NHRA JR. DRAGSTER SERIES
If you haven't seen a Junior Dragster, then you haven't seen the future of drag racing. The Heartland Park Topeka Junior Drag Race Series competes as part of the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League. The HPT Junior Drag Race Series offers kids ages 8-17 a chance to race half-scale dragsters in the controlled environment of the Heartland Park Topeka drag strip long before they can obtain a state driver's license.
The cars that Jr. Drag Racing League competitors race are called Jr. Dragsters and are half-scale versions of Top Fuel dragsters. Using a five-horsepower, single-cylinder engine, a Jr. Dragster can go as fast as 85 mph and as quick as 7.90 seconds in an eighth-mile race.
Competition in the Jr. Drag Racing League is equalized by a handicapped starting system, and classes are usually split into age groups, which helps keep racers of the same skill level together.
At Heartland Park Topeka, junior racers compete in three age-divided groups: 8-9 year-olds, 10-12 year-olds, and 13-17 year-olds. The Heartland Park Topeka Junior Drag Race Series is designed to help build the ranks of tomorrow's stars while providing a fun family activity.
Kids earn points throughout the season at Heartland Park Topeka, with top points finishers earning the right to represent Heartland Park at the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Western Conference Finals in Denver, Colo.
More than 1,000 kids compete for individual and team honors at the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Western Conference Finals, and more than $100,000 in savings bonds are given away at this event.
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