Mikael Borggren’s ’87 Volvo station wagon has done it’s job to break the mold of “wagons aren’t cool.” Of course, when your wagon is capable of 6-second at over 200 mph potential, that doesn’t hurt either.

Sometimes we have bad news drop from the racing community, and today’s news comes for someone that has already been through a lot in the last two years, both health wise and with his racing.

“This car started out as a joke,” Brian admits. “A friend had it sitting in his yard, and he wanted a SN95 chassis Mustang (1994-2004).” Brian Slow made the trade, and then plotted what to do with the 4-door.

Tony entered the Stick Shift class at Sick Week, and rolled the Pontiac into competition armed with only dyno time and some street shakedown miles. How did Tony fare?

Doug Cook was in attendance at the Lights Out event at South Georgia Motorsports Park, and his first guest was someone with a lot of experience in the radial tire world: Stevie Fast Jackson.

The stars of Pro Modified will converge on Bradenton Motorsports Park this weekend for the fourth Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod presented by J&A Service, March 3-5. Over 50 drivers were invited to fight for the 32 qualifying spots and a shot at the $100,000 winner-take-all prize.

Being in February can bring optimal weather conditions, so Lights Out can commonly see record-setting performances put down, plus a ton of spectators to witness the action over a four-day period.

Joining Cooper Bogetti and Jered Muehlhausen in the winner’s circle would be two more drivers with multiple drag-and-drive events under their belts.

This year, Motion followed brothers Doug and Andy Cook, who both ran the Rowdy Radial class. TBM employee Tanner Stover in the Modified class, and previous Hot Rod Drag Week winner Eric Yost in the Super Street class.

Donovan and new co-pilot Reggie Gonzalez were into day two of driving toward Florida, a mere two hours from Bradenton Motorsports Park.. But just north of the 2022 Sick Week’s final checkpoint, things drastically changed.

Despite a few big events already in the books for the 2023 season, this weekend brings a couple big events to the table that signals the racing season is getting underway.

My head fills with all the late nights, the cruises, the checkpoints, the calls for broken parts to fix allowing a competitor to just “finish the week.” It’s official; I’m in the “drag-and-drive hangover” phase.

At Sick Week 2023 Presented By Gear Vendors Overdrive, most of the attention was focused on the cars on-track at any given time. The cameras are trained and the announcer is hyped, but outside of this spotlight there are many things going on in the background to ensure the event meets the standards we (and you) expect.

Our friends at Hot Rod Magazine have just announced their dates for Hot Rod Drag Week 2023 Presented By Gear Vendors Overdrive - and if you’re in the southeast, it’s awesome!

The class was separated by less than one-thousandth of-a-second on the top two spots in 2022, and with a stacked field of competitors, there was no doubt history could repeat in 2023.

….This is an inside look at what they went through to just get to Orlando and get teched in time to participate on Sick Week!

Would the class leaders Sick Week have a fairytale ending, or just a trail of broken parts?  

Fresh from a win in the new Rowdy Radial class at 2023 Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive, Devin Vanderhoof is sharing some of the secrets of his success.

The Sick Street Race class started with 26 participants, and by the second day, the focus for the top spot had shifted to Aaron Shaffer and Dustin Trance.

With Thursday and Gainesville Raceway in the rear-view mirror, Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive would make the drive to return back to Orlando “Sick” World Dragway for the final day, day 5, to wrap up an epic week.