Heads Up Hustle Combines Drag and Drive Through Ohio and Michigan, with Eliminations Racing On the Final Day – Drag and Drive Vets Jon Moore, Jeremy Ortiz, and Jay Grabiak Among Eleven Class Winners
Getting their start in 2023, Heads Up Hustle blends the traditional ingredients of a drag and drive, with eliminations-style racing on the final day for competitors that survive the event. For the fourth edition of the event, eleven class winners would be crowned.
The 2026 edition of Heads Up Hustle would also be the first one to utilize a track outside Michigan, as the event would start at Dragway 42 in Ohio, before heading to the event’s original host track in 2023, Milan Dragway, then back to Dragway 42 for the final day’s activities.
Drop the Hammer’s New Event for 2026 – Drop The Hammer Judgement Day – Puts Competitors To the Test of Drag and Drive Without a Trailer!
After a couple years of hosting his original drag and drive event in Michigan, Drop the Hammer, competitor and enthusiast Carl Stancell added a second event in North Carolina in 2025. For 2026, he’s expanded to three events, with the newest one completed on Saturday, July 25th.
Drop The Hammer Judgement Day uses a one day, one track format, but with a twist. “We will be racing and covering 110 miles of Michigan back roads, all without a trailer,” said Carl. “That means you have to cram everything you need for the trip into or onto your hot rod for the day.”
The First Drag and Drive In Maine, Pistons In The Pines, Finds Philip Nadeau Topping the Winner List, While Dan Dinan Scores Second Win In-A-Row in New Car!
A state that can provide some of most scenic views no matter where you travel, Maine provided the basis for the first annual Pistons In The Pines drag and drive event.
Held over a three-day format, the event started at Fernald Field Dragway on Thursday, July 23rd, then traveled through ‘The Pine Tree State’ to the second track, New Oxford Dragway, for racing on Friday, July 24th. Competitors would then return to Fernald Field Dragway for their final on-track action on Saturday, July 25th, plus the crowning of champions in six classes.
Matt Blasco Blasts to Overall Victory at Third Annual Big Sky Race Week, as the Montana-Based Event Expands With More Days and a New Track!
The first two years of Big Sky Race Week, the drag and drive event that visits the picturesque Montana, spent a week visiting four race tracks, and driving over 900 miles. For the third edition in 2026, Big Sky Race Week changed things up a little.
The 2026 event would expand to six days, and although no new classes were added to the line up, all twelve classes shared between 2024 and 2025 events were contested. Big Sky Race Week 2026 was hosted, as well as starting and finishing, at Yellowstone Drag Strip, the same start and finish location as previous years.
Adam Rogash Becomes First Australia Street Car With a 6-Second Average in Route to Winning Class at the Second Annual Allstars Drag and Drive!
Making its debut in 2025, the Allstars Drag and Drive event returned to round two in 2026 with a similar three-day format to the first year. Starting at Willowbank Raceway, the drivers would drive to Warwick Dragway for day two, then return to Willowbank Raceway to complete the event.
Just as year one, the Allstars Drag and Drive featured nine classes, from the top Unlimited class, to both ‘Naturally Aspirated’ and ‘Forced’ (forced induction) version of a 235 / 255 tire class and a 28-inch tire class, as well as three index classes.
Michael Westberg Completes a Record-Setting Week, Pushing His ’67 Camaro to Both the Max Outlaw Class Win, and the Overall Victory, at Street Week Sweden!
As the drag and drive community has continued to expand, it has been in more than just in the United States and Canada. The 2026 calendar includes several events between Australia, Sweden and the UK, with one of the longest-running ones, Sweet Week Sweden, finishing up over the weekend.
Michael Westberg has shown champion-caliber performances both in Sweden and in the US, as Westberg captured the overall title at the Gear Vendors Overdrive Sick Week event in 2023. But after selling that winning S-10 pick-up as a roller, Westberg picked up a new lighter Pro Mod style 1967 Camaro, installed the ACE Racing Engines LS, and continued his winning ways.
Buckeye Skip’s Moves From Fall to Summer for Second Event, and Despite the Ohio Heat, Rick Russell and David Lipps Score Second Event Wins of the 2026 Season to Lead Buckeye Skip’s Winners List!
