With just over 4,000 miles on a new C8 Corvette, Larry Hofer is trading the factory-installed LT2 small block for over 8-liters of Chevrolet big block power in what is reported to be the first-ever big block swapped C8 Corvette.

“Sick Week 2024 was my first time competing (in a drag-and-drive) and it was truly a dream come true. Probably back to middle school, I used to drive my teachers insane for a week out of every September where I would do nothing but watch the Hot Rod Drag Week live feed. I’ve followed this stuff forever, and always wanted to build something to compete.”

So if you made it through part one of this series of this series then I assume you’re intrigued about the swap to a manual transmission. Well, that’s kind of the point, so good for you for sticking with it!

With just a couple weeks to go until Sick Summer Presented by Motion Raceworks, most figured Devin Vanderhoof and Josh Davis were preparing for a trip to Illinois to defend their overall win. So you can imagine the shock and surprise when Devin posted a video yesterday with the ’93 Mustang convertible stripped to a bare shell and roll cage!

Drag-and-drive’s best dive bars, as reviewed by Matt Reekie.

In 2015, Paul Mangelsdorf and the Green 707 electric vehicle team at the University of Hartford converted a Chevrolet S-10 truck into an all-electric racer, so it’s fair to say that led to his current drag-and-drive ride, a ‘40 Chevrolet Coupe. “I was looking for a pre-1955 car to show that EV swaps can work with old school hot rods, and old school hot rodding methods (stripped down and pieced together for speed).”

Kevin Jackson was "that guy" who used to sit and watch drag-and-drive as a fan online. Now, he’s not only participated in them, he’s getting his 16-year-old son Carter involved by competing at this year’s Sick Summer.

When Tom Bailey made the decision to allow a random team the chance to command the Sick BBQ - Ice Cream truck at Sick Week, it proved to be a popular decision. The offer was also advertised for Sick Summer, and we received over 50 submissions to wheel the truck for the six days of Sick Summer fun. From those submissions, the field was narrowed, and the job will go to Leticia and Abbey Hughes from Kentucky.

A scene that I have referenced previously happened at a hotel in Michigan on a Thursday evening in 2005. This was the night preceding the last day of Drag Week. There was a good group of guys sitting around this table and the conversation was about when the hotel would run out of Corona and the future for an event like Hot Rod Drag Week.

“The Hole Shot Media Heads Up event idea was to get the weekend highway racers out to the track and in a safer environment. I went in just wanting to use it really for a test session to get ready for Sick Summer. I made a handful of changes to the car over the winter, and really hadn't been able to get some solid A-to-B passes in.”

Are you a good fit for Sick BBQ - Ice Cream truck driver duty? We share a few of our favorites submissions thus far…

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?

If you’ve been at a drag-and-drive, you’ve undoubtedly heard the announcer(s) talking about stick shift cars more than at a typical track day.  You aren’t hearing things, because it’s absolutely true: there are more stick shift rides per capita at a drag-and-drive than other typical drag races you’ve seen. Even if they’re not specifically in a stick shift class, there are more stick cars peppered throughout all the classes at an event. 

After four days of fun with drag-and-drive rides, including some road miles on Thursday, a pair of time runs Friday, and eliminations on Saturday and Sunday, a winner has been crowned in the second annual PEAK Street Car Shootout as part of Gerber Collision and Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance at Chicago’s Route 66 Raceway.

This 1980 Chevrolet Malibu, packing a LS-based 408 and nitrous, represents three generations of the Hollis family, and 2024 will be the first year all three will be present for drag-and-drive competition.

Showcasing eight ride from the drag-and-drive community takes place for the second-year as part of the Gerber Collision and Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance at Chicago’s Route 66 Raceway this weekend.

This ‘78 Camaro model might only have 41,000 original miles, but a few drag-and-drive events has spurred the owner to make changes for an upcoming appearance at Edelbrock Sick 66.

After a major heart attack put his bucket list in focus, Kevtn Dunn decided a drag-and-drive was next in line. This 1996 Chevrolet S-10 pick-up would get the job done, in more ways than one.

The new build, a Pro Mod-style build known as ‘Eagle,’ is taking shape at Cameron Johnson Race Cars in Lakeland, Florida. Ironically, Cameron Johnson worked at Pro Fab Performance and built Leroy’s first exo-roll cage several years ago.

It is only natural to gauge any form of competition, no matter what, on its records. How many home runs has a guy hit in a season, or how many touchdown passes have been thrown? In drag racing, it usually reverts back to the absolute quickest elapsed times for a particular class or category.