“Drag-and-drive is an opportunity for me and my husband to get to spend time just the two of us, doing what we love most, together and working as a team. Supporting each other, directing each other and just flat out laughing our asses off.”

Felicia Smith has become well known for her 2009 Cadillac CTS-V sedan, better known as ‘4 Door Rocket,’ and Felicia can trace some of her racing and automotive addiction to high school, where she attended an automotive tech class as part of her studies.

“I think we are done on 235s. We did what we wanted; we won twice in Rowdy Radial in the same year.”

“I would like to run at least one 6-second pass at Hot Rod Drag Week, and finish in the top three in my class.”

Danny Grubaugh and Alex Brody are a couple of kindred spirits aged 17 years apart, and their friendship is a prime example of drag-and-drive’s propensity for bonding automotive adventurers together like J-B Weld.

Making a move from the now defunct Houston Raceway Park, Texas Motorplex would welcome thousands through their gates to witness some quick times and fast speeds in the drag racing and roll racing segments for TX2K.

Although we’re almost used to seeing 6-second and 7-second runs from drag-and-drive cars, it can still require a good amount of money, time and broken parts to get there.

There aren’t too many perfect panels on Mike Higgins’ ’71 Chevelle, but the scars tell a story.

They say electric cars will kill hot rodding, but could they simply be in new guises? Paul Mangelsdorf is testing that theory with his ’40 Chevy coupe. Rather than keeping internal combustion, Paul chose a Tesla Large Drive Unit to power the classic metal

A new build is underway for Steve and Valerie Morris thanks to a find at KSR Performance & Fabrication!

Even though the NHRA didn’t specifically name the track or area that is slated to possibly get the event, one track is an odds-in favorite to get the nod.

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.