This ’67 Chevy Nova Gasser droves hundreds of miles to finish Summit Midwest Drags, despite eating rear ends for breakfast!

A unique drag-and-drive ride with a storied history hits the used car market tonight, when Rick Prospero’s Mazda RX-7 goes up for sale.

When Stefan Rossi crashed his seven-second Nova on day one of Sick Week 2022, many people thought his week was done. But he had other ideas.

There will be several rule changes and class additions at Sick Week 2023 Presented By Gear Vendors, as we aim to both keep the event in line with other drag-and-drive events and innovate in new areas.

We wanted Sick Week Presented By Gear Vendors to be the quickest drag-and-drive ever - and it didn’t disappoint. One of the rewards on offer for those who ran quick was to get early entry into the 2023 event.

Scott Klepinger is known for smashing out seven-second quarter miles from his ‘86 Camaro, but lesser known is that he had the same engine in the car for seven years without a rebuild.

Reliability is one of the most important traits to have in a drag-and-drive car, but it is not a word typically associated with nitro.
Brian Kohlmann still holds the honor of being the only madman to compete at a drag-and-drive event with nitromethane in the tank. His ‘31 Chrysler CM6 Coupe is essentially a street driven fuel altered, which has been into the sixes over the quarter-mile.

Ten o’clock in the morning on a Thursday is hardly drag racing prime time, but at Milan Dragway in Michigan on August 11 there will be some truly legendary American street cars making runs. And the best part? You’ll be able to watch for (almost) free.

I was at the first Hot Rod Drag Week in 2005. Carl Scott winning the deal with the nitrous car, Larson putting the little pulley on it to haul ass on the last day, a 1,000 mile trip to nowhere in one direction. I figured it was as good as it got and that would be the last time a group of lunatic fringe hot rodders would ever do something like that again. Boy, did I misjudge the lunatics.

We all know Sick Week is going to be crazy, but what if you could have a chance at an entry without having to battle the crowds?

What happens when you combined two beloved coupes from different sides of the globe? Awesomeness happens.

This Datsun 260Z is owned by Julian Hofmann, and was built by Eric Sanchez’s Light Speed and Fab LLC shop in New Salisbury, Indiana. There the classic Japanese styling was paired up with modern American horsepower for a ridiculously fun car. Corvette meets Z, sounds like a match made in heaven to us.

The Dodge Shadow (and its fetchingly-named sibling, the Plymouth Sundance) were first produced in 1986, and though they lacked the muscle car looks, they were surprisingly quick. Factory turbocharged models were cutting 0-60mph times in the mid-sevens, putting them on pace with the five-liter Ford Mustangs of the same era. They were no slugs.

Garrett Mitchell has taken his first overall drag-and-drive win with a commanding performance at Summit Midwest Drags 2022.

A rollercoaster day at Dragway 42 in Ohio saw spectacular moments and a high level of carnage on the track, as Midwest Drags entered its penultimate stage.

The overall lead of Summit Midwest Drags changed hands on day two of the event, as Garrett Mitchell guided the Mullet El Camino to its quickest drag-and-drive passes yet.

Summit Midwest Drags day one is in the books, as teams struggled with a racing surface that was hung over from the monsoon rains overnight.

The summer of drag-and-drive is here, with Summit Midwest Drags locked and loaded for its third running.

Day two of the Carolina Drag Cruise at Ware Shoals Dragway saw the contest for overall honors take some interesting twists and turns, as a challenging track surface and the drive section itself took a toll.

As temperatures soared into the mid-nineties, Carolina Drag Cruise competitors conquered a hot track at Greer Dragway.