Building on a Trio of Solid Sick Summer Presented by Motion Raceworks Finishes, Cameron Alley is Ready to Take an Orange Helmet Home From the Sick 8.50 Shootout Class at Speedfest This Month!
Some of the toughest competition at the major drag and drive events can be in the Street Race / Limited Street 8.50-second based classes. Some of the more successful in the classes tell tales of testing and getting the data, especially for a variety of weather conditions to run the pass needed to be competitive.
Cameron Alley has been plugging away at the eight-and-a-half second game in drag and drive for a while, and his track record at the Motion Raceworks Sick Summer event reflects the hard work he’s done. Back-to-back second place finishes in 2023 and 2024 gave way to a class win in 2025, and Cameron is hungry for another helmet chance, with his first shot at this month’s Speedfest.
This Eight-Second C5 Corvette Has Scored Numerous Wins for the Original Owner – Now It’s Set to Get a New Chapter in Drag and Drive!
If you’ve attended a National Muscle Car Association or LS-Fest event in the past, this 2002 Corvette ZO6 might seem a familiar sight.
Terry Faust bought the car brand new, and after enjoying it for over two decades, as well as racking up numerous wins, Terry has passed ownership to someone very familiar with it, Jeff Heintz, for its next chapter.
Although Terry would drive and race the car for several years before Jeff was be introduced to it in 2010, the Corvette would get a good bit quicker under Jeff’s advisement. “One of the first events I drove the car in was in Bradenton in 2013 when Terry wasn't feeling good,” said Jeff. “This is special car to me because it's been a shop car since the beginning in 2010 and there are so many memories.”
Chuck Stefanski Gearing Up for Sick At The Rock, with His Sights on Being The Quickest Supercharged Ride in the new Sick Street Car Challenge Class
After competing in his wife’s Trans Am in 2023, Chuck Stefanski decided to up the ante and re-vamp his 1981 Pontiac Lemans station wagon for a full season in 2024.
Chuck Stefanski achieved some solid results, completing two drag and drive events, and scoring wins at two events. Now he’s got new goals for 2025, including the new Sick Street Car Challenge class at the Sick At The Rock event next month.
“I think this is an awesome way to showcase drag and drive, and giving the competitors several chances to win some real cash,” said Chuck. “This structure allows the spectators to stay at one track and see every pass. This event is going to set the pace for the future of drag and drive, and I am along for the ride!”
This Malibu Went from a Race Car back to a Street-Friendly Ride – Leading Its Owner to Participate In (and Create) a Drag-and-Drive Event
With a solid resume in bracket racing in multiple cars, Lane Cavar had become a common name in the winners’ circle on the west coast. But he still felt like something was missing, especially with his high school car, a 1979 Chevrolet Malibu.
“I have always attempted to keep my car as multipurpose as possible, but was getting to the point of being a sole race car,” said Lane. “Being this is the car I drove to high school, I wanted to revert the car back to street car form.”
For the Adventure – Tina Konstatos Steps Up Her Game for Second Sick Summer Appearance
“My first ever drag-and-drive was Sick Summer 2023, when my husband Jerry Konstatos put us with my 1987 Cutlass, “She Gone” on the waiting list. As luck would have it, we got in, and survived in the Dial-Your Own (DYO) Class D. I made top 100 to earn my place for 2024.”
Repeat Performance: the Kurczak Family is Returning to Sick Summer, and Thrashing to Do So Once Again
Despite the lack of sleep and another year of thrashing, Jeff Kurczak is looking forward to spending time with his family on Sick Summer. Jeff will be piloting his Godzilla-powered ‘93 Mustang, while his son will wheel an ‘80 Fairmont. For daughter Aly Kurczak, she will participate as a competitor on her first drag-and-drive ever, after riding with Jeff on last year’s Sick Summer.
Turbo Tina Boosts Her Cutlass for Another Shot at Sick Summer
“Drag-and-drive is an opportunity for me and my husband to get to spend time just the two of us, doing what we love most, together and working as a team. Supporting each other, directing each other and just flat out laughing our asses off.”
That ProCharger Wagon With Zoomies is Now Targeting Sixes
“I would like to run at least one 6-second pass at Hot Rod Drag Week, and finish in the top three in my class.”
This Supercharged Trans Am Will Ditch a Northern Winter for Warmer Weather and 9-Second Time Slips at Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive
“I picked it because weather in New England sucks in January so it’s a good time to go south. The drag-and-drive format forces me to actually drive the car, and I like chaos.”
Ryan Mitchell Suffers Crash During Dig or Die No Prep Event at Rockingham Dragway in North Carolina
Ryan Mitchell is normally in the mix with this Firebird, and although it’s picked up its share of wins with a twin-turbocharged big block set-up, Ryan recently made the change to a ProCharger F-3 supercharger.