade progressed, speeds and elapsed times plummeted into the low 7s at 200-plus mph. However, if there was one solitary incident that guaranteed the fuel altered a spot in the annals of ...

While Hartman's Summit dragster was the quickest ever fuel altered with a quarter-mile run of only 4.92 seconds, its trap speed record was eventually surpassed by Kebin Kinsley at the wheel of ...

'To hell and back': Goodguys car show honors Pleasanton legend and his iconic dragster. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 61°F. Sunday, March 9th 2025 Today's e-Edition.

March Meet. What: Annual NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series race featuring nearly 500 race cars, including around 60 nitro-burning Funny Cars, Top Fuel dragsters and Fuel Altereds. The event also ...

First came the front-engined Top Fuel Dragster, then came Funny Cars and now Fuel Altereds have joined the show. The Good Vibrations Motorsports March Meet nostalgia drag race kicks off a four-day ...

In the final round of Junior Fuel competition, J.D. Zink went into a power wheelstand at the start; his dragster flipped backward, then barrel-rolled several times.

His driving career took off in the mid-1970s with the debut of the NHRA’s Pro Comp category in which fuel altereds, Funny Cars and dragsters raced against one another in a heads-up format.

Top Fuel dragsters: these extreme machines gain huge amounts of downforce from their exhaust gas. ANDRA. 10 / 10. ... who drove a 9-second altered race car at the tender age of 12.

Fuel Altereds, Funny Cats, and Dragsters of all kinds will run heads up and side by side. The only rule is vehicles must have at least 80% nitromethane in the fuel tanks.