After a successful first event in 2025, the Ohio-based Buckeye Skip’s drag and drive event made the move from its October 2025 date to an early July date for 2026. Kuhnle Motorsports Park would return for the second year, with a pair of IHRA (International Hot Rod Association) Darana tracks, Darana Raceway (previously known as National Trail Raceway) and Darana Dragway (previously known as Dragway 42).
The move to a summer date brought more competitors and new classes, a total of eleven. But it also brought extremely warm temperatures to the 140 competitors that were in attendance on Day Zero
Second Helping of the East Coast Drag-N-Drive Finds Expanded Classes, Weather Battles, and Dan Dinan Scoring Top Spot with New Car as Miramichi Dragway Park in New Brunswick, Canada Hosts the Action!
After Jason Richardson successfully hosted his first drag and drive event, the East Coast Drag-N-Drive, in New Brunswick, Canada in 2025, the three-day event based around Miramichi Dragway Park would return in late June 2026 for a second helping.
Using the track as the starting point, competitors would be tasked with a trio of time slips (one per day), then a different drive each day after racing was complete. Complete it all, tally the averages, and crown the winners.
For year two, Richardson upped the ante with NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) Wally trophies for his returning classes: DYO (Dial Your Own), 9.50-Second Index, 10.50-Second Index, and the 11.50-Second Class. The winner of the new Unlimited Class would also receive a Wally.
The Top 100 Averages and Quickest Runs from Sick Summer Presented by Motion Raceworks – 2026 Brings the Heat!
Following in the footsteps of our successful debut of Sick Week presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive in 2022, Sick The Magazine added the Motion Raceworks Sick Summer event to the drag and drive schedule in 2023.
For the 2026 edition of Sick Summer, we crowned champions in nineteen classes, including the new Motorcycle and Junior Street classes. We saw plenty of first-time winners, we saw new levels of performance for Sick Summer, and as a result, the Top 100 single runs and averages are quicker than ever before!
Nitrous Corvette Makes History At Sick Summer – The Schroeder-Ens Team Score Overall Title, and Lead Class Winners List, as Sick Summer Presented By Motion Raceworks Wraps Up a Week in the Midwest!
With 21 years in the record books since the first drag and drive event at Hot Rod Drag Week in 2005, we’ve seen a variety of cars, engines and power adders as class winners, as well as overall champions.
Although the turbocharged entries have garnered the lion’s share of the titles, there are those that still subscribe to the ‘throttle in a bottle’ philosophy. And for only the fifth time in drag and drive history, and the first time since 2021, a nitrous car emerged in the top spot - at Motion Raceworks Sick Summer.
Morris, Schroeder and Taylor Keep Class Leads Despite Engine Woes, Diehl, Swindoll, Hess and Crane Retain Their Leads Intact, as Motion Raceworks Sick Summer Heads for the Final Day at Byron Dragway!
Pushing machines and man (as well as woman) to their limits on the drag strip can sometimes result in broken parts and shattered dreams. But in the case of drag and drive, it’s finding the balance between a quick time slip and being able to drive to the next track.
For three of the top five runners at Motion Raceworks Sick Summer, that was the case at the fourth stop at Great Lakes Dragaway. After a rain out at Tri-State on Wednesday, the fans once again poured into Great Lakes Dragaway, and they got to witness all the action, and carnage, before competitors licked their wounds and prepped for the final drive back to Byron, Illinois.
Alex Taylor, David Diehl, and Frank Webb Lead the Highlights of Day Zero Testing at Sick Summer Presented By Motion Raceworks at Byron Dragway in Illinois!
We know it’s summertime when the drag and drive community ramps up in June, and Sick Summer presented by Motion Raceworks celebrates its fourth year by returning to the site of last year’s host track, Byron Dragway, to get the festivities underway!
Day Zero means the majority of the day is competitors arriving at the track for the tech-in process, as well as Sick Ward and Sick Spit Show & Shine participants getting their bonuses and materials for the week. But there’s on track action as well, and the testing session provided some eye-opening results and competitors to keep an eye on leading into Day One of racing.
