“I hope to make clean runs, break into the 11-second zone, and make the trip.”

“We look forward to meeting some amazing new people, and reconnect with friends we’ve made along the way.”

Despite its racy appearance, Steve Groenink states his first priority with the car is making sure it can be driven reliably. “If I can’t cruise the car regularly, then I don’t want it.”

“I hope to make a 4-second eighth-mile pass in Rowdy Radial,” said Rick of his Sick Week goals. “But I just like doing street car stuff with my friends.”

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“I feel I may have been practicing for this type of event since I first started tinkering with cars. It presents a challenge and a sense of self reliance while also providing opportunity to help others and meet new people.”

Only one Pontiac has auctioned for more than one million dollars, a 1954 Bonneville Special Concept, and the highest GTO purchase price on record was a 1969 GTO Judge garnering a $682,000 purchase price.

“That day is when I realized it should be fun and not work, so at the check points it’s time to hang out, not just snap a picture and leave.”

“I hope to be competitive and have the Panda hold her own,” Darnell said of his hopes for Sick Week. “Building and driving a reliable car to race at this level is hard.

“I thought we could do something in the western region and the mountain area. I wanted to get people back to the roots of why we started doing ‘drag-and-drive events.’”

1320 Video founder Kyle Loftis has been presented the chance to tell his story a few times before this video, but in his words “not in his depth, and with pictures and video to go with it.”

“My plan is finish the event and average faster than last year,” said Ridenour of his plans. I’ve been involved with drag-and-drive events since 2013, so I see other failures and try to avoid those.”

Once action got started on track, some competitors opened with easy “A to B” passes to officially complete Sick Week. Then, the gloves came off and the final battles got under way!

Bart is looking forward to Sick Week. “The event looks like it is very family oriented, and Sick Ward is really cool too.”

Brian planned to shave around 200 pounds of weight by swapping in lighter seats, battery, cables, driveshaft and fasteners.

“All this money we wrap up into these cars, I want to be able to actually enjoy them instead of loading it in the trailer to go to a track.”

Manny Buginga is changing the game, as the multi-time series champion is putting two competitive race cars and the teams to back them up for lease in 2023.

“The distance from track to track seems much more relaxed than some other events, and I know every track is top notch. Just to say I made passes at Gainesville and SGMP is pretty cool, but I have to get there first.”

“All the lessons I’ve learned are the ones that are really hard”
- Mike Finnegan

“I hope to be competitive in Rowdy Radial this time. My new engine and turbos have shown promising low 5-second elapsed times.”