With the expansion of more drag-and-drive events for 2023 than ever before, record numbers of new competitors are jumping into the street car proving grounds that is a drag-and-drive event.

As we welcome the final day of March, two big racing events are underway on opposite ends of the United States, and the second drag-and-drive event of the 2023 season gets underway in just a few days.

In order to balance safety standards against the ever-increasing performances on the track, the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) can make updates to rules during each season.

Is it unrealistic to think more drivers won’t be able to produce a 5-second pass in drag-and-drive competition? Tom Bailey stated “Can it be done? Yes. Will it be done? I’m not sure, because when the road comes into play, it’s the equalizer.”

In December 2022, Cooper Bogetti started the Bogetti Studios channel, dedicated to podcasting interviews. From familiar drag-and-drive participants like Tom Bailey and Kevin Smith, to LS-tuner Jeremy Formato and the opinionated “YDBTV” thoughts of Alex Flores, Cooper has discussed a variety of topics on what has become a weekly podcast.

Drag-and-drive events always bring out interesting and unique vehicles, and the 2023 edition of Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive brought us this replica 1933 Ford Hot Rod.

Donald Fotti purchased this ‘68 Ford Mustang fastback Cobra Jet in March of 1971 for just under twenty-five hundred dollars. But instead of letting the car sit and worry about the increase in value, Fotti decides to exercise the Cobra Jet on race track tracks and streets around the US and Canada!

After doing well at several events around her home base of Michigan, JoAnna Iacobelli decided to take the plunge and participate in her first drag-and-drive on the 2023 edition of Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive.

The 2022 NHRA Rookie of the Year, Camrie Caruso becomes the second female driver to win the class since its inception behind five-time champion Erica Enders, who carded the first victory for a female driver in the class back in 2012.

Hellcat enthusiasts have been pushing the power numbers up and the track times down for the last eight years, and although the Challenger and Charger get the lion’s share of the headlines, now a Durango is joining the record-setting ranks.

Making an impressive 2506 horsepower on a hub dyno, the twin-turbo Coyote pushed LaSala to a best of 6.52 at 212 mph on his way to a 6.74 average in winning the 2023 Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive event.

The Drag-and-drive community continues to grow by leaps and bounds for the 2023 season, with 27 different events now scheduled for the United States and Canada.

The weekend big racing news is the final NHRA national event at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, and Hot Rod Drag Week registration opening Saturday March 25th at 9 am EST.

Thanks to Drag-And-Drive Addiction and Summit Racing, big news in the world of drag-and-drive racing was revealed last night, as a World Champion drag-and-drive racer will be crowned in 2023.

Southeast Street-N-Yeet Presented by Motion Raceworks brings the drag-and-drive community to North Carolina on April 2nd to start six days and 500 miles between four tracks in North and South Carolina.

Chevrolet’s Pressroom confirmed today the last model year of the current generation of Camaro will be the 2024 model. The final Camaro will roll off the GM Michigan plant sometime in January 2024.

“I had a dream to do Hot Rod Drag Week,” Thompson said. And after owning this Dart since the age of 14, Thompson decided it was time to put the dream into motion.

The final entry in the Dodge “Last Call” arsenal debuted last night at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and what an entry into the seven special edition “Last Call” vehicles between the Challenger and Charger models.

After battling weather, crashes and oil downs, day five of TX2K 2023 at Houston Raceway got under way on Sunday, March 19th. Amongst thirteen different classes of competition, four classes featured drag-and-drive competitors in a final round.

Tonight will be a celebration of the seventh, and final, vehicle in the Dodge “Last Call” arsenal as the 2023 model year marks the final one for current Challenger and Charger vehicles from Dodge.