There’s a new name in motorsport event services, set to bring professionalism and passion to tracks and series around the globe: Sick Prep.

Led by experienced track specialist Thomas Bemis, Sick Prep will be offering a range of services covering the event management spectrum including track surface preparation, track equipment sales, track safety, race directing, event staffing, ticketing and more. 

From humble beginnings, Sick has evolved into a motorsports phenomenon. Whether it’s the industry-leading print magazine, the ever-expanding range of events, or now motorsport event services, Sick has innovated and brought new energy to the automotive world and beyond.

The 2026 edition of the PRI Show will see some massive announcements from the Sick Team, and we’re outlining

The Performance and Racing Industry (PRI) Show celebrates the racing and performance industries by bringing enthusiasts together in Indianapolis for three days to check out the latest and greatest parts and services.

Bringing together enthusiasts is something Sick The Magazine has done with our print magazine and events since 2021, and for 2025, we will host Sick Kart Kaos for the fourth year. Using Fastimes Indoor Karting on December 11th, Sick The Mag will host one of the fastest gatherings during the PRI Show, and one of the eight teams is the Edelbrock group.

It started as an idea in 2022, and over the first three years of the Sick Kart Kaos event, the competition has continued to evolve and intensify. 2025 promises to be more of the same, as December 11th will bring eight teams together to duke it out with 32 drivers.

Held on the first night of the Performance and Racing Industry (PRI) Show, Sick Kart Kaos brings together teams of Sick The Mag's sponsors and partners. The 2025 edition will bring more drivers than ever before, and several teams look to play that to their advantage.

XS Power Batteries first joined the Sick The Magazine sponsor row in 2024 at Sick Week, and at last year’s Kart Kaos, the XS Power Batteries team grabbed a second-place finish, with familiar face Remy Viator as a part of it.

The Performance and Racing Industry (PRI) Show brings a large contingent of racing and performance enthusiasts together for three days to check out the latest and greatest parts and services in Indianapolis.

Sick Kart Kaos uses that same recipe to bring racing and performance enthusiasts together, but with helmets and karts instead, as we’ll invade Fastimes Indoor Karting on December 11th for the fastest party in Indianapolis.

Eight teams, made up of Sick The Mag's fantastic group of partners, will battle on the track, and one of them will be Driven Racing Oil. And they will bring a combination of proven experience, as well as a few new faces.

As a part of not only Sick The Magazine’s print magazine since its inception, but also our events since the first Sick Week, Summit Racing Equipment has been all about meeting the unique demands of the drag and drive community, while matching the energy that events bring.

That energy is matched by Summit’s Motorsports and Events Director Tommy Dupree, who kicked his and Summit’s support for the drag and drive community up a couple notches after participating in Hot Rod Drag Week in 2021.

Dupree hopes to bring that energy level to the Performance and Racing Industry (PRI) Show in Indianapolis, as well as Sick The Magazine’s Kart Kaos at Fastimes Indoor Karting on Thursday, December 11th.

A lot has happened in the twenty-one years of competition of drag-and-drive since Hot Rod Drag Week got the train rolling in 2005.

On that first year, Carl Scott averaged an 8.581 at 157.13 mph after five days and over 1,000 street miles, and the community has expanded, more events added, and the averages continue to improve over the next 2 decades.

Ned Dunphy’s winning average at the recently-completed Hot Rod Drag Week, a 6.175-second performance, takes the top spot from Jeff Lutz, who held it for nine years!

That got our minds chugging – just how quick are the best ten averages in drag and drive history?

With over 70 Gassers currently signed registered for Edelbrock Sick Smokies coming up October 12th through the 19th, 2025, a good chunk of them have cool back stories, even if it will be the competitor’s first drag and drive event.

This ’63 Studebaker Lark carries a good bit of racing history, and owner Jeff Sixt does have a good bit of drag and drive experience. Sick Smokies will mark the first event Sixt and the car he calls ‘Stu Debaker’ will embark on the adventure of an event that involves street drives and drag racing, and he is excited about it.

Sick The Magazine has given away nine vehicles in a little over two-and-a-half years, and we’re continuing to offer some desirable, and in some cases rare, rides for you to win!

In the past, we’ve tossed the keys to new owners on a variety of unique automobiles, with everything from a cool patina’d dually pick-up to a street and drag strip-ready Pontiac GTO.

But as we cross the mark into double digits for giveaway rides, we decided something that was not only rare, but proven on drag and drive events as well, would be the ticket for a vehicle giveaway.

Since the very beginning of the drag and drive event structure, change has been part of the plan. Each and every year, Hot Rod Drag Week has changed tracks, routes and in some cases, classes.

Since that first event in 2005, over 50 more drag and drive events have been created, and while some follow the same plan of changing tracks at a minimum each year, some have held true to the same tracks, to the appeal of the competitors and spectators alike.

