Drag racing, an acceleration contest from a standing start between two vehicles covering a measured distance, is probably as old as the automobile itself. As a legal and commercially organized sport, however, it began on Sunday, June 19, 1950. On that...

Drag racing is a sport in which cars or motorcycles race down a track with a set distance as fast as possible. While usually thought of as an American and Canadian pastime, drag racing is also very popular in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Caribbean...

With illegal drag racing, search for thrills sometimes turns tragic By SUE ANNE PRESSLEY Washington Post Sunday, March 24, 2002 Miami -- Dwight Samples learned a terrible lesson about the dangers of illegal drag racing one evening just before Christmas. In...

In just three years, newcomer Justin Humphreys has racked up an impressive record, from a sport compact championship to a strong first year in Pro Stock Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines a tatural as someone "having natural skills, talents, or abilities [who ] is...

Investigators were trying to determine what caused a drag-racing car to lose control during a parade and careen into a crowd, killing four people and injuring up to 15 others.The crash occurred Saturday night during an "exhibition burnout" at the Cars for Kids charity event...

Prosecutors said Monday that criminal charges would not be filed in the case of a dune buggy that crashed into a crowd at a Shriners parade and injured eight people.James H. Brooks, 68, of Riverdale, Ga., was driving a red dune buggy in circles when...