RACING Drag and Drive Events 2022

[81cutlass]

And drag weekend.

I am SUPER thankful I get the opportunity to run Drag Weekend and personally know the Shaw's who put it on. This is the second time spectating at drag week & the 6th time I have participated at drag weekend.

Spectating DW is great don't get me wrong, I 100% recommend showing up to spectate if you get the chance & it's close. If you are within 4hrs drive it's worth the day trip. BUT, drag weekend, even spectating, is just more fun. Drag Week is very competition focused, bit more serious & busier. Cars make a 1 and done pass, less roadside fun & hotel shenanigan's.

Drag weekend is so much more relaxed on the racers and spectators. People aren't as in a go-go-go mood, support trailers are allowed & hanging out in the lobby of the hotel and talking is more common. Drag weekend just seems more welcoming and family/friend oriented. There was 42 cars this year, all came from MN, IA, WI, IL & MO except 1 from GA of all places & a guy who moved to NC from MN and comes up every year.

Gas station stops are the best

Guy that puts the race on converted his high 7sec 5.3 Nova with a 8.50 cage in 2018 trim to a 514 twin BBC on methanol and took it this year. Clicked off a no nonsense 7.70 1/4 coasting.

Small town sights

Saturday night is the parking lot party & awards/door prize giveaway. This year the typical pizza was replaced with a food truck sponsored by one of the participant/shops. So cool

Oh hey there

And home!

 

[64nailhead]

64nailhead - it was great seeing you out there each day running great! There were some killer shots of your car on the live feed, and it looked like it kept getting faster each day. Congrats!! I really really want to do a DW/RMRW at some point...

You should have stopped in. Thanks for the compliment. And yes, I went faster every day by design, sort of. I planned to hit it much harder earlier in the week, but I made a snafu a couple of weeks ago and knocked out the head headgaskets. That put me into creeping up the boost level slowly due to the freshly re-assembled top end.

If you want to do it, then do it. It's a great time not only because of the cars and racing, but rather the people. And I've heard that it's the most tiring vacation you'll ever go on and look forward to doing next year haha.

 

[Coltrane]

You should have stopped in. Thanks for the compliment. And yes, I went faster every day by design, sort of. I planned to hit it much harder earlier in the week, but I made a snafu a couple of weeks ago and knocked out the head headgaskets. That put me into creeping up the boost level slowly due to the freshly re-assembled top end.

If you want to do it, then do it. It's a great time not only because of the cars and racing, but rather the people. And I've heard that it's the most tiring vacation you'll ever go on and look forward to doing next year haha.

Ah well I wasn't there, I was watching from New Jersey, hahah. The problem for me is the timing - as a school teacher I can't take a week off in September (DW) or June (RMRW) - our year is labor day through the end of June. I think we need one in the northeast in July or August!

 

[melloelky]

thanks for posting pics.

 

[64nailhead]

Need a new thread for 2023, but this should get it started

 

[81cutlass]

SOB.

I don't have enough vacation for this one, but it's a no brainer.

Sick week WI/IA/IL edition in June.

Are there too many events? Probs. With summit Midwest drags and RMRW in June yikes.

Tom Bailey

Blown away by the response to sick week, selling out in less than 3 minutes…. Long drive to day and thinking of this, who would be down with a summer edition of sick week june 5-9th? The grove/...

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[64nailhead]

SOB.

I don't have enough vacation for this one, but it's a no brainer.

Sick week WI/IA/IL edition in June.

Are there too many events? Probs. With summit Midwest drags and RMRW in June yikes.

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Tom Bailey

Blown away by the response to sick week, selling out in less than 3 minutes…. Long drive to day and thinking of this, who would be down with a summer edition of sick week june 5-9th? The grove/...

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There a lot of these events, but that’s not a bad thing imo. A lot of bitchin’ from those that didn’t get into SW. And there is always the same amount of bitchin’ from those that don’t get into DW. So having more of these in different locales seems like a good idea to me. Personally, I’d love to see a N/E based week.

On the other hand , at the moment DW, Midwest Drags and SW are getting a lot of publicity (YouTube $), but if too many of these develop, then I’m not sure it will be good for all of them. But then again, maybe I’m wrong. Perhaps more localized events will spark more interest in the bigger events. I guess time will tell.

No matter how it ends up, the larger the amount of people interested is better for the sport, car community and hobby.

 

[81cutlass]

There a lot of these events, but that’s not a bad thing imo. A lot of bitchin’ from those that didn’t get into SW. And there is always the same amount of bitchin’ from those that don’t get into DW. So having more of these in different locales seems like a good idea to me. Personally, I’d love to see a N/E based week.

On the other hand , at the moment DW, Midwest Drags and SW are getting a lot of publicity (YouTube $), but if too many of these develop, then I’m not sure it will be good for all of them. But then again, maybe I’m wrong. Perhaps more localized events will spark more interest in the bigger events. I guess time will tell.

No matter how it ends up, the larger the amount of people interested is better for the sport, car community and hobby.

Yeah, I don't think having a ton of events is bad, after all, I am a bit biased, but I think drag week type events are one of the few hobby/fun drag racing events that you can get some publicity/coverage while not having to race EVERY weekend regionally or nationally for the hard competition.

So since you are in Sick Week FL, what does the cage/safety rules look like? Are they 100% NHRA strict or?

The IA/WI/IL in May sounds great but I'd rather not turn my car down to run 11.50's :/ and I'm not putting a cage in the damn thing.

 

[64nailhead]

Same rules as far as I know. I will get the window net in, despite there are exceptions for it.

Putting in a 6 point is not that difficult and it’s also not real intrusive in the car.

 

[mc1984ss]

SOB.

I don't have enough vacation for this one, but it's a no brainer.

Sick week WI/IA/IL edition in June.

Are there too many events? Probs. With summit Midwest drags and RMRW in June yikes.

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Tom Bailey

Blown away by the response to sick week, selling out in less than 3 minutes…. Long drive to day and thinking of this, who would be down with a summer edition of sick week june 5-9th? The grove/...

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Is this event in June a rumor or is it really happening?