2023 is seeing some drag-and-drive competitors in the no-prep scene, including Mikael Borggren and his Volvo station wagon, and David and Nick Diehl’s Mustangs.

An epic once-in-a-lifetime drag-and-drive like Death Week has lots of cool things that bring it one step above other drag-and-drive events. One of those will be limited edition t-shirts for each track day of the event!

A new addition for the 2023 edition of the popular No Mercy event was the Street Car Braggin Rights Street Car class, and some familiar drag-and-drive names jumped into the street car sandbox to battle it out for a $10,000 winner payout.

With a once-in-a-lifetime road trip that spans nearly 2,000 miles, track selection is just as critical, and Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park will provide the starting point for Death Week.

The six-second quarter-mile street car barrier has been broken in Australia with Mark Whitla’s Ford Capri delivering an outstanding 6.91/208mph at the brand new Dragway at The Bend facility as part of Street Machine Drag Challenge.

Some automotive enthusiasts can easily point the finger at what got them into the sport. That’s the case for Jason Stanford and his dad Joe, who recently completed their second drag-and-drive event together at this year’s Hot Rod Drag Week.

We’ve watched as Garrett Mitchell (a.k.a. Cleetus McFarland) has gone from a part time YouTuber and a possible career as a lawyer, to doing YouTube full time, purchasing a race track, expanding his team, and knocking down several personal goals.

“The biggest appeal to me about drag-and-drive is being able to enjoy the car we work so hard on and spend so much money on, for more the 5 seconds at a time in the eighth-mile.”

Rocky Mountain Race Week (RMRW) 2.0 recently wrapped up, and for many, it will mark their final visit to Bandimere Speedway, as the track will close its gates at the end of the month.    

The second and final Rocky Mountain Race Week of 2023 recently completely seven days of racing and street driving for competitors and Road Week participants on Race Week 2.0.

Combining cool Florida winter air, top-notch track prep at each and every track, and popular checkpoints / stops along the way, Sick Week has proven to be a popular destination since it was first contested in 2022.

After four days of sun, drizzle, breakage and bad-ass runs, competition was wrapped up just short of midnight on Sunday night for the eleventh running of FL2K at Bradenton Motorsports Park.

“Drag-and-drive events are pure chaos, like Tortuga in Pirates of the Caribbean. With the color of the car being Nassau Blue, I think Tortuga is the name of our new hot rod.”

“I have a feeling Death Week will go down in history as the longest, most difficult drag-and-drive event, and I just couldn't miss that.”

Brett LaSala, who captured the Modified class win at this year’s Sick Week, rolled into FL2K sporting a new pair of Precision Turbo Next Gen 80-millimeter turbochargers on his 2012 Ford Mustang, Snot Rocket.

Mike Swindoll’s 1968 Chevrolet Malibu flew under the radar at the 2023 edition of Sick Week, but with the changes he’s made since February, he’ll be standing out like a diamond now!

“The attraction to Death Week is the challenge and the kick ass places we’re going to see. The comradery with buddies and our sons is something pretty special.”

“We attended Sick Week in Sick Ward just to see how it was. We enjoyed the event, but I just wanted to push my luck a little more and beat on the car at the track, plus the adventure of Death Week.” - Austin Hart

The Redwood Rally, a new event for 2023, covered nearly 700 miles of Pacific Northwest roads between Coos Bay Speedway, Medford Dragstrip, Redding Dragstrip and Samoa Dragstrip.

Rocky Mountain Race Week strode across the plains to Kearney, Nebraska for the second day of competition, after a drive day to cover the almost 500 mile distance between there and Pueblo, Colorado.