How to Use drag strip in a Sentence

drag strip

noun

• This is a Bimmer that prefers the drag strip to the Tail of the Dragon.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 20 July 2021
• Here’s a trip down the drag strip that Tesla can be proud of.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2022
• But that kind of thing happens at drag strips all the time.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 11 Oct. 2017
• The car ran so well, Atkins couldn’t resist taking it to the drag strip.
  — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2023
• On July 11, fans will be allowed to drive cars down the drag strip.
  — Richard Dean, Houston Chronicle, 29 June 2020
• He now as at least one win at every drag strip on the NHRA circuit.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
• Watch these high school students line up on the drag strip and go one-on-one with a police car.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022
• Sheriff’s deputies were called to the drag strip at 8:28 p.m. Saturday.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 2 May 2022
• Stage construction begins Thursday, and the stage will be set up right on the drag strip.
  — Justin L. MacK, The Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2021
• But that was on a regular street-like surface, not a sticky, prepped drag strip.
  — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 17 Mar. 2020
• The car comes standard with a mere 808 horsepower, but another $1 buys you a crate of parts to set the car up for the drag strip.
  — Tom Krisher, The Seattle Times, 5 Sep. 2017
• The real test, however, will come at the Woodward drag strip by the M1 Concourse.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2021
• That sophistication pays off in day-to-day use, not just on the rare outing to the track or drag strip.
  — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2018
• This isn't a car about winning pink slips at the drag strip or shredding corners on some mountain road.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 8 Aug. 2022
• Drivers line up on a ramp with starting lights similar to a drag strip.
  — Carolina Gusman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2019
• The book turns out to be a position paper on hot rodding, too, and getting fast cars off the street and onto the drag strip.
  — Mark Mahaney, Smithsonian, 10 July 2019
• Was this the only drag strip available to local racers during the 1960s?
  — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Nov. 2021
• The Blackwing’s greatness extends beyond the drag strip.
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 19 Dec. 2022
• Any automobile hoping to dominate at the drag strip will need sticky tires and a ton of torque.
  — Steve Siler, Car and Driver, 28 Sep. 2017
• The tests are generally done on a drag strip, but starting from the finishing line end.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 21 June 2021
• This car will be able to go from zero to 60 miles an hour in under two seconds and run a a quarter-mile drag strip in under nine seconds.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 22 Sep. 2020
• Sonoma Raceway, formerly Sears Point, is a playground of peaks and valleys with a drag strip down the middle.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 21 Nov. 2022
• Last fall, we were given a taste of the Shelby GT500’s supercharged performance on street, highway, track and drag strip.
  — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2020
• The old powertrain's quarter-mile performance was slightly quicker and faster at the drag strip, too.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 30 Oct. 2020
• There’s no need to change the wheels or tires before running it on a drag strip, Kuniskis said, unlike the original Challenger Demon.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
• Osmond and his buddies built a series of race cars, campaigning them at drag strips from York, Pa., to Southern Maryland.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2017
• The racers’ chosen drag strips are long, secluded, straight and newly paved roadways.
  — Bianca Padró Ocasio, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 May 2018
• The reader, Dan Hayward, who wrote to you about the drag strip did not mention another historical fact.
  — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Dec. 2021
• The road to the factory from Birmingham leads past a tableau of the rural South: clusters of weathered trailer homes, a large Baptist church, a drag strip and a barbecue joint called Promiseland.
  — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022
• With the drag strip set to close permanently in April so it can be converted into commercial storage space, last weekend's Texas 2K event was among the last major to-dos on the venue's schedule.
  — Dan Carson, Chron, 22 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024