Everything You Need to Know on How to Watch Drag Week 2017

Here’s everything you need to know about following along with the mayhem and action from HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive. We’ve got you covered whether you want to watch the race from the bleachers with us or from your home and garage — so keep glued to HOTROD.com/DragWeek for the latest updates, stories, and videos from the road!

How to spot the different classes:

With 400 cars across 18 classes, Drag Week is mammoth — but there’s a quick way to keep an eye on who’s racing who. On the windshield of every Drag Week car will be a sticker that identifies the car number and class. For example, 666B would be in Ultimate Iron.

Class Decal Designations
A- Unlimited
B- Ultimate Iron
C- Pro Street Power Adder
D- Pro Street Naturally Aspirated
E- Modified Power Adder
F- Modified Naturally Aspirated
G- Super Street Big Block Power Adder
H- Super Street Big Block Naturally Aspirated
I- Super Street Small Block Power Adder
J- Super Street Small Block Naturally Aspirated
K- Street Race Big Block Power Adder
L- Street Race Big Block Naturally Aspirated
M- Street Race Small Block Power Adder
N- Street Race Small Block Naturally Aspirated
O- Gasser A/Gas
P- Gasser B/Gas
Q- Hot Rod
R- Street Machine Eliminator

Live Streaming, presented by Auto Meter:
David Freiburger and Brian Lohnes (you may even know him from MTOD’s Put Up or Shut Up) are back as the hosts and announcers of Drag Week, so you can expect no shortage of entertainment from the timing tower alone as these two gearheads call the play-by-play. We’ll go live for the first day of racing on Monday, September 11, 2017 at 8:00 AM (Central) and run until approximately 2:00pm each day until Friday. For Friday’s finals, the live stream begins at noon (Central) and runs until approximately 6:00pm. Keep posted HOTROD.com for the broadcast, or subscribe to Motor Trend’s YouTube channel for notifications!

On race days, there will be three run groups:
-First two hours of run time: All classes other than Street Machine Eliminator
-Next hour of run time: Street Machine Eliminator
-Final hours of run time until 2:00pm: Open to all classes, all cars

Drag Week on social media:
You can like us on Facebook and join our event page, or follow us on Instagram @hotrodmagazine with #hotroddragweek as the official tag. Keep an eye out for carnage from the track, driver interviews, and deeper drives into the world’s quickest and fastest street-legal weapons.

Join us at the track!

Come join us at Cordova International Raceway, Gateway Motorsports Park, Byron Dragway, and Great Lakes Dragaway — Because there’s nothing the smell of race fuel in the air! Please note all gate and track times are Central.

September 10 – Registration, Test and Tune
Cordova International Raceway
19425 IL-84, Cordova, IL 61242

Gates Open at 8:00AM
Track Hot at Noon

Spectator Pricing:$10
Follow signs for Spectator Gate.

September 11 – Race Day 1
Cordova International Raceway
19425 IL-84, Cordova, IL 61242

Gates Open at 7:30 AM
Track hot from 8:00PM-2:00PM

Spectator Pricing: $15
Follow signs for Spectator Gate.

September 12 – Race Day 2
Gateway Motorsports Park
700 Raceway Blvd, Madison, IL 62060

Gates Open at 7:30 AM
Track hot from 8:00PM-2:00PM

Spectator Pricing: $15
Spectators enter at Collinsville Rd Gate on the South Side of Drag Strip

September 13 – Race Day 3
Byron Dragway
7287 N River Rd, Byron, IL 61010

Gates Open at 7:30 AM
Track hot from 8:00PM-2:00PM

Spectator Pricing: $20
Follow signs for Spectator Parking