Super Bowl of Drag & Drives! Jeff Lutz RETURNS! | Sick Week Day 0
Summary
TLDRWelcome to Day Zero of Sick Week 2024, the drag and drive event starting in Orlando and spanning over 1,000 miles through various motorsports parks. The pre-event day features technical inspections and test passes for competitors, highlighting a vast array of vehicles from a 540 big block-powered El Camino to a turbocharged, all-wheel-drive Festiva. Highlights include Blaine Stark's transition from crew chief to driver at 16, Jeff Lutz's return after an eight-year hiatus with a 619 at 239mph run, and a variety of vehicles aiming for record speeds. This year's field promises diverse and fast cars, from pickups to pro mods, setting the stage for an exhilarating week of racing.
Takeaways
- 😀 It's Day 0 of sick week 2024, the pre-race day where cars get inspected and some make test passes
- 🚗 There are ~1000 miles of driving planned across multiple tracks ending back in Orlando on Friday
- ⚡️ Many of the cars are very quick, with over half the field capable of 850+ mph speeds
- 🔧 Blaine Stark, formerly a crew chief, is now driving his own Ford Mustang at age 16
- 🏎 Jeff Lutz has come out of retirement and makes some very quick passes in his 57 Chevy after not driving it for 8 years
- 👩🎤 Lizzy Musi makes a pass after crashing and rebuilding her car since 2019
- 🛻 Tom Bailey brought a heavily modified Durango SUV with twin turbos and AWD to try to run 7s
- 🚚 There's a diverse field of vehicles including station wagons, Crown Vic pickups, and even a Festiva
- 💨 Richard Dito drove his 3000+ hp Pontiac from Canada down to Florida, over 3400 miles!
- 🏁 They get delayed by an oil down but eventually finish the final pairs of cars to wrap day 0
Q & A
What event is being covered in the video transcript?
-The transcript covers Sick Week 2024, which is described as the 'Super Bowl of drag and drive' events.
How many miles is the Sick Week 2024 event?
-The Sick Week 2024 event is around 1,000 miles, starting in Orlando and hitting various tracks before ending back in Orlando on Friday.
Who is 'Crew Chief' and what car is he driving?
-'Crew Chief' is the nickname for 16-year-old Blaine Stark, who has previously crewed for his dad at drag events. He is now driving his own Ford Mustang with a Coyote engine and turbocharger.
What brings Jeff Lutz back to Sick Week?
-Jeff Lutz, well-known in the drag racing community, is brought out of 'Dragon Drive retirement' by Tom to participate in Sick Week 2024 after 8 years.
What car does Jeff Lutz drive?
-Jeff Lutz drives a 1957 Chevy that runs the same motors he uses in his other race cars. It had been sitting untouched for 8 years before being prepped for Sick Week 2024.
What vehicle does Tom Bailey bring to the event?
-Tom Bailey brings a heavily modified Dodge Durango with a Hellcat/Hemi engine and Whipple supercharger, with the goal of running 7-second quarter miles.
Who has the quickest and fastest pass early on?
-The quickest and fastest pass is from the unnamed 'quickest and fastest person in the world', no further details are provided.
What causes a lengthy delay during the event?
-A lengthy delay is caused by an oil down (oiled track surface) when a car blows up its rear end, requiring about 45 minutes of cleanup before racing can resume.
What show entertains the crowd during the oil down delay?
-During the delay, Tom Bailey projects the current football game onto a big screen for the amused crowd to watch.
What is the final run highlight at the end of day 0?
-The final highlight is a pair of awesome-looking jet cars making exhibition passes to close out the opening night of Sick Week 2024.
Outlines
🏁 Day Zero Drag Racing Testing and Introductions
Paragraph 1 introduces sick week 2024 at Orlando Speedworld. It describes day zero activities like tech inspections and test passes for some cars to get dialed in. Some fast cars like a 540 ci big block 'lwag' wagon and procharged coyote Mustang make test hits along with some new drivers like 16 year old Blaine testing his Mustang.
