Drag Week 2014

**Dan B.** · 09-09-2014, 05:04 PM

Does anyone follow Drag Week? Last years winner in the Unlimited class ran in the 6's all week.....they have to drive from track to track, no support vehicles, five days in a row and the route covered 1,000 miles. That is just sick! This year it's Day 2 and the fastest ET is a 6.54. I'd LOVE to do this some year in the DD class.

**GOT SVT** · 09-09-2014, 05:47 PM

following a little

dan from hk is there and running and posting pics etc https://www.facebook.com/pages/Holly...07749179270811

jeff lutz is there too - https://www.facebook.com/pages/LUTZ-...62631067109573

**PaxtonShelby** · 09-09-2014, 06:25 PM

That and the One Lap of America would be a lot of fun...

**Dan B.** · 09-09-2014, 07:47 PM

Ron...........me and you........drag week next year. The '66 and Ranger!! I have the perfect trailer.

**PaxtonShelby** · 09-09-2014, 10:30 PM

Oh man that'd be a hoot! The F250 CCLB would love to do some haulin' too! Hmmmm...

**Dan B.** · 09-09-2014, 10:52 PM

You only haul to the start of the race. After that there are no support teams or vehicles. You can tow a trailer with the race vehicle with extra stuff though. I have an aluminum 5x5x4 box trailer that would be awesome.

**PaxtonShelby** · 09-10-2014, 01:38 AM

Ah I see. That makes sense. Sure would be fun! I guess I should read all the rules.

**CobraII** · 09-10-2014, 09:49 AM

I'd love to do it someday too! C'mon, Powerball! :D

http://blogs.hotrod.com/events/2014-drag-week/

Chisholm & Stasiak '55 in the gasser class:

Drag-Week-2014-Live-Feed-Day-2-623x415.jpg

**CobraII** · 09-10-2014, 10:15 AM

Took me a little to find the results link. You can click on the image of the graph and it will open in a new tab, where you can make it larger for easier reading.

http://www.hotrod.com/dragweek/drag_...results_day_2/

Jeff Lutz sitting at #1 going into today. The Chisolm & Stasiak '55 Chevy is #2 in the Gasser class. Jeff Oppenheim making a 10.46 pass yesterday, 10.58 average after 2 days.

**travj31** · 09-10-2014, 02:47 PM

Ive been following along... this is such a cool event. Who doesn't love street driven pro mods!?

**CobraII** · 09-10-2014, 03:32 PM

Street driven everything! :D

**THE BIG KOALA** · 09-10-2014, 04:36 PM

I watched drag week at prp a few years back and it was pretty cool.

**Dan B.** · 09-10-2014, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by THE BIG KOALA

I watched drag week at prp a few years back and it was pretty cool.

It was there and gone before I even realized it. If they did an east coast swing again I would be ALL over it.

**CobraII** · 09-11-2014, 09:17 AM

Joe, I was the announcer that day. It was awesome.

Lutz punched a hole in the head in his next to last pass, thrashes, goes to a machine shop, gets the head weldedand some work done to the block, comes back, gets it back together, and runs 6.94 at 213.
http://www.hotrod.com/dragweek/drag_...results_day_3/

There is a live feed out there too. Warning: Just about impossible to be productive if you turn it on! :D

**CobraII** · 09-15-2014, 10:49 AM

Lutz wins it overall. Jeff Oppenheim had a nice week it looks like too, in his El Camino. The Chisholm/Stasiak '55 Chevy finished 2nd in the Gasser class, and did an awesome wheelstand on Saturday, literally putting it on the bumper.
http://www.hotrod.com/dragweek/drag_...results_day_6/

**CobraII** · 09-15-2014, 10:51 AM

And, oh yeah, decent pass by Larson... 6.16!
http://blogs.hotrod.com/video-of-lar...14-141299.html

**Dan B.** · 09-15-2014, 02:11 PM

I saw that pass.....insane.

He drove it there but once he arrived an entire pit crew came out of no where to swap the entire truck over to "race mode".........cooling system, suspension, fuel system, doors, etc.

**Martin0660** · 09-15-2014, 11:09 PM

Larson just is playing by the "rules" now ... they announced Unlimited would remain unlimited, so he did it by his definition, still a cab with a VIN number (his complaint on the tube chassis pro mods). He built a street truck that converts to race mode, pretty slick approach.

I could be wrong, but I seem to remember that even his Nova when it rolled in they added the charge pipes and a whole pile of stuff before racing when it was at PRP. In my opinion, no different than us guys driving to the track, swapping tires and loosing street stuff, then racing ... just he is doing it a lot f'ing faster :D I love it, it will piss off the pro mod guys ;)

**Martin0660** · 09-15-2014, 11:11 PM

And FWIW, after loosing this season to work overseas, I should get a pretty easy year next summer so I'm looking to do the DD class next year. My buddy Dale did it this year (DNF because of a clutch issue) but said it was an absolute blast.