“We went through all the cars most people were using for burnouts, and no one was using a Mopar. I picked the biggest cars we had, including a 1968 Plymouth Road Runner we named Linda, for our burnout cars.”

Paul Brown also owns the recreation of Doug Thorley’s “Chevy 2 Much” 1964 Chevy Nova A/FX altered wheelbase car. After acquiring and showing that car for some time, the subject of recreating Doug Thorley’s funny car came up.

When a BMW 4-door gutted shell was bound for the junkyard in late 2018, Carl Balzar stepped in to buy his newest project for 400 hundred dollars. Nearly 5 years later, that shell is entering drifting and the burnout competition at Summit Sick Powerfest Presented by M1 Concourse.

Just in case you thought last year’s burnout contest winner Patrick Corcoran was resting on his laurels…. “I know they got some big guns coming this year, but I’m going to get out there and put on a damn show.”

There is nothing like the sight, sound and smell of a nitro-burning supercharged engine. Combine that experience with a front-engine dragster with a cool look and a lot of history, and it’s something you have to see to appreciate at Summit Sick Powerfest!

Justin McMurtrie’s Ford Durango is a proven seven-second street car.

One of the most impressive cars of last year’s Sick Powerfest burnout competition will be back!

Although there can be a huge difference in the approach and set-up of a prepped track to a non-prep surface, a few drag-and-drive competitors took the plunge and rolled to Central Alberta Raceways for their shot at a class win at the No Prep 8 event.

Miles of Mayhem, contested from July 23rd through the 28th, concluded its five days of driving and racing on the eighth-mile standard, and crowned champions in eight classes.

Scott Higgs and Blake Housley are the men behind the efforts to bring a new drag strip to Missouri, and the new Flying H Drag Strip is currently scheduled to be completed by October 2023.

Following this year’s Sick Summer, Tim Flanders decide to head for the NMRA’s third event of the 2023 and enter the 8.60-index Street Race class. “I went straight from Cordova, drove all night, slept for about 45 minutes at my house, and ran the 8.60 class at Norwalk,” he said.

“After changing directions and plans numerous times, the last five years is when I got serious about it. I wanted an 80-percent street car and 20-percent race car.”

The eight-car shootout field was selected from drivers and rides that had completed a drag-and-drive, and the weekend included some great match-ups, personal best times, and our first driver to go undefeated for the event in five match-ups.

“I don’t really have any track racing experience besides just test and tune. But I have street raced ever since I got my driver’s license.”

With the increased popularity of drag-and-drive events, some of the classes and participants have been showcased in other series as well in 2023. The National Hot Rod Association hosted drivers for exhibition pass at two events in 2023; Now the National Muscle Car Assocation will do the same at this weekend’s Power Festival at US 13 Motorsport Park in Martin, Michigan.

Just a few days after news broke about Atco Dragway in New Jersey being sold and closing their gates to the racing community, another track has been sold and likely faces a similar fate.

This marks the second major track in New Jersey to close its doors to the drag racing community in five years. Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, which opened in 1965, announced that the venue will cease hosting all drag racing events in early 2018.

By the fourth day of Street Week Sweden, Westberg had turned the screws on the combination to deliver a new personal-best elapsed time, a 4.09 at 175 mph, good enough to also stand for a new Street Week Sweden event record.

This 2001 Chevrolet Camaro has been under the care of Travis Martin for two decades, and based on the memories and racing results he’s racked up, it won’t be leaving his possession anytime soon.

As we cross the midpoint of the 2023 calendar, one thing is for certain: the number of drag-and-drive events have started to ramp up! From Rocky Mountain Race Week held the last week in June, to the Miles of Mayhem event held in Canada, there are seven different events being contested, including two outside North America!