Definition of "dragger"

On a raceway near Riverside, California, a dragger was fatally injured when his dragster went out of control […]

1962, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 235, page 10

In 1960, Honolulu motorcycle racer (and Street Roadster dragger) Danny Ongais stepped up to the dragster ranks […]

2016, Scotty Gosson, Lost Drag Strips II: More Ghosts of Quarter-Miles Past, page 63

So young speed enthusiasts can get high performance equipment for their "street draggers."

1967, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings, volume 8, page 4149

Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]

1945, Jack Henry, What Price Crime?, page 92

[A]t least, there were no dodgy whispers about him and that was a big plus in the tight-knit community of blaggers, draggers and carpet baggers of this corner of north-West London.Sean was pretty pissed off that the car they had meant to use for that day's robbery was an old rust-bucket Volkswagen Golf.

2020, Noel 'Razor' Smith, The Dirty Dozen