🌟 Exhibition Passes from Jeff Lutz and World's Quickest Woman
Paragraph 2 shows exhibition test passes from Jeff Lutz in his 63 Nova and the world's quickest woman. Jeff Lutz runs 619 mph which he says breaks his own 8 year old record for the track. The quickest woman runs 737 mph.
🤯 Diverse and Extreme No Prep Cars Showcased
Paragraph 3 highlights the diverse variety of no prep cars at the event, ranging from Lamborghinis to Crown Vic pickups. It includes Tom Bailey's wildHellcat powered Durango build which he hopes will run 7s.
💨 Feature: 572 ci Small Block Powered 67 Chevelle
Paragraph 4 features a promod 67 Chevelle with a huge 572 ci small block engine and giant 4.9L Whipple supercharger, hoping to run in the 5s.
🛒 Merch Plug and More Racing
Paragraph 5 is a merch plug for 1320video.com and shows some racing from a turbo V8 65 Corvette and an all-wheel drive Festiva.
✨ Exhibition Nightcaps from Jeff Lutz and Tom Bailey
Paragraph 6 finishes with exhibition nightcap passes from Jeff Lutz (612 mph) and Tom Bailey's Durango which improves but still doesn't reach the 7s.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Drag racing
💡Pass
💡E.T. (elapsed time)
💡M.P.H. (miles per hour)
💡Nitrous
💡Burnout
💡Wheelie
💡Bottle
💡Stick shift
💡Big block
Highlights
This is the Super Bowl of drag and drive events with over 1000 miles of racing this week.
16 year old Blaine Stark is competing in his first big drag event as a driver after previously being a crew chief for his dad.
Jeff Lutz is back competing in a drag event for the first time in 8 years.
Jeff Lutz ran an impressive 619 mph pass in his 57 Chevy.
Lizzy Musi, the fastest woman in the world, ran a great 737 mph pass.
Tom Bailey brought a heavily modified Durango SUV to try to run 7s.
The event has an incredibly diverse field with everything from muscle cars to pickups.
A small block 427 Dodge is competing just for fun and hopes to run 8s.
A Ford Festiva has been converted to all-wheel drive.
A Crown Victoria pickup truck is competing despite its unlikely appearance.
Jeff Lutz made a second 612 mph pass, showing excellent consistency.
Tom Bailey's Durango went 880 mph, just short of his goal of hitting the 7s.
The event had to pause for 45 minutes to clean up an oil spill.
A rocket launch provided entertainment during the oil spill cleanup.
Day 0 provided exciting racing and built anticipation for the multiple days ahead.
Transcripts
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what is up 1320 fans welcome back to the
channel and welcome to Day Zero of sick
week
2024 this is the Super Bowl of drag and
drive now this week they got about 1,000
miles we are starting here in Orlando
we're going to brington Motorsports Park
then Gainesville then South Georgia
Motorsports Park then back here to
Orlando on Friday now day Zero means
it's the day before the event starts all
these cars are here to get teched in and
a few of them are here to make some test
passes on the track not everybody's
making test passes just the cars that
think they need to get a test pass get
it lined out all that stuff they're in
the lanes right now behind me so that
being said let's get you guys some
race
all right that is a lon's wagon it's got
a 540 big block and a giant pro charger
in
it and it's got zom coming out the side
of the fenders this thing is
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awesome
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765 at 175 for the lwag not met first
pass today anyway pretty damn
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good
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than you
back
together if you guys are watching Dragon
Drive coverage report you might know the
next guy that's coming up we call him
crew chief his name is actually Blaine
uh Blaine Stark and normally Us's the
crew chief for his dad we've been
following him since he was like 12 years
old being the cre on a
dad at different Dragon Drive events
well this year he got himself a ried
he's 16 and he's doing a dragon Drive
himself this is
awesome
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[Applause]
and they brought to the E sou back to
859
121 all right I finally caught up with
you it's been a couple hours since you
passed but you did at
822 no any 882 882 Ry radial so we went
53 so you're just doing e8th mile yeah
okay real quick I we have to change your
name first of all I've called you crew
chief forever cre Chief but you're now
the driver we're now the driver the
driver do you like it's got a ring to it
you know it's all right you know I
actually painted my helmet I don't know
if you seen my helmet but it says crew
chief on below my name so it says crew
chief AKA bla you're permanently crew
chief then we can't change it now let me
show you this
