It’s rare that a 582ci big block Chevy would be at a significant displacement disadvantage, but when Andrew Starr’s ’56 Chevy rolled into Hot Rod Drag Week last year it was the David to Matt Sweet’s Goliath.

A straight-axled, turquoise-ish 1962 Ford Falcon captured our attention near the front of the Hot Rod Drag Week tech line last year. Its occupants were somewhat hyperactive, excited to have made it to Hot Rod Drag Week and perhaps just a little giddy about meeting David Freiburger, who was patiently shaking hands and taking selfies by the dozen at the front of the line.

The Gatornationals can be a mixed bag when it comes to weather; This year’s Gatornationals had all that, plus rainy conditions that forced some classes to cut qualifying short.

The 2023 edition of Sick Week had an impression on Sick Ward participant Will Lagerman, as one year later, he made the decision to become a competitor for the first time.

There are 35 events on the current drag-and-drive calendar (and likely two-five will be added before the end of the year), and as of this writing, fourteen are sold out.

The 2024 National Hot Rod Association national event season is officially underway, and two drivers in the professional ranks are picking up right where they left off at last month’s PRO Superstar Shootout at Bradenton Motorsports Park.

This unique 6-cylinder engine was never available in a 5th-generation Camaro, but thanks to the Nelson family’s work, it will take up residence in this one!

Have the lunatics taken over the asylum? That would seem to be the case in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, where Harry Haig is preparing to host his own drag-and-drive event, the Hardass 1000.

Brothers Kevin and David Van Voris started promoting events at Amarillo Dragway about five years ago. Now, Van Voris Bros Productions wants to give back to the track that means so much to them.

The MWDRS decided to up the payout ante for their 2024 season, specifically the Smack Down event on September 19th through the 21st, 2024 at the brand-new Flying H Drag Strip in Missouri. A purse just north of a quarter-million dollars has been announced for just the Pro Mod classes, with the Main Event winner getting a $150,000 payday.

“We decide that one pass is good enough, and begin enjoying some beverages, watching some racing, and getting caught up with some of the greatest people on earth-Sick Weekers.”

In a time when it seems all we hear about is venues closing, more and more private racing circuits are springing up across America. My question is, why haven’t we seen a drag racing-minded developer trying the same thing?

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.

We will see Jason and Tina Golden on three drag-and-drive events, including Sick Summer Presented by Motion Raceworks in their ‘89 Mustang. But when 2025 rolls around, we will see the husband-and-wife team rolling in a new ride, this 1968 Mustang fastback.

After years of running test and tunes and bracket races, Amos Eason took the plunge into the drag-and-drive world by participating in his first drag-and-drive event at the One Guy’s Garage Drag Weekend event in his home state of Iowa in 2022.

As in 2023, a stacked field of Pro Mod entries came into Florida looking to secure the $100,000 payday in the World Series of Pro Mod event, and every qualifying hit mattered. The 32-car field would see a .066 of-a-second spread amongst the 32 qualifiers, a tight field indeed.

We’re doing the ultimate drag-and-drive / road trip on one of the most popular highways in America: Route 66, plus Sick the Magazine, to create Sick 66! It all starts October 10th at Ozark Raceway Park in Missouri, and we’ll wrap it up eight days later at Albuquerque Dragway in New Mexico on October 18th.

Nearly 26 years after making his first laps in a Top Fuel dragster, NHRA Top Fuel driver Clay Millican still smiles just as big every time he suits up for a 300-plus mile per hour pass. But recently, Clay suited up for a different kind of drag strip run, and this one brought a lot of emotion with it as well.

It’s not uncommon for someone to have a job and a hobby where the line between work and play becomes fuzzy. For Darren Harden, it was both with classic cars and go karts. Drag racing took a back seat for a while, until drag-and-drive brought him back to the fold.

Day three of Sick Week at Gainesville Raceway brought Trevor Branden to the lanes with renewed hopes, and an 8.16 at 167 mph would be the best run of Treavor and Erin’s week thus far. But some white smoke at the end of the run signaled the end of the GT-R’s Sick Week fun.