HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive
Wrapping up Day 4’s drive from Great Lakes back to where we started at Cordova, we’re near the end and it shows. Accomplishments, new friends, thrashing, and lots of sweat will be remembered for participants’ lifetimes. The HOT ROD staff was witness to very few breakdowns along the final day’s route. Was the cooler weather a major factor in less cars breaking? Are participants using the more expensive parts to avoid any excuses? Have they figured out how to improve their cars to last for five grueling Drag Week days? Or was Drag Week 2017 just an anomaly? With 20-perecnt of those that started now out of competition, Drag Week took its toll, despite the appearance of no on-the-road drama.
Drag Week 2017 will mark the end of an era of sorts, as over the winter the three year freeze of Drag Week rules will be scrutinized and tweaked. We’ve heard that the route next year could be less car friendly as our intrepid behind-the-scenes team is already finalizing the Drag Week 2018 routes. Will the rumors of GPS tracking become a reality to more easily keep track of participants wandering off of the routes, as well as giving family, friends, and fans of Drag Week the opportunity to follow each and every car from laptops and phones? All we can say for sure is that we can’t wait to see how Drag Week 2017 ends, while we all wish it didn’t have to end at all.
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