oh buddy I messed up we are not changing
your name it's Crew Chief from for
forever okay buddy all right tell me
about the whip for you got for the week
this is this is the motion race works
for motion race Works y yep uh she's old
you know she's getting old on us but
she's still dialed all right what what's
what do we got up got a coyote coyote
coyote and uh Brett L I just went
through it put some fresh and turtles in
it cuz uh Brett Lal touched it oh yeah
oh buddy you're d you're dialed what
turbo we got up there uh I think it's an
84 I don't know you're just I'm just I I
flew in and then uh this rig wasn't
ready cuz it actually uh had a crack in
the cylinder head you're just the talent
so I can't even help it back in after it
was taken out um and yeah we hooked it
all back up and now we're good all right
well what are you hoping to do with the
car uh hopefully by the end of the week
we're going fours fours in the E yeah
right and hopefully top I don't know
we're going to shoot for top three in Ry
radio but we'll see if it happens okay
okay well you have a good rig I've seen
this thing do well no it's going to do
good and you're 16 now you're legal to
drive you don't even need a passenger
that's awesome all right buddy well good
luck to you yeah we'll see you tomorrow
see you later in the
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week
on 737 at 196 for the Big Hawk and Tomy
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Carlo 855 at 163 all right there's a
couple fast and special cars in Lanes
right now first of all the quickest and
fastest person in the world is in Lane
you guys have seen that before if youve
watched our Dragon Drive coverage and
special treat for you guys this has been
anticipated since he posted he was
coming Jeff Lutz is on the property the
last time he did a dragon Drive was
2016 and that's actually the last time I
think he even drove this car so let's
check in with him real quick if we
can Mr Lutz welcome back to Dragon Drive
thank you you've been out to the game
for eight years or so yeah and what's
the last time you drove this car eight
years ago 8 years ago yeah give me a
quick rundown what's the setup we have
on the car right now uh it's the same
setup we've always run we put a new
intake on this um same Motors I run in
GTO same Motors I run in the original 57
um I just rotate them from the Cars this
car has been sitting for 8 years been
sitting without a motor in it so um we
updated fuel Tech build it atomizer
everything's new but the car's old and
it's making a little more power now
we're struggling with the the really
good prep track prep so you know we're
just like I told Tom I said we just hope
to be standing at the end of the week I
don't care about records or anything
we're just here to have fun and get back
at
it he's lying I Ain
lying he knows why I'm
here he's here to break records right
this is the only man to ever do a five
and I'm here to have fun and you're here
to go go a five hey a five would be
pretty fun without without Tom I mean
damn this is a this is an impressive
event yeah Tom got you out of retirement
this is a big this is a big deal out of
Dragon Drive
retirement all right good luck
[Applause]
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Jeff
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619 at
239 oh my God that thing's got a 5 INE
for sure did you see that
oh dear
lord
GT got
better Jeff how'd that feel wow it
almost went 200 or0 to the AC I felt all
right hey you said you're just here to
have fun and get through the week but
that was that was awfully close to a
five just we've been here for a week and
uh it's just been
uh it's been rough so we're just uh just
glad man
so got the first cleaned it you had on
the car since you had it out that wasn't
clean I pedal it oh I saw you kind of
all over the track a little bit it shook
a little bit we need to get that out of
it we get the shake out of it it's on oh
yeah so like I said we're here to have
fun fun right right right we're here for
yeah absolutely my average is 619 for
the week nobody has ever beaten that
that's 8 years old so y if I can lower
that and maybe break some more records
I'm all about breaking records there you
go I love well congrats the 619 man
that's awesome to see the car do that uh
if not tonight we'll see you tomorrow
bud going up next we have the quickest
and fastest purse in the
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world
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something the
left
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guys remember the speed from 2019 drag
week when they rolled their car they
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back
[Applause]
so not bad for first pass are you guys
happy with that yeah yeah yeah and seems
