Heralded each year for cool temperatures and killer track prep, which combined result in amazing runs and sold-out crowds, the World Cup Finals Import vs. Domestic event at Maryland International Raceway got underway yesterday. A total of eleven classes got their first look at the track in qualifying, and started the work towards possibly earnign a share of two-hundred thousand dollars in payout, plus the coveted World Cup Finals trophy.

Just one day after Doug Cook dropped the news that he owned a 6-second time slip, Sick the Mag heard that another Super Street class competitor had joined the 6-second club. David and Nick Diehl have been working towards getting the 2000 Ford Mustang into not only the 6-second zone, but also wanting to be the first in the sixes in the Super Street class at a drag-and-drive event. This week, they accomplished one of their goals.

After two-plus years away from the scene, Doug Cook and his storied 1972 Chevrolet Nova came into 2024 with some goals. By October, the Nova has already put in a bunch of street miles, delivered a chunk of solid runs on the track, and even won a Sick Summer class. But Doug and the crew aren’t done yet, but recently they checked off a big box during a test session.

The 1987 Volvo wagon of Mikael Borggren became a staple on several drag-and-drive events, first cracking the 6-second mark at Hot Rod Drag Week in 2021. But he started to make his mark in the no-prep world in the last few years, and also captured a trio of Roadkill Nights Small Tire victories.

With the increase in the number of drag-and-drive events in the last three years, it’s becoming more commonplace to see competitors at more than one event during a calendar year. There are several that have made their mark in the drag-and-drive world, and one of the top ones is Bryant Goldstone.

The two lists that determine early entry for the 2025 edition for Sick Summer Presented by Motion Raceworks are the Top 100 Averages, and the Top Individual Runs.

Six days of driving and racing reached the ultimate conclusion last night, as the tenth running of Rocky Mountain Race Week Presented by Sick the Magazine hit the finish line at Tulsa Raceway Park in Oklahoma.

The drag-and-drive community can get a harsh reminder that just surviving the week is the top task. Then again, Rocky Mountain Race Week 1.0 is still seeing some competitors clocking insane times, and the index classes continue to be close battle grounds.

To kick off the 2024 Rocky Mountain Race Week, Tulsa Raceway Park hosted 314 vehicles and 12 motorcycles on Sunday. With racing activities completed that evening, the Monday ‘workload’ would be who could survive 350-ish miles from Oklahoma to Texas to stage up on Tuesday for day two of racing, and day three of the week.

After being on the sidelines for close to two years, what better time to bring back Uncle Sam than an election year? The 1991 Camaro got finished in time to participate in the first Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive in 2022, and Nick Taylor is ready to return to the drag-and-drive scene in 2024.

“It’s almost weird not having to thrash (for Sick Summer), but at the same time we thrashed a little for the NHRA race. I’m looking forward to Sick Summer and completing it this year.”

Nick Cole-Mann, the first LS H-pattern stick shift in the sixes in January last year, set his sights for 2024 on the overall record. A month ago, the twin-turbo `91 Chevrolet S-10 pick-up clocked a 6.64 at 209 mph. “The only thing that separates me and that number one spot is a warmer race track,” Cole-Mann stated. Today, that track appeared.

Since the crash at this year’s Sick Week, we’ve waited and wondered when the 6-second station wagon of Steve Morris would see the light again. The answer: this weekend at the new Drop the Hammer drag-and-drive event, put on by fellow drag-and-drive runner Carl Stancell. It starts at US 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan Friday, May 31st.

“We were pretty happy with the last pass. Our previous best 330 foot time with the old Corvette was about eigat hundredths quicker, so to be within striking distance of it after just a handful of runs on the new car is encouraging.”

The 2009 Cadillac CTS-V of Chris Conway established the new record mark for an Independent Rear Suspension (IRS) equipped Caddy with a 7.15 pass one week ago, but Conway wanted more.

Recently, a pair of stick shift performances, one by a drag-and-drive competitor, as well as a Cadillac nearing the 6-second zone, got our attention from a test session in Michigan.

“I think we are done on 235s. We did what we wanted; we won twice in Rowdy Radial in the same year.”

“I would like to run at least one 6-second pass at Hot Rod Drag Week, and finish in the top three in my class.”

Although we’re almost used to seeing 6-second and 7-second runs from drag-and-drive cars, it can still require a good amount of money, time and broken parts to get there.

With the huge upswing of drag-and-drive events in the last two years, several have speculated what it takes to be competitive in classes, and what the top 100 averages look like, has been mentioned a few times.