One of Walker's early boats sported the first-ever cockpit capsule designed to protect the ... they'll burn two gallons per second." In drag racing — either on land or on water — Top Fuel ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Ashly Ruf can tear a motor down and put it back together, and that makes her Daddy's girl. She and her dad, Keith Ruf, are ...

While covering the drag boat races for a few years when I worked ... of boats flying through the air in an explosion of water, capsule, engine and debris. It’s partly what the fans come to ...

He rolled a number of times and the capsule went up 20 to 30 feet in the ... Mr. Haas competed in the Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series, and he is the three-time defending Top Fuel Hydro champion.

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A drag boat racer was uninjured when his boat ... "The drivers are in a capsule and so it's designed to break apart in the event of an accident," Mansfield said.

A safety capsule saved the life of a racing boat driver after he lost control during a drag boat race Saturday evening at the Great Miami River Days festival. Roger Austin, president of the ...

Rescue diver teams freed him from the capsule and brought him to the surface, then loaded him onto a rescue boat, according to a release. The Southern Drag Boat Association’s next event ...

Pilot Scott Lumbert was critically injured when his top fuel hydroplane span out of control A 275mph drag racing boat bursts into flames before spinning out of control and disintegrating in a ...

Eric Dement says he’s tired of coming in second place, and this weekend is the first leg of his quest to bring home his first drag boat racing championship. Dement is one of over 80 racers ...