like the transmission is working like
now it's nice so that's good and I think
he was out of it a little early which
was probably a good thing because only
one shoot yeah only one shoot went out
he get in the sand down there yeah they
think not in the sand but they think he
maybe slid off into the a little bit not
a big deal still on he's
not congrats man that's awesome
it Mr Tom Bailey built a machine to
bring it out to a dragon Drive never
seen anything like this before it's a
Hellcat Durango and uh ask a little B
about what did you bring to play with
this year this is different I've never
seen Durango like this yeah two Chassy
Durango so had it another a couple times
we've gone through like parts and trying
to figure it
out really want to get this thing down
in the sevens we're trying to push this
J 3 Hemy platform as far as we can see
what we can do with it there was
supposed to be the easy vehicle that
like hosed in event I can actually it
just does what it does instead we change
the converter change pulley Chang
intercoolers like so and then blower
yeah blower with a Whipple on it so it's
got a 38 Whipple on it
do all we can to try and uh hor you
we'll see what it does so are you still
you're you're still very much getting
the car figured out right now is that
safe to say oh yeah like I mean we
haven't figured out to go slow we're
just trying to figure it out to go and
not earth shattering F fast but we're
trying to get it figure out to go a
seven high in the sky you run a seven
right now you'd be super happy oh
without a doubt so yeah that's that's
our first goal with it is first we got
to get in sevens we did not think that
was like a lofty goal but it's turned
into a lofty goal how much does it weigh
I know uh right now about 4,000 lb with
me in it so your shirt's not good for
that it's 32
3200b this thing is a freaking this
thing looks amazing I've never seen a
durang done like this and it's the bead
loocks on the back this is a monster it
sounds good
too
it's tough to it
[Applause]
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just
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[Applause]
all right we've been going here for a
couple hours now I got to say out of all
the dragon drives I've been to and it's
quite a few of them this one might be my
favorite field of cars there's such a
variety there's so many quick cars that
are here I think at least half the field
is 850 or FAS it's crazy weird fast
Corky there's all different kinds of
cool ass cars here everything from
Pickups to PR mods dude there's crazy
stuff can you remind me of the setup you
have on this thing yeah it's a 572 uh
SMX Steve Morris deal uh Whipple 980
that is just a it's just a massive body
on that on that Whipple it's huge it's
almost like a cartoon it is uh engine
voice comes in handy it's your friend
for sure how much does it weigh just
Rand about 140 lb oh my God yeah and
then we have the shark fin intake up
shark fin intake or uh injector on the
top so just total over the top what are
we hoping to do this week um so we're
running Rowdy so I'm hoping to run 50s
with it so oh okay yeah very nice all
right what are you hoping to do tonight
uh put it somewhere in the 50s well no I
I need to I'm going to run probably
about 400 foot and check it and see
where we're at okay cuz I don't have
much testing on it so okay yeah well
good luck thank you appreciate
it
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and
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to
if I didn't know anybody I'd say this is
a bracket car that got new life is that
about right I just bought it it it was a
promod car it was a promod car yeah
gotta and what's the power plant what do
we got in it what's that what's the
power what do we got in it's a small
block Dodge 427 cubic in Okay small
block DOD unique don't hear that very
why it says this on someday maybe it'll
be a
just an old guy dream gotta got I've
always wanted one U my girlfriend helped
me a little bit and we we got it put
together hell yeah it's just a real
thrash we've been working on it
constantly this your first Dragon Drive
event yeah I've roded with other guys
okay it just be my first driving but you
got the itch and you're like I got to do
this you have any ETS in mind for the
car time wor nothing spectacular we're
not running nitrous I'm just trying to
get license um I think it'll run
probably nine flat Maybe a high8 okay
with no nitrous okay so well I I like it
I had to come talk to you cuz I was like
this other guys are bringing prom mod
but this is a different kind of old
school deal right here well this a poor
guys well good luck man well yeah we're
just going to have fun we're not trying
to set the world on fire nothing we want
to make it Friday back here um hopefully
