NHRA unveiled the first Jr. Dragsters on July 9, 1992, during the 23rd annual Mopar Parts Nationals at Napp’s Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey.

“The cars that Jr. Drag Racing League competitors race are called Jr. Dragsters and are half-scale versions of Top Fuel dragsters.“ The Jr. Dragsters can reach speeds of up to 85 miles per hour.

Troopers said that a 7-year-old girl was riding on the track when she lost control of her Junior Dragster Racecar, striking a safety guide employee, and then crashed into a concrete wall. The 7 ...

Junior drag racer Elienisse Diaz Rodriguez, 7, was critically injured in a crash at the Orlando Speed World Dragway and died of her injuries days later. She was part of a racing family well-known ...