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 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.

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.

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 ...

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, ...

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

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.