Bors, DanaGoodpaster, John V.2017-12-142017-12-142016-05Bors, D., & Goodpaster, J. (2016). Chemical analysis of racing fuels using total vaporization and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS), Analytical Methods, 8(19), 3899–3902. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6AY00539Jhttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/14807The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is the governing body of North American drag racing. As a supervisory agency, NHRA monitors racing fuels for regulatory purposes and quality control. In this paper, total vaporization and mass spectrometry based methods were developed to analyze nitromethane-based and racing gasoline fuels. Total Vaporization Headspace gas chromatography mass spectrometry (TV-HS-GC/MS) was used to quatitate the amount of methanol in nitromethane fuels to verify that the methanol content was at least 10% (v/v). Total vaporization solid phase microextraction gas chromatography mass spectrometry (TV-SPME-GC/MS) was used to qualitatively identify racing gasoline components, which included isopentane, isooctane, toluene, and tetraethyllead.enPublisher Policyracing fuelstotal vaporizationgas chromatography mass spectrometryArticle