Right on the Number – Clocking the Perfect Pass in Hot Rod Drag Week, Rocky Mountain Race Week, Sick Week and Sick Summer 8.50-Second Limited Classes
If you’re a fan of drag-and-drive events, you’ve likely witnessed or heard about certain classes that are limited based on elapsed times due to a variety of factors.
Although Hot Rod Drag Week didn’t start out with the intention of making their Street Race classes into an index-based competition, that’s become the norm.
And the competition to run that 8.500 perfect pass has been heating up, as well as the list of drivers who have accomplished the task, from five events annually held in the US.
The Drag and Drive Community Mourns the Loss of Competitor Randall Reed
The drag and drive community has grown significantly since the first Hot Rod Drag Week in 2005, and every year, dozens of first-time participants join the community.
Unfortunately, we have some members depart the drag and drive community earlier than expected, and we’ve recently learned that multi-time winner Randall Reed has passed.
Reed first jumped into the drag and drive with an appearance at Hot Rod Drag Week in 2017, competing in the popular Street Race Small Block Power Adder class. Over seven years, Reed competed in nearly a dozen drag and drive events, scoring multiple wins.
Raceweek Wrap – Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0 Crowns Champions in Texas
Spanning two states, four tracks and just over 1100 miles on the road, the fifth edition of Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0 (Raceweek) came to a close back where it started, Pine Valley Raceway in Lufkin, Texas.
The event brings some unique twists for the final day of competition, as well as four classes of heads-up and bracket racing action, and that awaited the souls that made it back to the start of their week-long journey.
Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0 Competitors Get Their Final Chance at a Class Title in Louisiana on Day Five of Raceweek
After three race track dates, the competitors at Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0 stayed in Louisiana for a second day of racing action.
After making the trek from State Capitol Raceway in Port Allen to Monroe and Twin City Motorsports Park, participants would get their final chance to stake their claim for a class title. Then, it was merely surviving the trip back to Texas, to check the final box to determine class champions.
Most Class Leaders Stand Their Ground as Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0 Enters Louisiana for Day Three of Racing Action
After a pair of track dates in Texas to start Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0 (Race Week), competitors got a full day of driving action to roll into Louisiana for racing at State Capitol Raceway in Port Allen on Wednesday morning / afternoon.
The majority of the incoming class leaders held their top spots, but a few notable names are out of competition, or lost their class leads.
Hurley Closes Gap on Schexnayder in Unlimited, Kuhn, Willingham and Guido Hang onto Class Leads on Day 2 of Rocky Mountain Race Week
The fifth anniversary of Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0 (Race Week) got underway Pine Valley Raceway in Lufkin, Texas for day one with 231 participants. Stop two would be the all-concrete Texas Motorplex.
Could any of the competitors take advantage of all that concrete, and blast to a better time than what they produced on Sunday night?
Rocky Mountain Race Week Is Rolling – Earl Schexnayder, Eric Kuhn, Steve Willingham and Richard Guido Among Leaders from Day One
With ten years of solid history of Rocky Mountain Race Week (RMRW) in the books, the second helping, Race Week or RMRW 2.0, recently got underway for its fifth year in Texas.
Focused on tracks in Texas and Louisiana, the Motion Raceworks Race Week Presented by Sick the Magazine had several familiar names on the registered list, which will lead to some interesting battles for class titles.
From Wheelstanding Wagon to Beautiful Buick - Colin Gee Preps A New Ride for Its Debut at Miles of Mayhem
Despite appearances that things are good on the surface, a racer’s mind can be a hamster wheel of thoughts both good and bad on their next run. In Colin Gee’s case, he started thinking about the 1983 Chevrolet Malibu station wagon he had finished in 2023, and his goals for the future.