But what would happen if you'd use an RC car in a drag race against regular-sized vehicles? For today's challenge, the match-up is even more insane than you could have imagined. The RC car is ...

The technology behind a both an NHRA Top Fuel dragster and a Funny Car is stunning, a true engineering feat of genius. However, the long, skinny power-producers, with the skinny front tires and ...

DRS, or the Drag Reduction System, has become a key part of Formula 1 in the past decade. [Engineering After Hours] decided to implement the same system on an RC car instead. The DRS system was ...

The National Hot Rod Association is the governing body for Nitro Funny Car racing. This is a type of drag racing where vehicles are characterized by its short wheelbase and fiberglass or carbon fiber ...

It's understandable that drag racing is centered around the fastest speed and quickest elapsed time a crew chief and driver can eke out. But have we reached a point in Funny Car’s legacy that ...

One states it was coined by an announcer who thought the drag-racing stock cars looked "funny." Another (backed by racing historian Leo Levine) gives credit to the head of Mercury's racing ...

There is no clear reason why they are called funny cars ... Chrysler 426 Hemi, these cars now perform on a level equal to that of the big daddy of drag racing-Top Fuel dragsters.