Radical scooter builders Italjet have launched a new Dragster 459 model featuring a ‘SmartShift’ semi-automatic gearbox. Styled in a similar fashion to the larger 700 twin var ...

SANDUSKY, Ohio — A woman has filed a lawsuit against Cedar Point's parent company, Cedar Fair L.P., Wednesday alleging permanent injuries after a metal piece from the Top Thrill Dragster rollercoaster ...

Steve Huff's all-electric dragster, aptly name 'Current Technology' is likely to have a new spot in the Guinness Book of World Records at some point in the future. The car makes history as the first ...

AMA 250GP national champion racer Roland Sands has been taking perfectly good motorcycles and engoodening them further for 20-odd years. Now, he's turned his attentions to BMW's giant boxer cruiser, ...

We don't care how much wood a woodchuck would chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. Because we're not into wood, we're into cars. So we do care how much horsepower a Top Fuel dragster would register ...

The end of World War II found US automakers struggling to ramp up production of existing models and develop new and modern designs. But the industry recovered quickly, and the automotive market grew ...

There’s something extra rad about a retro tuner Mercedes, from understated Lorinsers to the wild side-strakes of a Koenig-Special. That big, blocky body always looks best with a lot more power, and ...

"Big Daddy" Don Garlits was the first man to break 200 mph in a dragster. Five decades later, he hopes to do it again--in an electric dragster. Garlits, often called the father of drag racing, hopes ...

NHRA's Tony Stewart found himself with a "hell of a headache" after a "massive" crash in the second round of 'Countdown to the Championship' at Maple Grove Raceway in Mohnton, Pennsylvania. The ...

Top-fuelers burn a mixture that's 90 percent nitromethane and 10 percent alcohol. Interestingly, a gallon of nitromethane, which costs $58, has less energy content than gasoline (14 kilowatt-hours ...