I'll be comfortable enough car if we
running good I can turn a nous on even
make a Hab hell yeah hell yeah well
hopefully we see you back here Friday
all right buddy we'll see
you
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a
it Del
7
mph
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action this is Richard dito AKA Canadian
Chuck Norris he drove this thing from
Canada and from Canada being Red Deer
Alberta which I believe is like 3,400
mil or at least the route he took was
3,400 miles it's a stick car makes a lot
of power got a new power Trin in it
right now I'm not sure what the new
stuff is but turbo V8 65 dto and it ran
eight last time I checked this thing's a
bad mother
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127 would would tell me that he let out
way
early
[Applause]
for the buang 971 and 138 for
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the
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nice 63 for
DAV all right so I'm driving through the
pits right and then is this a Festiva or
Festiva okay and the Festiva is
all-wheel drive this year all wheeel
drive not the same one as last year okay
that one's together gotcha let's back up
up for a second we're on Day Zero and
your car looks like this reac last year
yeah what did you do but not exactly
what did you so what's what's the
issue clutch oh that's not oh my God
what the hell yeah all right so you did
a good job on the clutch did you bring
an extra uh my wife and his wife went to
autoone and got a stock one wely bonding
that's great for them good for them you
know that has 150 miles on it well used
for the last a little bit Yeah well this
is a wild looking setup you got here but
glad to see you guys back I'll check out
I'll check back with you tomorrow for
day one when you're making passes right
all right see
you something can I get an update on the
game what are we looking at
here did you just project it to over
there no I just said put the game on
oh Tom was over here watching on his
phone and he just said put it over there
so now we got it all the way over there
we can watch it it's harder to see it
there than in here though but yeah so
but we got 147 Lions Co Lions there you
go there you go so we're in the middle
of an oil down we've been in oil down
for about 45 minutes and I saw he was
kind of bored over there and he was
watching the game and they just
projected the game onto the big screen
over here so everybody can watch
the uh I'm not sure how much more clean
up they got they took the squeegee out
there so somebody blew up pretty good on
the big end and the next basically we
have a pair and then we have Jeff Lutz
and then we got Tom Bailey all the rest
of these cars to go so
guys we have a very special treating
right now this is so cool so we're just
getting done with the oil down they just
got it cleaned up and a rocket just took
off listen up please Racers that are in
the lanes listen up
please we got the good news we are
almost done they said they will be
within 5 to 10 minutes of getting
everything finalized that is so freaking
cool I've never seen a rocket that is
cool as hell I've never seen a rocket
that's cool I can only see the flame but
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I know what you guys are thinking when
you see this thing think there's no way
a lifted Crown pick is that b you would
be surprised let's check this thing
out
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all right here we we have Jeff Lutz up
for a second pass today first pass
619 that was still kind of not a cep
pass kind of all over the place and spun
so we'll see what he can do now it did
just prep the track and uh spraying the
track maybe they can
turn
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oh 6 12
and
okay 612 at
232 oh I think a my goodness but not
fter than the last dude that's
consistent low 12s or low teens dear
Lord okay so Jeff Lutz is looking pretty
damn good right
now and up now is Tom Bailey and his
Durango monster Durango that thing I
don't it's awesome Durango that's what
we're going to call it and he's shooting
for a seven he really like a seven did
880 something last time uh the car's
never been a seven that's just what he
really like out of the car we'll see
what it can do here I don't know what
changes they made but we'll
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do and for the last pair of day
Zero again right
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here
all right guys that is going to go and
do it for Day Zero of sick week 2024
we'll see you guys tomorrow for day
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one oh my God this those look freaking
[Applause]
epic this is so ridiculous
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