“At one point we thought it might not be done in time for the Performance and Racing Industry (PRI) show, but it will be there.”

But despite the drag-and-drive and most big events being in the books for 2023, Brett LaSala and the Real Street group have pushed on, testing and finding gains at their hometown track, Orlando Speed World Dragway.

“Drag-and-drive events appeal to me because they are the ultimate challenge for man and machine. They are also the closest group of friends that are really complete strangers.”

This clean 1976 Trans Am checks all the boxes in the ‘Special Edition’ black and gold appearance. But in track mode, the Pontiac-powered ride shines with the performance many wish the factory model could’ve had.

“I really want to prove that my car can do a drag and drive event and be competitive. Depending on how Sick Week goes, there is always a chance to participate in Hot Rod Drag Week as well.”

With 2024 just around the corner, and with it - Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive - Sick the Magazine has released a schedule of events we will be hosting, as well as a few more we will be in attendance at.

The eighth-mile based 235-tire (26-inch-tall x 8.5-inch-width) classes moved to another level in the 2023 season, and several racers are taking the off-season to refine or update their program for better times in 2024.

After debuting earlier this year at Thunder Valley Raceway in Oklahoma, King Of The Open Road visited Tucson Dragway in Tucson, Arizona in September, and now heads for Texas Motorplex for the finale!

With the spring date in the books, competitors and enthusiasts alike returned to Shadyside Dragway in Shelby, North Carolina to kick start the fall edition of Southeast Street-N-Yeet.

After a 2023 season that started with setting the standard for a 235 tire in route to winning the Rowdy Radial title at Sick Week, and included two more wins at Sick Summer and Hot Rod Drag Week, Devin Vanderhoof is changing the game up.

“He was my best bud and co-pilot for the last ten years. When I found out he was sick, I couldn’t just not do anything. We needed to make a difference.”

“I bought the car back in April of 2021, after it literally sat for 11 years untouched in a garage since I sold it. I decided to finish what we started back in 2010 when I sold the car.”

After a storied 2023 that included a second-place finish in the Stick Shift class at Sick Summer Presented by TBM Brakes, as well as qualifying for World Cup Finals Import vs Domestic event in Stick Shift, Bryan Crane is getting winter upgrades ready to go for 2024.

After four days in the South Florida sunshine, the ModNationals at Bradenton Motorsports Park is in the books, and a few familiar faces from the drag-and-drive world are among the finalists.

When a drag-and-drive event is planned for the west coast, people take notice. For Jim Forbes, Death Week would start just a few hours from his home in Sierra Vista, Arizona. So, he prepared to take an eye catcher of a ride, a 1962 Chevrolet Nova gasser he calls ‘Plan II.’

A tradition on Veterans Day weekend, the ModNationals event - created by Justin Young to highlight Ford modular engine platforms - starts its second day of qualifying today at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida.

It’s understandable how some might choose not to participate on Death Week or even Rocky Mountain Race Week, as these two events on the drag-and-drive roster feature more miles and altitude changes then others. Then there’s competitors like Thomas Bagguley.

7 months after the spring version of Southeast Street-N-Yeet wrapped up at Shadyside Dragway, the Carolina-based drag-and-drive returns to Shadyside to kick start the fall edition of Southeast Street-N-Yeet Presented by Motion Raceworks.

“It was an amazing result to those nine days,” Brock said during the Skull ceremony about Death Week. “No crackheads asked me for money, so that’s always a plus.”

Although his wife’s 1998 Trans Am has been a solid piece on Sick Week and a Sick Shootout at Norwalk, Chuck Stefanski is getting a Pontiac Lemans station wagon he calls Plan B ready for 2024.