The Averages and Quickest Runs from Sick Summer Presented by Motion Raceworks – Who Made the Top 100 and Get Early Entry for 2026?
Sick Summer Presented by Motion Raceworks is in the books, and we’ve heralded the class winners with the coveted Sick The Mag orange helmets, watched Rick Johnson hand out the three coveted Gear Vendors Overdrive guitars, and reported the results.
But there’s still work to be done, including reporting the averages and the quickest runs to determine early entry for the 2026 edition for Sick Summer!
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First, let’s look at the numbers. 2025 saw the largest number of entrants for Sick Summer history at 344 cars (some earlier reports noted 342), and 68 didn’t return to Byron Dragway to finish the week (a 19.8-percent attrition rate).
This means a few more were sidelined in 2025 versus the 2024 results (57 vehicles of 317 entered didn’t complete the week in 2024, an 18-percent rate), or the first year of Sick Summer in 2023 (only 26 competitors out of the 225 entered didn’t finish, an amazingly low 11.5-percent attrition rate).
So, how did the remaining Sick Summer competitors do?
Event Finishers – Quarter-Mile Averages
The two lists that determine early entry for the 2026 edition for Sick Summer are the averages and the quickest passes. How does the Sick Summer 2025 averages compare to the 2024 event results?
Bryant Goldstone leads the way with a 6.64 average, second went to the wagon of Steve Morris with a 6.91 average, a 6.96 average from the 2001 Mustang of David and Nick Diehl secured third, and the number 100 spots goes to Chip Appleton with a 10.992.
These are close to the 2024 numbers where Goldstone was on top with a 6.60 result, and Mike Cole anchored the Top 100 averages with a 10.909 tally for the week.
Event Finishers – Eighth-Mile Averages (Rowdy Radial Class)
Run on the eighth-mile standard, the Rowdy Radial class had some solid competitors, a new winner was crowned for the third time in as many years, and the Motion Raceworks ‘El Toro’ Mustang claimed the top spot for the second-straight year. The top average got lowered again, from last year’s 5.13 to the 4.89 from DeLeon, Tanner Stover in second with a 5.06 average, and seven of ten rides survived the week.
Using a standard conversion factor from eighth-mile to quarter-mile, the top six finishers would be in the single-digit range for quarter-mile times, easily sliding into the Top 100 averages.
CLICK HERE to view the complete average list for 2025 Sick Summer Presented by Motion Raceworks is below (Rowdy Radial finishers are listed by their eighth-mile averages at the bottyom of the PDF).
The Top Individual Run – Quarter-Mile
The second list used to determine early entry for the 2026 edition of Sick Summer is the Top 100 Quickest Run list.
Unlike the average list where the numbers come from participants that complete the event, the Top Individual Run list comes from both finishers and those on the Did Not Finish (DNF) list, with the quickest run from each racer used.
The 2024 edition of Sick Summer had Bryant Goldstone making close to a personal best run of 6.406 on Day One in the cool conditions at Byron Dragway. The Top 100 Individual Run list was anchored by Rick Callahan with a 10.261 best pass.
Fast forward one year, and Goldstone would retain the top spot with a 6.602 best pass from the week, Josh Davis a close second with a 6.633, Steve Morris with a 6.670 claimed third, and the 100th spot went to Frank Veneziano with a 10.203 time slip.
The Top Individual Run – Eighth-Mile (Rowdy Radial Class)
As we noted before, Rowdy Radial raised the bar for Sick Summer 2025, on both average and single run. The top run from the 2024 edition of Sick Summer for Rowdy Radial was Blayne Stark in the ‘El Toro’ Mustang with a 4.915 run. The same Mustang propelled Luis DeLeon to a 4.77 for the top spot in 2025, with Stover’s 4.973 best claiming second.
Employing the same conversion factor from eighth-mile to quarter-mile, all ten of the Rowdy Radial competitors would be in the single-digits on the quarter-mile equation, easily sliding into the Top 100 single runs.
CLICK HERE to view the complete top individual run list for 2025 Sick Summer Presented by Motion Raceworks is below (Rowdy Radial finishers are listed by their eighth-mile runs at the bottom of the PDF).
Written by Derek Putnam. Photos courtesy of Sick the Magazine.
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