There are numerous categories of professional and sportsmen classes based on various engine configuration, fuel type, hull design and propulsion types.
[2] The premier category of drag boat racing being the Top Fuel Hydroplane class which is the water based equivalent to Top Fuel Dragsters capable of covering the liquid quarter mile in less than five seconds with a top speed of around 270 mph (434 km/h).
The biggest event on the drag boat calendar is the LODBRS World Finals which takes place at Firebird Raceway Phoenix, Arizona.
The facility played host to drag boat races for eight straight years until the Lucas Oil Drag Boat Series was discontinued at the conclusion of the 2018 season.
[4] Drag Boats then returned to Lake Lucas in 2020 for events under SDBA, KDBA sanctions[5] and then in 2021 for a three-day summer event Diamond Nartionals[6] for drag boats with top fuel.