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Two Top Fuel dragsters side by side during an NHRA event in 2012. Top Fuel is a type of drag racing whose dragsters are the quickest accelerating racing cars in the world and the fastest sanctioned category of drag racing, with the fastest competitors reaching speeds of 341.68 miles per hour (549.9 km/h) and finishing the 1,000 foot (304.8 m) runs in 3.61 seconds.
The 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season was announced on August 31, 2023. [1] It was the 69th season of the National Hot Rod Association's top drag racing competition. The NHRA will have 20 Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock events, marking the first time since 2018 that Pro Stock car will compete the full season. [2]
Top Fuel (class designation: AA/D top fuel dragster) and Fuel Funny Car (class designation: AA/FC top fuel coupe) have recently been limited to a 1,000-foot (300 m) track, instead of the historic 1/4 mile [1,320 feet (402 m)], as a means to limit top speeds and increase safety (there had been a number of engine explosions at or near 300 mph ...
Top Fuel Dragsters are the fastest-accelerating vehicles in the world. These are the most recognizable of all Drag Racing cars. The 25-foot-long Top Fuel dragster can cover the quarter-mile in 4.4 seconds at up to 540 kmph, mostly using a 4130 chrome molly chassis constructed in the USA.
Shirley Muldowney (born June 19, 1940), also known professionally as "Cha Cha" and the "First Lady of Drag Racing", is an American auto racer.She was the first woman to receive a license from the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) to drive a Top Fuel dragster.
In 2011, Mike made his professional debut in NHRA Top Fuel on a part-time schedule. I wouldn't be until 2018 where he would begin racing on a full-time schedule. In 2021, he made his Professional debut in a second category, Pro Mod, competing in the NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Series while simultaneously competing in Top Fuel.
PremiAir Racing is an Australian motor racing team competing in ANDRA Top Fuel and the Supercars Championship, where it fields two Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s under the commercial title Nulon Racing. The team is owned by Peter Xiberras, the managing director of PremiAir Hire and himself a Top Fuel drag racing champion.
Melanie Troxel is a drag racer who has raced in Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Modified.She is the only woman to have won races in both Top Fuel and Funny Car. She was named Individual Sportswoman of the Year 2006 by the Women's Sports Foundation after becoming the first driver to appear in five consecutive championship finals that year.