There are some cars that stand out in the crowd just a little more. Whether it’s because of performance, appearance or the story behind it all, some rides are just more prevalent in our minds. From the first time we saw Robbie Price’s Mercury station wagon known as ‘Shelia’s Dream’, we knew it would be one of those cars, and now the Price family is working on more reasons to make us remember the wagon.

After the wagon completed its second Sick Summer in 2024, owner Robbie wanted more. For 2025, the Price wagon is making the change to turbocharged motivation, as a pair of units will replace the nitrous on the wagon.

With several turbochargers on the market, there are a ton of choices on how to add boost to your ride. Precision Turbo is one of the names that’s been in the market for a while, and based on the results of the last few seasons of drag-and-drive events, they are making their mark.

Precision Turbo has been on some of the quickest and fastest rides in racing, and offer several different versions of turbochargers. From entry level and mirror-image turbos, to specific class legal designs for heads-up racing, Precision has several options to choose from.

Well known in the small tire and no-prep circles, the ‘Beater Bomb’ Ford Mustang has been winning on practically every surface for over a decade. Joey Hiykel’s Mustang is an eighth-mile rocket, and although he usually keeps things under wraps on engine combination and performances, he recently dropped a new record and revealed times.

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.

Unless rules dictate otherwise, it’s becoming more common to see turbochargers at the top of the drag-and-drive playing field. Now, granted there are plenty of supercharged and nitrous-assisted hot rods as well, and even a few quick naturally-aspirated combinations. It wasn’t much of a surprise to see a majority of the top ten spots on the recent Edelbrock Sick 66 going to turbo entries, but looking a little closer reveal some parity.

After a successful drag-and-drive debut at Hot Rod Drag Week in 2023, Jack Brooks looked to continue his drag-and-drive adventure at this year’s Sick Week and Sick Summer. Neither panned out as he wanted, so it was back to the drawing board, and a bunch of changes, to plot his return to Hot Rod Drag Week.

After a successful run, Stefan Gustafsson has retired the storied ‘Bitter Tears’ 1989 Chevrolet Corvette from drag-and-drive competition. But he’s he’s not leaving the fray; the 2-time Unlimited class champ is preparing for a new ride to debut at 2025 edition of Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive.

This week’s submission comes from Wyatt Nejdl, who joined father Doug for the second time on a drag-and-drive at this year’s Sick Summer with their 1988 Ford Mustang.

What does one have to do with the other, and how does it sound like both rides might be even more fun than before? It all started when Jonathan Whitaker took his ‘93 Ford Mustang Cobra on this year’s Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive.

Some are tested and ready days, or even weeks in advance for this week’s Sick Summer event, while others are still busting their knuckles to make the 1 p.m. deadline to arrive in tech line to be able to compete. From last-minute turn signal wiring, to pulling out a transmission with the final hours ticking away, this is what we’ve seen on last minute work to get into competition.

After a solid 2023 season that got Rob Courtney a third-place finish at Sick Week, and a win at Sick Summer, he comes into 2024 with new targets. “I want all 8-second passes, and try to get the record from my boy Tony (Niemczyk).”

Shipped back to Sweden after collecting a second Sick Week victory and third Gear Vendors guitar, Stefan Gustafsson had sent his 1989 Chevrolet Corvette known as ‘Bitter Tears’ out on a high note. Or was there one more race to go?

Jerry’s 1964 Ford Falcon Sedan delivery is a unique ride to begin with, and he combined old school vibes with a modern boost in power.

“The drag-and-drive community is amazing. I love just being out in the truck with friends, and not worrying about anything but making it to the next track. To me it’s just a great way to get away from the day to day grind.”

“Drag-and-drives combines the best of both worlds. It also is a very like family-oriented event; everyone helps one another even though they may be competing against another it gives it a ‘small track’ kind of feel to it.”

“After years of building, testing and breaking stuff, we were ready for Sick Week 2024!”

“I had the traditional small block engine in a ’72 El Camino. It got old, and we wanted to do something different.”

“I’m a Mopar guy, but a car enthusiast also. When a car guy sees a Fairmont Futura for 500 bucks, you click on that ad. It looked pretty clean, and I beat everyone to it.”

“I bought the car about three years ago as a roller and I’ve just been chipping away at it. It has a SFI 25.3 chassis already, and the cage work was complete and certified, had all the tin work done, and brakes done too.”

This 1993 Mustang Cobra, one of just 4,993 produced, doesn’t lead a pampered life where some would judge it based on correct factory parts, but instead cracks off 9-second runs with a stick shift in the tunnel as the factory intended!