Sick The Magazine started in mid-2021 with the first print magazine dedicated to the drag and drive community, and although most featured an event would follow at some point, Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive in 2022 caught some by surprise.

Since then, we’ve added Sick Summer Presented by Motion Raceworks as an annual event starting in 2023, and a one-off event each year as well.

2025 marked the opportunity for Sick The Magazine to showcase our home state of Michigan, and Sick Michigan Miles Presented by Driven Racing Oil was held over the last seven days.

After Mother Nature spoiled our plans for racing at Mid-Michigan Motorplex on Tuesday, August 12th, Sick Michigan Miles Presented by Driven Racing Oil made its way north through Michigan to Kaleva and Northern Michigan Dragway.

Although we were greeted by some fog to start the morning, some great racing action took place. We witnessed some shuffling in the top ten, including a new leader, some personal bests, as well as some competitors making their case for not only a category title, but also the Pure Michigan Award.

After a solid first day of competition on the Sick Michigan Miles drag and drive event, and the drive from Milan to Stanton, Michigan complete, we caught rumblings of Mother Nature looking to rain on the activities on Day Two, August 12th, at Mid-Michigan Motorplex.

Despite the best efforts of the Ledford family to give us a solid surface, rain hit the track just minutes before we were about to call competitors to the staging lanes.

So, instead cars and trucks were changed back to street mode, before visiting a trio of checkpoints over 191 miles to prep for Day Three at Northern Michigan Dragway.

With Day One of the Sick Michigan Miles drag and drive event leading into a week-long exploration of Michigan and four different tracks, some woke on Monday morning, August 11th with high hopes, and maybe even calm nerves.

Then, there are those that barely got their rides buttoned up in time to roll through the Darana Dragway gate, lacking sleep, test time, and possibly a functioning credit card due to all the last-minute parts ordering.

No matter which way a competitor got to Sick Michigan Miles Presented by Driven Racing Oil, Day One started with our traditional drivers meeting, before the Darana Dragway crew let the enthusiasts loose on a freshly-prepped surface to see who would gain the quick time slips and early momentum for the event.

Getting a chance to drive a car that has set class records for several drivers, at seven different locations, can hit a prospective driver with high levels of excitement.

But it can also come with pressure, wanting to deliver a solid performance on the given opportunity.

Two drivers that have participated in numerous drag and drive events for over a decade got the chance to trade the streets and the quarter-mile drag strip for Utah and the Bonneville Salt Flats this year.

Could Tom Bailey and Dave Schroeder make the most of the opportunity, with both drivers possibly earning a class record, as well as joining the 200 MPH club?

As Sick Michigan Miles Presented By Driven Racing Oil rolls into the third day of competition, we hit the northernmost track on our route, Northern Michigan Dragway.

With four tracks and five days of racing, we’re also introducing our third track shirt, and providing the details on the track, as well as a Michigan-based business, that made the shirt.

In one week, we’ll be on the second day of the ‘one-time-only’ Sick Michigan Miles Presented By Driven Racing Oil.

Based in Michigan, Sick The Magazine is showcasing our home state with a drag and drive event entirely in Michigan.

After two days at the revamped Darana Dragway in Milan, Sick Michigan Miles moves to Mid-Michigan Motorplex in Stanton.

This is the second of five stories about Michigan, the track we’re visiting on that day, and showcasing the official shirt for each track that incorporates the track, as well as a Michigan business.

Tom Bailey and David Schroeder have been over 200 miles per hour multiple times in drag and drive competition. Yesterday, Tom joined the 200 MPH club during a record run in Keith and Tonya Turk’s 1980 Chevrolet Camaro at Bonneville Speedweek.

After making his license runs, and an engine swap, David Schroeder of Schroeder-Ens Racing will make his first record attempt in the Turk’s Camaro today

We’re one week away from the start of our first ‘one-off’ drag and drive event of 2025, Sick Michigan Miles Presented By Driven Racing Oil.

Sick The Magazine is based in Michigan, and it’s been a goal to showcase the state with an event entirely in Michigan.

In the first of five stories about Michigan, we will be highlighting the track we’re visiting, and showcasing the official shirt for each track that incorporates the track, as well as a Michigan business.

As part of a group of street car enthusiasts for Indiana called Team 260, Adam Hodson has participated in several events, usually with a large crew. From drag and drive events, to no prep-style races, Adam did a lot of events in an 8-second Chevrolet Camaro, usually alongside his Indiana friends.

That crew came into play during the 2020 season of Horsepower Wars, which resulted in the acquisition of the Chevrolet S-10 pick-up. Adam recently guided that truck to the win in Small Tire at the Back To The Streets drag and drive, and now is preparing for back-to-back events in Michigan, including Roadkill Nights and Sick Michigan Miles.