There’s almost always a feel-good story, a thrash story that comes out right, and how someone manages to beat the odds and complete a drag-and-drive event.

Starting in 2015, Rocky Mountain Race Week has combined once of the more scenic routes in drag-and-drive events with challenging race conditions at some storied race tracks.

Not long after the verdict came down allowing the land Palm Beach International Raceway is on to be redeveloped to warehouses, rumors started circulating that plans for a new racing facility could be possible in Palm Beach County.

“I like seeing parts of the country most never see. It’s lots of different race tracks, and racing with the best 8.50 racers in the world. My best friends are from this.” - Tim Flanders of why he continues to participate in drag-and-drive events.

The 2023 season for drag-and-drive events is starting to heat up, as less than ten days after the completion of Sick Summer, three more drag-and-drive specific events have been completed, in three different countries!

“I grew up with my father driving his 1966 Chevelle to a circle track 30 miles away,” Larry said. “He would get the track, take out all the glass, headlights, taillights, change tires and race. After the race he would put it back together again, and drive it home. So, I guess maybe that is what appeals to me about drag-and-drives.”

After months of searching, a replacement ‘57 Chevy wagon was found, ironically in a similar color to its predecessor. The “Deuce Box” it would be christened, and the build was on.

The movie Dead Poets Society gives us the quote “Carpe diem. Seize the day boys. Make your lives extraordinary.” For some, seizing the day has come in the form of participation in a drag-and-drive event in 2023.

With a lot of LS-swaps, modern fuel injection, turbochargers and such becoming the norm, some of the street car shootout history and drag-and-drive legacy may seem to be fading away. This ‘69 Nova brings classic sheetmetal, as well as an old school big block, a carburetor and a nitrous system.

It all started with a classified ad for a 1957 Chevrolet wagon bracket car: “car cannot be driven long distances.” If you know Tom Bailey and the drag-and-drive mentality, that’s a challenge!

“My husband said ‘you can do it,’” Holly admitted when discussing what brought them to Sick Summer. “I planned to just have fun, and soak in the experience.”

After over 600 road miles, lots of track runs, some “weather” on the second day, and a ton of memories made, Sick Summer 2023 Presented by TBM Brakes returned to Cordova Dragway in Illinois to wrap up a great week in the Midwest!

Alaska Speed Week has begun, sending a couple of dozen brave racers around Alaska for the adventure of a lifetime.

With four days of corn fields, two-lane roads and trailer burnouts in the rear-view mirror, Sick Summer Presented by TBM Brakes returned to Cordova Dragway to crown class winners.

Considering the final checkpoint on day three was the Field of Dreams movie site, some competitors should have seen the curveball coming; Day four found class leads changing hands, consistent rides would struggle, and a few more rides would find the Did Not Finish list.

Thanks Iowa for hosting day four of Sick Summer Presented By TBM Brakes! After a big day at Tri-State Raceway we made our way down to the Pleasant Creek lake, Hot Rods by Havlik and Motion Raceworks for the awesome End of The Road Party. The final day at Cordova Dragway is almost here, let’s do this thing!

Day three stopped at Great Lakes Dragaway, and the biggest crowd of the week was on hand to pack the grandstands.

After about two hours of racing on the track, Mother Nature decided to spoil the party with a rain shower that didn’t fully quit for over an hour.

A pair of big rain showers brought an earlier-than-anticipated end to racing at Byron Dragway on day two of Sick Summer Presented By TBM Brakes. But in the drag and drive world, that doesn’t mean things get easy on the racers.