How to Use dragster in a Sentence

dragster

noun

• Don Garlits was the first man to break 200 mph in a dragster.
  — Alexander George, WIRED, 29 Apr. 2014
• The aging dragster—the same car Rompelberg used in 1995—proved finicky.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2018
• Topping out at 99 hp, the C isn't a dragster, but it's not supposed to be.
  — Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2012
• 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
• 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
• Cadillac tells us that the little 'Wing isn't intended to be a dragster.
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 15 Oct. 2021
• On Friday, the quietest spot in the world for Shumake will be in the cockpit of his 24-foot, rainbow-colored dragster.
  — Rafael Garcia, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2022
• Muscle cars, dragsters, customs and more will be shown off at the Soccer Sportsplex.
  — cleveland.com, 12 Apr. 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
• Children as young as 8 raced mini-dragsters on a shorter strip.
  — New York Times, 1 Sep. 2017
• When Mueller-Korenek released her tether, Holbrook pushed the dragster’s pedal to the floor.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2018
• T.J. Zizzo isn't hurting for help on his Top Fuel dragster.
  — Tony Baranek, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2017
• 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
• Jim Clash: Your accident in 1970 helped change forever the design of dragsters.
  — Jim Clash, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• Gwynn then had the idea to build electric replicas of his and Garlits’ famed dragsters for charity for spinal cord research.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 16 July 2019
• 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
• Today, visitors to the raceway can see dragsters, monster trucks, off-road races and drag boats compete.
  — Lorraine Longhi, azcentral, 9 May 2017
• In his 2018 rookie season, Maroney raced five times in Terry Haddock's dragster.
  — Jesse Morrison, azcentral, 19 Feb. 2020
• 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
• 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
• His hands, the show concluded, accelerate faster than a top-fuel dragster.
  — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Aug. 2017
• Laugh-inducing launches require nothing more than a right-foot tap that instantly zaps 775 pound-feet of torque to all four wheels, making the Lightning feel like a dragster with a cargo bed.
  — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 1 July 2022
• 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
• Sprinters are like dragsters, seeking to generate maximum speed and power over a short distance.
  — JerÉ Longman, New York Times, 20 July 2017
• Caldwell himself manned a radio post on Candlestick Hill as the dragsters gathered below just after midnight.
  — Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
• Faster than a hot-rodder can shift into high gear, there were four paddy wagons, five radio cars and four tactical squads — 40 men altogether — converging on the dragsters.
  — Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
• Harassment and discrimination continued, but this time the dragsters fought back, birthing new and creative genres of drag activism.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• Garlits and another racer, Mike Garrett, secretly built an electric dragster from a golf cart.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 16 July 2019
• Moments before, Holbrook had driven a rattling red dragster 183.9 miles per hour across the transfixing moonscape of the Bonneville Salt Flats…with a bicycle trailing directly behind.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2018
• Ford has revealed a new factory dragster from its performance division that wears the automaker's traditional Cobra Jet name but this time is all-electric.
  — Mihir Maddireddy, Car and Driver, 23 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024