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I think a lot of people miss the point of Drag Week. The reason the drives are long is the event is intended for true street cars, cars that can drive hundreds of miles a day, day after day, in all kinds of traffic. If you break, for any reason, you are at great risk of elimination due to the schedule constraints. This is all intentional! The event’s challenge is more about durability and endurance on the street than raw speed. How well can you balance the need for reliability on the road with the need for performance at the track? Every year race cars posing as street cars show up, and a lot get eliminated during the first or second day on the road. Driving 300-400 miles in a day is not "eating up equipment" if you have a REAL street car (not just a “street-legal” car), it’s just a long day of scenic driving after a morning playing at the race track with your friends. If you don’t have a real street car, you probably shouldn’t run Drag Week, you’ll likely just tear your stuff up and stress yourself out. It’s a lesson repeated every year, sometimes even by veterans that get a little greedy and step too far over the line to go faster!

Scott

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Good Point!