Doug ( and anyone else ), if you get a chance to do Dragweek I'd say go for it. It's definitely a gearhead bucket list item. Warning though, it can be addicting! Every one of the participants I met were the friendliest bunch of people. Upon reflection, the format of Dragweek was genius, requiring that your first line of help be your fellow competitors really fosters a spirit of everyone needing each other and being part of one big adventure. Had the rules been different, say by allowing chase vehicles, outside help, isolating and pitting competitors against each other, the event would probably have developed a totally different feel. And I got a chance to bench race face to face with participants and fans from around the world - Norway, Sweden, Finland, Canada & Australia and probably some places I'm forgetting, where else can you do something like that?
As far as packing - I was able to fit a pair of slicks inside the Shelby on the fold down rear seat. Now, let me be the first to say, I wouldn't advise anyone to do this. Had I been in an accident I'm sure it wouldn't have ended well! It was on my my mind the whole week that those tires were right behind me. Whatever you decide to do, plan safe. Here's a picture:
I had planned on installing a one gallon fuel cell in the engine compartment with quick connect couplings to the mechanical fuel pump, but that was one of the projects I ran out of time for. This meant I ended up draining and swapping pump gas and race gas from the stock tank all week and I needed to have enough empty fuel jugs to drain into and race gas on hand to fill the stock tank enough to cover the fuel pickup while racing. Had I been better prepared or if a person had a car that ran on pump gas on the track as well I wouldn't have needed most of those jugs and it would have freed up enough space in the trunk for one of the slicks. That would also have freed up the front seat for a passenger.
When I was a kid my dad used to make me pack the car for family trips, and I was told it better all fit - or else! lol. That skill paid off later in life for Dragweek. Here's a picture of everything I had packed in the car each day:
