Hot Rod did a Drag Weekend one year, if I remember it had a cruise from LA to Arizona, then drag days at Tucson, Phoenix and back to Tucson. I don’t think it was very well attended, rumor is that convinced them it wasn’t worth the effort. The year it was the furthest to the Northeast lots of people predicted that would be the year it actually started with a full 400 entrants, etc., etc., instead it still didn’t fill and participants were actually down a bit. In the end many commented they didn’t want to deal with the metropolitan traffic in those areas. No idea how spectator attendance was, but I’d guess Hot Rod watches those figures too. We have no idea how the behind the scenes organizing goes, maybe Hot Rod has found the Midwest easier to put together, who knows, but in any case they seem happy with that format. With the continued growth & success of Rocky Mountain Race Week, and the dedicated group of participants they’ve attracted, along with a few other events around the world, I think i shows there’s opportunity for some organizer to put their own unique event together. Add a few tweaks to make the event special, treat the customers well, a promoter could maybe make something fly.
