Alaska Speed Week Presented By Sick The Mag will bring drag-and-drive competition to the furthest reaches of North America for the first time.

John Sears started the Radial Tire Racing Association, and is a staple for tech duties at a lot of big races, including Sick Week.

For Kate Folmar, all it took was her first drag-and-drive experience to make a lasting impression, and thus making her 1991 Mustang build expand its possible uses.

This Ford Roadster has been a part of Kevin Willms’ life for 45 years, been racing at several different points, and recently completed its second drag-and-drive Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive.

Steve Niles has owned this 1972 Cutlass 442 for over thirty years, and will embark on his first drag-and-drive at Sick Summer Presented by TBM Brakes.

An engine failure likely got fluid got under the rear tires and caused a crash and fire where the car went over the wall. Although Andrew Nelson suffered some injuries in the crash, the good news is he is now out of the hospital, and at home recovering.

Pete Harrell owns Harrell Engine & Dyno in North Carolina, and is a tuner and engine builder. His clients include Mike Finnegan, Cleetus McFarland and 2023 Sick Week Super Street winner Eric Yost.

A former bracket racer and multi-time top ten finisher in the NMRA’s Modular Muscle class, Rick now takes a laid-back approach to racing and enjoys wheeling a 2020 Ford Mustang GT in street-style events, including Hot Rod Drag Week.

“This is unbelievable,” Spencer Hyde said. “I knew once we got in, we could run our game and we could run with everybody. We proved that with a volunteer crew of guys that are high school buddies and buddies from back home now.”

We didn’t see the truck on the 2023 edition of Sick Week, but based on a recent update from Nick Cryer, it was for good reason. Nick recently released photos of his latest build, a 1934 Ford 3 window coupe.

Brett LaSala had done almost everything for a street car. Clicked off a 6-second pass at over 200 mph, run near the top with other street cars, and been competitive at events like TX2K, FL2K and ModNationals.

The World Series of Pro Mod, being held at Bradenton Motorsports Park, as well as the NMRA Spring Break Shootout, will take place this weekend.

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.