“The last time you saw us in 2022, total nightmare. We broke the motor on day 1.” The words spoken by Mike Finnegan, former co-host of the MotorTrend show Roadkill, as he and Tony Angelo opened an epic 2-hour movie showing what happened on Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week event in 2024. “If we just make it down the track, it’ll be a huge improvement,” said Angelo.

The road of Mike Finnegan and Tony Angelo tackling Hot Rod Drag Week is a storied one, and in this first part, we take a step back in time, covering Finnegan’s Drag Week past, and link the first movie release of his 2024 Hot Rod Drag Week experience.

After getting its start in Medford, Oregon, the second annual Redwood Rally made its way west to the coast of California and Samoa Dragstrip for day two of the event.

For day three, competitors would hit the road north, and follow the Pacific coastline 215 miles back into Oregon and Coos Bay Speedway.

Who could hang on to class leads?

After a little over a week between our last drag-and-drive event coverage, we jump back into the action with the recently completed fourth annual Miles of Mayhem event. Covering just over 1700 kilometers across Canada (over 1000 miles), contestants can compete in ten different classes.

After a solid calendar of drag-and-drive events for 2023 where 30 events were held, we wondered what the 2024 landscape would hold. With constant reports of rising costs on everything from food to fuel, would the drag-and-drive community be able to support more events for 2024?

Boost and beaches! The final drive day of Sick Week 2023 Presented By Gear Vendors Overdrive took racers from Gainesville Raceway to the coast of Florida as they ventured back to Orlando ahead of the final day of competition. Wes Allison captured many of them en route!

Sick Week 2023 Presented By Gear Vendors Overdrive briefly rose out of Florida to attend South Georgia Motorsports Park. After the day’s racing, competitors took a beautiful country drive on the back roads down to Gainesville. Wes Allison captured the feeling along the way.

Wow! What can you say about the first day of Sick Week 2023 Presented By Gear Vendors Overdrive? Records runs, mechanical carnage and plenty of interesting sights as we turned Orlando Speed World into Sick World! Here’s Wes Allison’s hot shots from the day.