TransTurbine is selling a Jet Powered Junior Dragster, which, as the name implies, is a junior drag-racing car that’s powered by a turbojet engine.

The young men and women who race in the Junior Dragster division at New England Dragway raised nearly $1,200 for the DRAW program at last weekend's Lucas Oil Series national event.

The NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League is a proper series open to kids from age 5 to 17. The older you get, the faster the speeds, and these little dragsters can move down the strip with surprising gusto.

PHOTOS BY GEORGE PACCIELLO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERAlex Albinson, 8, waits at the start line for the Junior Dragster Race, which is held at Island Dragway. EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third in a three ...

The flame-retardant pants worn by Rilee Reeves were a necessary evil on a day like Saturday.

In junior drag racing, children ages 8 to 17 race each other in pairs for an eighth of a mile, contests that end in seconds. Racers ages 10 and older can go as fast as 85 mph, ...

Junior Drag Racing League cars, known as Jr. Dragsters, and are half-scale versions of Top Fuel dragsters and can reach speeds as fast as 85 mph.