Get Your Own Tire Crew Chief at Mickey Thompson Turn & Burn!
Buying parts that increase your horsepower is a surefire way to lower elapsed times, but what about optimizing what you already have?
Car setup can seem to be a dark art, influenced heavily by opinion. Practical experience, however, is unbeatable. There’s no-one better to offer experience than people who watch thousands and thousands of passes in any given year.
Mickey Thompson’s Turn & Burn event at Summit Motorsports Park on March 5-9, 2026 is going to be a unique opportunity for those of us who can’t afford a full-time crew chief.
After Nearly Seven Decades of Racing History, the Future of Pacemakers Dragway in Ohio is in Serious Doubt as Rezoning for Homes on the Track Property is Requested
Originally opening in 1956, Packers Raceway Park (and later known as Pacemakers Outlaw Dragstrip) has hosted everything from test and tune and bracket racing, to grudge racing and no-prep.
The track has faced financial hardships once before, closing for two years between 2019 and 2021. But 2026 could be the year that the track doesn’t recover from, as rezoning for a portion of the track property to into a mobile home park is on the table.
The Final Weekend of August Finds a Couple Familiar Names in Drag and Drive Scoring Wins in Indiana, and a Top Competitor in Modified Invades the 6-Second Range in Testing!
With nearly eight months and two-thirds of the 2025 drag and drive schedule in the rear view mirror, some competitors are getting some testing in for the final stretch of the year, while others are making changes and looking towards 2026.
A couple of drag and drive competitors recently visited Muncie Dragway and left with class wins, while a pair of station wagons found new personal bests tuning up for a Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive appearance in 2026.
Higher Ground – Big 3 Racing Rebuilds from a 2024 Shop Fire with a New Shop Location at Dragway 42, Grand Opening in May, 2025
The drag-and-drive community can go beyond the racing scene, into developing friendships, supporting businesses, and getting the car community back to the idea of enjoying cars and truck and the memories they can make.
For Chuck Stefanski, Rick Trunkett, and Bob Hess Jr., they combined their enthusiasm and knowledge into Big 3 Racing, a shop in Ohio. Unfortunately, the shop suffered a devastating shop fire in July of 2024, but today Big 3 Racing announced they have brighter futures ahead, with a new building starting to take shape!
“We have not one, but two buildings being built trackside: One for mechanical work, fabrication and parts sales and the other to house our dynos.”
Drag-and-Drive Competitors Stefanski, Schweizer and Manuel Pick Up Victories as the 2024 Racing Season Starts to Wind Down
As an epic 2024 season of racing winds down, so does the drag-and-drive calendar. Only six events remain on the 2024 event listings, with Australia hosting a trio of them, and the other three remaining in the United States.
But that isn’t stopping some familiar names from getting out to other drag racing events and putting in work before much of North America gets too cold to continue racing, and we count the days until Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive starts on January 27th, 2025.
Chuck Stefanski Zooms to Sick the Mag Drag-And-Drive Shootout Victory at NMCA All-American Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park
The second of two Sick the Magazine drag-and-drive shootouts on the 2024 schedule rolled into Summit Motorsports Park for the NMCA All-American Nationals presented by Mickey Thompson Tires and Wheels last weekend.
With an all-star cast including Tom and Aydan Bailey, Steve and Kyle Morris, and four drivers out of Big 3 Racing (Kevin Hansinger, Bob Hess, Chuck Stefanski and Rick Trunkett), it was a solid show.
The Second Sick the Mag Drag-And-Drive Shootout of 2024 Fires Up this Weekend at the NMCA All-American Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio
The 2024 drag-and-drive season has moved past the halfway point, and also been featured in a few racing series as well. One of those is the National Muscle Car Association, and the second Sick the Mag Drag-and-Drive Shootout for 2024 will take place at this week’s Mickey Thompson NMCA All-American Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.
The Fifth Midwest Drags Is Complete: Graham Hayes, Randy Seward, Bradley Arnold and Adam Buntley Lead List of Winners
For the fifth time since 2019, the Midwest Drags was completed last week. Starting in Kentucky and visiting two tracks in the state, the visited a single track in Ohio. The group then returned to Kentucky to complete the week, and crown ten class winners.
Kuhnle Motorsports Park (Formerly Thompson Motorsports Park) Closes Drag Race Track for 2024 – Listed as Available for Lease or Sale – Is One of America’s Oldest Tracks Future in Jeopardy?
Originally opened in 1958, Thompson Drag Raceway was billed as one of the early race tracks in Ohio. But now, rumors are circulating that the future of the drag strip may be in jeopardy.