dragster
noun
drag·ster
ˈdrag-stər 
1
: a vehicle built or modified for use in a drag race
2
: one who participates in a drag race
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That impact and his trajectory launched his dragster up into the air, erupting in a fireball, breaking into pieces and getting badly tangled in the catch fencing.
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Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
Tony Stewart pilots dragsters and returned from a decades-long absence Friday at Daytona International Speedway to race trucks.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
Following the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip this weekend – or whenever weather permits – Brittany plans to get up out of the seat of her Monster Energy Top Fuel dragster for the last time in … well, who knows?
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 15 Nov. 2025
The cars, shown Nov. 8 and 9, appeared in classes such as classics, customs, dragsters, race cars, rat rods, street rods, trucks, uniques and even hearses.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
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Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
Tony Stewart pilots dragsters and returned from a decades-long absence Friday at Daytona International Speedway to race trucks.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
Following the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip this weekend – or whenever weather permits – Brittany plans to get up out of the seat of her Monster Energy Top Fuel dragster for the last time in … well, who knows?
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 15 Nov. 2025
The cars, shown Nov. 8 and 9, appeared in classes such as classics, customs, dragsters, race cars, rat rods, street rods, trucks, uniques and even hearses.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
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dragster
noun
drag·ster
ˈdrag-stər
: a vehicle (as an automobile) made for drag racing
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