Drag Week is taxing enough. Each participant needs to get his or her street legal racecar to the official check-in, get it approved for both race and street use, race it at the track, drive several hundred miles to the next track, and repeat the process for five consecutive days. Now, imagine shipping your car
Hundreds of cars showed up at National Trail Raceway in Columbus, OH September 11 to kick off Hot Rod Drag Week 2016, and a handful less made it to Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, OH two days later. Although Norwalk is only about 90 miles north of Columbus, the Drag Week route made drivers take a
Well, that was fast (pun intended)! We had barely finished our earlier post on Hot Rod Drag Week when Jeff Lutz blasted the quickest and fastest pass in Drag Week history. From behind the wheel of his Pro Mod Camaro, Lutz scorched the strip with a 6.051-second run at 251.95 miles-per-hour. That puts him just
Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week is upon us again. If you have never witnessed the automotive spectacle that is Drag Week, this is one amazing week of fast cars and trucks, and you can watch it live on the Motor Trend YouTube Channel. How does Drag Week work? Drivers find one of fifteen classes that
Larry Larson may have set a new street-legal world speed record, but Jeff Lutz earned the title of 2014 Hot Rod Drag Week champion in Unlimited class competition. By averaging 6.845 seconds and 212.13 miles-per-hour at the Drag Week’s five track stops, Lutz and his black 1957 Chevrolet Belair, “Evil Twin,” were able to edge out Doug
How will Larry Larson’s highly anticipated Pro Mod S10 do at Hot Rod Drag Week? What about defending Drag Week champ Tom Bailey and his 1969 Camaro? And what about guys like Jeff Lutz and Doug Cline? There’s always plenty of drama during Drag Week, which explains why the event has exploded in popularity. It also
After a year hiatus from Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week, Larry Larson returns in 2014. Our friends at BangShift not only unveiled Larson’s evil plans for this year’s Drag Week, they revealed that they’re partners in crime. Larson and BangShift’s Chad Reynolds have partnered up on this 1998 Pro Mod S10. Aside from winning another Drag Week,
Tom Bailey is a pretty tired guy right now. Tired and famous. Piloting the ex-ProRides “Sick Seconds” 1969 Chevy Camaro, Tom made history as the first racer to make five consecutive six-second passes during the 2013 edition of Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week. On top of that, Tom posted the lowest elapsed time (6.70 seconds)
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