The fifth anniversary of Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0 (Race Week) got underway Pine Valley Raceway in Lufkin, Texas for day one with 231 participants. Stop two would be the all-concrete Texas Motorplex.

Could any of the competitors take advantage of all that concrete, and blast to a better time than what they produced on Sunday night?

With ten years of solid history of Rocky Mountain Race Week (RMRW) in the books, the second helping, Race Week or RMRW 2.0, recently got underway for its fifth year in Texas.

Focused on tracks in Texas and Louisiana, the Motion Raceworks Race Week Presented by Sick the Magazine had several familiar names on the registered list, which will lead to some interesting battles for class titles.

As we roll into the last part of summer, and the last third of the drag-and-drive season, we’re also seeing several competitors seeing success at standalone events.

We have a trio of big drag-and-drive events coming next week, but here's a few stories from the drag-and-drive community last week.

The second of two Sick the Magazine drag-and-drive shootouts on the 2024 schedule rolled into Summit Motorsports Park for the NMCA All-American Nationals presented by Mickey Thompson Tires and Wheels last weekend.

With an all-star cast including Tom and Aydan Bailey, Steve and Kyle Morris, and four drivers out of Big 3 Racing (Kevin Hansinger, Bob Hess, Chuck Stefanski and Rick Trunkett), it was a solid show.

It’s been noted how the creation of the drag-and-drive event can be linked to Hot Rod Pump Gas Drags, and even the True Street classes held by various organizations and events. But even more so, the proving ground of cars and trucks that can race and retain street manners is rooted in the Fastest Street Car event, and that event inspired the recent Fastest Street Car (FSC) Shootout and Reunion Race at Tri-State Raceway held on August 10th.

Pontiac, Michigan has hosted the popular MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge event since 2015, and although a few locations have been used, the 2024 edition of the event brought the racing action to M1 Concourse for the first time in event history.

M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Michigan played host to the third edition of the Sick Powerfest Powered by Dodge and M1 Concourse, and a jamb-packed Friday would see a ton of cool cars and trucks, racing and drift action around M1 Concourse, and some epic burnout competition to cap off an epic day.

Combining the basics of a drag-and-drive event with a final day of eliminations to crown class winners, the Heads Up Hustle returned to Michigan for its second year. Milan Dragway and Mid Michigan host two days of qualifying runs and set an average for the final day, where eliminations are held and class winners are crowned.    

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.

Following a successful first year in joining forces with the National Muscle Car Association (NMCA), Sick the Magazine returns to the NMCA event series with a pair of drag-and-drive shootout appearance in 2024.

For the fifth time since 2019, the Midwest Drags was completed last week. Starting in Kentucky and visiting two tracks in the state, the visited a single track in Ohio. The group then returned to Kentucky to complete the week, and crown ten class winners.

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.

After five days of racing and driving, Rocky Mountain Race Week 1.0 has one final drive today, back to where it all started, Tulsa Raceway Park in Oklahoma for a packed final day of crowning winners and racing action.

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.

The second major drag-and-drive to hit the scene, Rocky Mountain Race Week, celebrates its tenth year of holding at least one event each year in 2024. The first of two to be held this year, RMRW 1.0 Presented by Sick the Magazine features new tracks, as well as some new competitors, and kicked off Sunday June 23rd.

Motion Raceworks Sick Summer wrapped up on Friday at Byron Dragway with Bryant Goldstone securing his second straight overall win for the event.

Motion Raceworks Sick Summer will enter its last day with several classes on the line in what promises to be an exciting conclusion to the Midwest’s biggest drag-and-drive event.

The top three of the Motion Raceworks Sick Summer leaderboard remained unchanged following day three at Tri-State Raceway, just outside of Earlville, Iowa.

Bryant Goldstone retained his lead after a long day at Cordova Dragway, making four passes during the second stop of Motion Raceworks Sick Summer.