All In the Family - Nick Taylor Scores Emotional First Win with PEAK Street Car Shootout Victory at the NHRA Route 66 Nationals in Joliet, Illinois
As part of a number of their national events each year, the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) adds in a special class to showcase. For the last three years at Route 66 Raceway and the Route 66 NHRA Nationals, the NHRA has included the PEAK Street Car Shootout.
Showcasing some of the quickest rides in the drag and drive community, eight competitors were selected for the 2026 event, including the three former winners – Bryant Goldstone, David Schroeder and Tom Bailey – to battle it out for the chance to hold a unique NHRA ‘Wally’ trophy.
Alex Taylor and David Schroeder Travel Route 66 (Raceway) in Six Seconds on Day One of the PEAK Performance Street Car Shootout at the NHRA Route 66 Nationals
Once a year, the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) visits Joliet, Illinois and Route 66 Raceway for their Gerber Collision and Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance.
Part of this event is the PEAK Street Car Shootout, showcasing some of the quickest rides in the drag and drive community, and for the four time in 2026, a select number of competitors were invited to make an appearance in Illinois to determine the champion.
A First Time for Familiar Names - Alex Taylor, Steve Morris and Val Morris Lead the Winner List from the First Annual Mickey Thompson Turn & Burn!
The Mickey Thompson Turn & Burn, presented by Summit Racing Equipment and powered by Sick The Magazine, closed the book on its first chapter.
Combining two days of testing that also featured the unique Mickey Thompson ‘try and buy’ tire program, with a three-day format drag and drive, the Turn & Burn event had the racing action take place at the legendary Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Ohio.
Power Couples – It’s a 6-Second 200 MPH day for Nick and Alex Taylor, Along with Steve and Val Morris, to Lead the Day One Results of the Mickey Thompson Turn & Burn!!
After a couple days of testing at the Mickey Thompson Turn & Burn at Summit Motorsports Park, the drag and drive portion of the event got underway on Thursday.
By the end of the day’s racing action, five cars would collect 6-second time slips, before heading out for the street portion of the day’s activities, as well as a pair of checkpoints. And for the racers that got them, they got to share them with family members on site.
Second Day of Testing at the Mickey Thompson Turn & Burn Provides Big Numbers and Some Familiar Rides Hit Summit Motorsports Park to Prepare for Day One of the Drag and Drive Part of The Event!
It started as an idea to expand on Mickey Thompson’s ‘Try and Buy’ program that is done at select times across the US, and ultimately became the combination of tire testing and a first-time drag and drive event for Mickey Thompson and Summit Motorsports Park.
The Turn & Burn overcame Mother Nature’s wrath on Tuesday for a solid day of testing on Wednesday at the Norwalk, Ohio track, ground zero for the three day drag and drive that gets underway today.
Baber Scores Two Class Titles, Whitaker Backs Up 2025 Victory, and King Claims Richest Lil Gangsta’s Win as Street Car Bragging Rights Crowns Sixteen Class Winners at Rockingham Dragway!
Created in 2022 to give street cars an event in the southeast area to participate in, Street Car Braggin Rights (SCBR) has since evolved into a multi-day event with a combination of street car-based classes, as well as pure race classes.
The event returned to Rockingham Dragway in North Carolina for the second year in 2026, and after three days of qualifying and two days of eliminations, champions were crowned in sixteen classes.
Davis, Whitaker and Cataline Land Top Qualifier Spots, Stefanski Bounces Back from a Cracked Frame, and Several Personal Bests Recorded as Qualifying Wraps Up at Street Car Bragging Rights!
With three days of racing in the books, the fifth edition of the Street Car Braggin Rights (SCBR) is primed and ready for final eliminations today, with three days of qualifying completed.
Despite the warmer than normal temperatures, along with a near 130-degree track surface at times, some competitors have overcome setbacks, while others have posted personal bests, in fifteen classes being contested at Rockingham Dragway in North Carolina.
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The thrilling combination of the world’s fastest real street cars, road trip adventures, and grassroots camaraderie has made Sick Week a must-attend event on the American motorsports calendar.