Drag Week Archives - Engine Builder Magazine
Hot Rod Drag Week 2024 to Celebrate 20th Anniversary

Hot Rod Drag Week 2024 will once again crown the fastest street car in America across five days and four Midwest tracks.

Jason Sack’s SML Engine Goes on the Dyno and Back in His Nova

With the SML engine fully assembled, Jason Sack visits Steve Morris Engines to help with the dyno testing and tuning, as well as fitting the new SML into the Cowboy Up Nova.

19th Annual Hot Rod Drag Week Returns Sept 17-22

The race to determine the title of “Fastest Street Car in America” is back as HOT ROD Drag Week 2023 Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive returns to premier tracks in four Southeast cities Sunday, Sept. 17 through Friday, Sept. 22, and made extra special this year as HOT ROD Magazine celebrates 75 years in 2023. The world’s toughest competition to

MotorTrend’s 19th Annual Hot Rod Drag Week

The race to determine the title of “Fastest Street Car in America” is back as Hot Rod Drag Week 2023 Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive returns to premier tracks in four Southeast cities Sunday, Sept. 17 through Friday, Sept. 22, and made extra special this year as HOT ROD Magazine celebrates 75 years in 2023. Registration for this highly-anticipated

Motortrend’s Hot Rod Drag Week Prepares for 18th Annual Event

Four cities, five days, 1,000+ miles to crown the fastest car in America. Hot Rod Drag Week returns September 18.

Tom Bailey’s Twin-Turbo 615 Big Block Chevy Engine in Sick Seconds 1.0

Tom Bailey is making waves recently in the go-fast world thanks to his new event Sick Week. However, Tom is no stranger to drag racing as his 1969 Camaro named Sick Seconds 1.0 has won Drag Week twice. We take a look at the Steve Morris Engines-built twin-turbo 615 cubic inch big block Chevy under the hood.

MotorTrend Announces HOT ROD Power Tour and Drag Week Dates and Locations

MotorTrend announced today the 2022 dates for two of its premier annual events. The world’s largest traveling car show, HOT ROD Power Tour Driven by Continental Tire, will return to early summer taking place Monday, June 13 through Friday, June 17. Additionally, HOT ROD Drag Week Presented By Gear Vendors Overdrive, the fastest street car competition in America, is back beginning

Ebay Motors Powers 2021 HOT ROD Drag Week

The race to determine the title of “Fastest Street Car in America” is back as Ebay Motors Powers HOT ROD Drag Week Presented by Gear Vendors returns to premier tracks in four cities September 12-17, 2021.  HOT ROD Drag Week puts competitors to the test over five days of action-packed drag racing, requiring racers to drive their vehicles

Hot Rod Drag Week & Power Tour 2021 Dates Announced

MOTORTREND has announced two of its annual events are returning in 2021 – the Hot Rod Power Tour (August 23–27) and Hot Rod Drag Week (September 12–17). The combined events are set to host upwards of 6,000 participating vehicles. “This year, we are more excited than ever to host two of our signature annual events in

First 5-Second Pass in Drag Week History

A major milestone in street car drag racing was achieved two weeks ago as Tom Bailey went a 5.998 @ over 250 mph on the final day of Drag Week 2019.