{"id":102701,"date":"2025-12-09T15:44:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/luke-bogacki-sets-sights-on-top-dragster\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T15:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:44:04","slug":"luke-bogacki-sets-sights-on-top-dragster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/luke-bogacki-sets-sights-on-top-dragster\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Bogacki Sets Sights on Top Dragster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke Bogacki will set his sights on the Top Dragster category, the three-time NHRA World Champion announced on social media Monday. He\u2019ll pilot a Moser Engineering-backed American Race Cars dragster in 2026, with additional partnership from Advanced Product Design and Watts Auto Diesel Service.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, the term \u2018Top Dragster\u2019 might be a little strong, at least in the traditional sense\u201d joked Bogacki. \u201cWe\u2019re going to go fast \u2013 faster than I\u2019ve ever been before \u2013 but we\u2019re really just building a fast bracket car that can compete on the slower end of T\/D.\u201d<\/p>\n

The powerplant for this venture will come from APD: a 648 cubic inch engine featuring the Ohio-based manufacturer\u2019s latest 16.5* cylinder head design, intake manifold, shaft rockers, and fuel system. Bogacki hopes to post E.T.\u2019s in the 6.8-second range.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, our main focus in \u201826 is going to be the NHRA Division 3 Super Quick Series,\u201d Bogacki explained. \u201cJessica and I have always been intrigued by the Super Quick stuff, and with the addition of Jr. Dragster classes to the series this season, we\u2019ve got the unique opportunity to race as a family: all four of us competing at the same events. That\u2019s really the motivation behind this project. We\u2019ll run most of the Lucas Oil Division 3 events as well, but we\u2019re really looking at this as more of a test season in Top Dragster, with an eye on pursuing that category with more vigor in \u201827.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the addition of the new Top Dragster entry, the Bogacki family will campaign a trio of Moser Engineering-backed hot rods in NHRA competition: Jessica will wheel her Super Comp dragster, and Luke will compete in the Super Street category in his signature Vega as well. While Bogacki says he doesn\u2019t intend to make a national title pursuit in 2026, he did mention that the team does plan to attend a full schedule of Division 3 Lucas Oil Events, which could allow him to add to a trophy case that already includes nine division championships across four separate classes and four different divisions.<\/p>\n

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Bogacki\u2019s latest ride is a 2012 American Dragster that belongs to good friend Carl Watts.<\/p>\n

\u201cCarl\u2019s a longtime friend who has been battling some issues after multiple knee surgeries \u2013 he says he can get in and out of his Super Gas car, but the dragster is a struggle. I told him my plans to buy another dragster, and he basically said \u2018Don\u2019t buy one \u2013 come get mine!\u2019 That was pretty hard to pass up: it\u2019s a great car that\u2019s been well taken care of, and I\u2019m very familiar with the American Race Cars design. I haven\u2019t had a car owner in a long time, but Carl\u2019s so easy going that he just kinda handed me the keys and said \u2018have fun.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s at our shop now, we\u2019re stripping it down. I\u2019m making some updates, putting it on a diet, things like that. It\u2019s a really good car as is, and we\u2019re going to make it even better before the season gets underway.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to Moser Engineering, APD, and Watts Auto Diesel, the new machine will feature quality components from Wiseco, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Accelerated Graphics, Fuel Factory, Mickey Thompson Tires, BTE, Milodon, and numerous manufacturers that the Bogacki Motorsports team has relied on for decades. To keep up with the build, follow Luke Bogacki Motorsports on Facebook.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published on December 9, 2025. \"Drag<\/p>\n

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Luke Bogacki will set his sights on the Top Dragster category, the three-time NHRA World Champion announced on social media Monday. He\u2019ll pilot a Moser Engineering-backed American Race Cars dragster in 2026, with additional partnership from Advanced Product Design and Watts Auto Diesel Service.\u00a0 \u201cTo be honest, the term \u2018Top Dragster\u2019 might be a little […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}