Roy Gayler’s something of an international man of mystery. He’s a New Zealander by birth, lived in Australia for two decades of his life, then moved to the other side of the planet to take up residence in South Carolina. As a classic car fan, you’d think he would have found something nice to drive once he was on American soil to drive. Instead, he brought over his own machine, a right-hand drive ’55 Chevrolet.

One of the tracks that may have started the rumor mill on the 2024 edition of Hot Rod Drag Week is US 131 Motorsports Park, one of the tracks on the very first Hot Rod Drag Week in 2005.

At Sick the Mag, we understand the time and effort (and honestly, money) participants put into attending a drag-and-drive event, and we want to celebrate that!

The arrival of Tony Stewart in full Top Fuel competition will bring a huge boost to the sport not just in the upper echelons, but all the way down. As a highly accomplished NASCAR driver and team owner, Stewart has extensive experience in various forms of motorsports, but his choosing NHRA is a massive deal, and here’s why.

The drag-and-drive community has seen quite a few distinct vehicles, and one of them may have a new owner soon.

Normally if you have drag-and-drive tech guy Keith Turk’s attention, something has gone very wrong. But a pinkish-red ’67 Mustang captured his imagination at Sick Summer earlier this year for all the right reasons.

“I have always loved the second-generation look, and was planning on a Camaro, but this came available.”

NHRA’s announcement of Tony Stewart joining the Top Fuel tour was billed as one of the biggest announcements in the history of the organization.

While Tony’s presence will be a great boost for the sport, many people thought the news would be something different. We had our own guesses here at Sick The Magazine on what the announcement was going to be — so we thought we would share them! Here we go…

Event coverage for Sick Week Presented By Gear Vendors Overdrive and Motion Raceworks Sick Summer will be stepping up to the next level in 2024 with the announcement that the events will be streamed on the FRDM+ platform.

Cleetus McFarland has been vocal about the homes and the tracks’ future since the news first broke.

The first one was such a hit, we’re doing it all over again: the 2nd annual Sick Kart Kaos will take place on Thursday December 7th at Fastimes Indoor Karting in Indianapolis, Indiana!

The Superbird clone features a 25.3-spec chassis, and the car is being built to not only compete in the drag-and-drive events, but standing mile events as well.

Sean has a new game plan for the 2024 edition of Sick Summer Presented by Motion Raceworks, and it’s a Trans Am that he has a good bit of history with.

Despite a good number of drag tracks closing down in 2023, the racing community has seen some rays of light as new tracks are constructed, or tracks that have not been in operation for a while are getting a second chance to showcase the sport again.

“Sick Summer 2023 was an epic event; it is the coolest event from a fan perspective that I’ve ever been to. The amount of support we got from fans on the side of the road holding signs, to the fans support at the tracks.”

Despite the change to refine the Corvette, Stefan has an even bigger plan in the works: A carbon fiber-bodied 1970 Camaro for the 2025 drag-and-drive season.

“It is an identical car to my high school car, down to the year and gray interior, which is less common in those cars.”

“I basically took the rest of 2023 off from racing and drag-and-drive. I put the ’55 Chevy in time out.”

The drag-and-drive landscape changed dramatically in 2023, as class performances and car builds have changed, some events have changed or added classes to stay current with times and look at what the future could bring.

For Vinnie Barbone, his latest car build surrounds a model that enjoyed popularity in the drag racing world in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, but is rarely seen on the street.