How to Use dragster in a Sentence

dragster

noun

• Top Fuel dragster is going to have her name on it, not mine.
  — Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
• Yeah, the new incarnation for the top thrill dragster is wait for it.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023
• Children as young as 8 raced mini-dragsters on a shorter strip.
  — New York Times, 1 Sep. 2017
• Well, somebody came up with the idea to also take a body from a junkyard and put it on the same dragster frame.
  — Jim Clash, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
• Topping out at 99 hp, the C isn't a dragster, but it's not supposed to be.
  — Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2012
• Don Garlits was the first man to break 200 mph in a dragster.
  — Alexander George, WIRED, 29 Apr. 2014
• Cadillac tells us that the little 'Wing isn't intended to be a dragster.
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 15 Oct. 2021
• It was later released that the piece was a bracket attached to the back of a train car designed to look like the dragster.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2023
• All of the rest of the dragster classes went to rear engines, even the little-bitty junior ones [laughs].
  — Jim Clash, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• The aging dragster—the same car Rompelberg used in 1995—proved finicky.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2018
• Today, visitors to the raceway can see dragsters, monster trucks, off-road races and drag boats compete.
  — Lorraine Longhi, azcentral, 9 May 2017
• Due to the impact, Stewart's dragster flipped onto its side and struck the left guard wall before coming to a stop.
  — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
• Muscle cars, dragsters, customs and more will be shown off at the Soccer Sportsplex.
  — cleveland.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• To earn a top-fuel license, Sanford had to make two successful runs in a top-fuel dragster.
  — Lou Ponsi, Daily Pilot, 28 Sep. 2017
• His hands, the show concluded, accelerate faster than a top-fuel dragster.
  — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Aug. 2017
• The dragster is built for Ford Performance, and the future of the vehicle has not been disclosed.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2020
• But instead of transporting their dragsters on trailers, the racers drive the vehicles — which must be street-legal — from venue to venue.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2023
• Trevor Kirby, there for the first time, was strapped into a dragster with a one-cylinder motor that made about seven horsepower.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
• Mickey dreams up a thing called the slingshot dragster—a quarter-miler with the driver seated behind the rear axle for better traction.
  — Mark Mahaney, Smithsonian, 10 July 2019
• While Kalitta seemed unaffected by the incident, Stewart took a while to get out of his dragster.
  — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
• When Mueller-Korenek released her tether, Holbrook pushed the dragster’s pedal to the floor.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2018
• Justin Ashley set the tone early for what would end up being an onslaught against the best Top Fuel dragsters in the business.
  — Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2023
• Slam it, stance it, hike the WRX up, safari-style, make it into a door-slamming, alcohol-burning dragster.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2022
• In his 2018 rookie season, Maroney raced five times in Terry Haddock's dragster.
  — Jesse Morrison, azcentral, 19 Feb. 2020
• 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.
  — Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
• Fans will have the chance to experience the speed one final time as the world’s best dragsters take on the Arizona Nationals and look to cement their name in history.
  — Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2023
• The incident occurred after Doug Kalitta's dragster crossed the finish line and crashed into Stewart's car.
  — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
• Todd, who began driving dragsters at 10, lost his first job as an 18-year-old Top Fuel driver after his team owner's shop burned down.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2017
• Regardless, the ’17 Si clearly is no dragster off the line, but the engine’s midrange response proved particularly delightful on the track.
  — Steve Siler, Car and Driver, 29 May 2017
• The three-time world champion’s path to victory was a non-stop dogfight between some of the most legendary dragsters in NHRA history.
  — Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2023