Registration for Southeast Street-N-Yeet Fall Event Opens Today, New Class Added to the Roster
After the initial success of the first Southeast Street-N-Yeet in the fall of 2022, the drag-and-drive through North and South Carolina has expanded to two events for 2023.
This Storied Chevelle Gets Some Upgrades After Seven Years of Drag-and-Drive Event Proving
“It’s going to be the best built 8.50 car ever.” And after all the events Mark and the Chevelle have completed, he said enjoying them with friends and his wife are what he looks forward to the most.
Drag-And-Drive World Champion Presented by Summit Racing Update: Rules Outlined and Points Awarded
Michael Narx released the guidelines and points structure. “We are looking for the best performing racer within the drag-and-drive community. The drag and drive world champion will be a racer that finishes events, wins classes and sets records.”
After a Successful 2022 Hot Rod Drag Week Debut, How Did This Turbocharged Malibu Fare on Sick Week?
Dean Anderson came home from the hospital in a 1955 Chevrolet, and from that moment, his love of cars was a fixture in his life. “I have loved cars my whole life. I would always attend the World Series of Drag Racing at Cordova growing up, and I started racing as soon as I received my license.”
From Rust Bucket to An Iconic TV Replica, This Charger Jumps Into Drag-And-Drive Action
It has all the right details, and for owner Tom Rightler, it’s a car that he always wanted. “Having a ‘General Lee’ was a bucket list car for me. So, when the chance presented itself to buy a ‘69 Charger, I jumped on it.”
Daring to Be Different With A Station Wagon For Drag-And-Drive Duty
The Buick Roadmaster wagon known as ‘Doris’ was purchased in 2010 to build specifically for drag-and-drive. “I built the car as a 6-speed wagon just to be really different, then I got hooked on drag-and-drive events.”
A Tale of Two Camaros – Trying to Complete Two Sick Weeks With Two Different Cars
David Waksman decided to embark on his first drag-and-drive by jumping in with both feet and joined Sick Week in 2022 to compete with a 1984 Chevrolet Camaro. He completed the week without issue, but had a plan in mind to step up for the 2023 edition of Sick Week.
The Quickest H-Pattern Stick Shift In The World Switching to An Automatic?
“Grubbworm has made a reputation for itself as a manual and still stands as the quickest H-pattern, clutch assisted trans equipped vehicle on Earth. Hopefully that record will continue to stand for a while.”
From Canada to Florida, This Mustang Cobra Tackled Its First Drag-and-Drive at Sick Week
“What an experience; Learned a lot about what it takes to successfully finish. Drag and drives are not to be taken lightly; Very humbling.”
This 1967 Firebird Pulled Jim Trettel Back Into Racing in Just Seven Seconds
“I decided life is too short. This Drag-N-Drive is pretty cool. I was a co-pilot in my brother’s Buick GN at Midwest Drags in 2021, and I was hooked.”
Taking A 10-Speed Automatic to New Levels with A Supercharged Mustang
“I was getting ran over by coyotes with a sleeved short block and a bolt on blower.” Enter the current car, a 2003 Mustang Mach 1 that has been Coyote swapped, and also gotten the 10R80 automatic transferred in as well. “I wanted to be the first to do a 10-speed swap.”
Neither Rain Nor Snow Can Stop The Fourth Drag-And-Drive of 2023, Cruise and Lose, From Crowning Winners!
The 2-day event was completed despite a forecast that would test the organizers on whether or not to postpone the event. “The weather was definitely on the not ideal side of things,” said Zach Slevin. “But all of these drag and drive peeps said ‘we have street cars and we are going!’”
Are 6-Second Runs Around the Corner for This Turbocharged Nova?
Jason Sack has participated in three Hot Rod Drag Week events, with his best result being the 2021 event where he averaged a 7.33 to finish second in Unlimited behind David Schroeder.
SCRA Drag Strip Cancels Their 2023 Race Season
Great Bend, the owner of the track, has hired a consultant and engineer who are investigating the recently constructed track surface and will be furnishing a report.
Bandimere Speedway to Close After 2023 Season, Family Plans for Possible New Track Location
The legendary track, known to some as ‘Thunder Mountain’, first opened in 1958 and has hosted an NHRA national event since 1980.
Going Wheels-Up In Search of Single Digit Time Slips in a Turbocharged ’69 Beetle
After a couple years away from drag-and-drive, Steven Dalton tried his hand at a new event, Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0. “I averaged a 10.35, with a best pass of 10.06 at 140 mph. I've never ran a single digit pass with the car before, and Sick Week seems like a pretty good place to do it!”
Throwback Thursday – Larry Larson and Joe Barry Battle Each Other on ‘Grudge Race’
“Between those two cars, they’ve probably been side by side more than any other pair of cars out there that race Drag Week. But we have yet to ever have clean passes next to each other.” - Joe Barry
The Second Annual Cruise and Lose, the Fourth Drag-And-Drive of 2023, Will Take Place in Iowa and Nebraska This Weekend
The fourth drag-and-drive event of the 2023 season – Cruise & Lose – will visit Kearney Race Park and Raceway Park of the Midlands for a three-day weekend.
This Homebuilt Turbocharged Mustang Made Its Drag-And-Drive Debut on Sick Week
“My number 1 goal was to complete the week. It's a racing event, but racing isn't the event. It's one big week of cool fast cars doing their thing and going on a grand adventure of a road trip.”
Will Florida Foes Brett LaSala and Cleetus McFarland Stage Up Snot Rocket and Mullet in Bristol This Friday?
“It’s a friendly rivalry, but we’re both competitive people,” Brett LaSala admits. “So, we want to win, or be quicker and faster than the other.”