dragster
Noun
Meaning
A heavily modified or custom-built vehicle used in drag racing.
One who takes part in drag racing.
Synonym: dragger
(slang) A drag queen.
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[Talking about Richard Hammond's high-speed dragster crash] That should be the anti-speeding advert. It should be footage of Richard Hammond trying to remember his own wedding day.[Mimicking Richard Hammond] "She was wearing black... or was it red? Am I married?"
Drag racing main Jet-propulsed dragster in Tarlton, South Africa In drag racing, the objective is to complete a given straight-line distance, from a standing start, ahead of a vehicle in a parallel lane.
At 120 mph, Top Thrill Dragster has an apt racing car theme.
In other racing divisions, Lancaster’s Hunter Wolfe claimed a narrow holeshot win over Layla Dillman of Greenwood, Ind. in the Junior Dragster class.
Methanol is required with a supercharged engine in a Top Alcohol Dragster and, until the end of the 2006 season, all vehicles in the Indianapolis 500 had to run on methanol.
A partial list of classes includes: Fuel dragsters * Top Fuel Dragster (TF/D).