Nitromethane, commonly known as “nitro,” plays a crucial role in the high-octane world of drag racing, providing the intense power needed to propel cars down the strip at breakneck speeds. Its unique ...

Top Fuel dragsters are without argument the fastest accelerating manned vehicles on Earth, boasting engines that are absolute marvels of engineering. Each V8 displaces 500 cubic inches, about the same ...

NHRA teams pay $1800 for a 40-gallon drum of nitromethane, so they’re paying $45 a gallon—and that’s a group discount negotiated for the entire racing season. Every single run consumes 14 gallons of ...

Despite decades of research, the microscopic details and extreme states of matter found within a detonating high explosive have yet to be elucidated. Here we present the first quantum ...

They are considered the kings of the sport-the supercharged and nitromethane-sniffing internal combustion beasts that literally stomp the ground and push a 2,300-pound land rocket on 1,000-foot runs ...

Think up two means of witnessing crazy power output from a four-stroke engine. First try standing near the tarmac while a B-29 Superfortress takes off about 100 feet over your head. Boeing’s WWII ...