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Retro Galleries: Photos From The 2011 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion

Posted in DRAG RACES October 19, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Depending on what part of the world you are in, BangShift is already LIVE STREAMING the 2012 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion from Bakersfield — CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FREE LIVE STREAM - Along with the live streaming video of the event that we’ll be covering from today all the way through the conclusion of [...]

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Join In The Fun! It’s Tipsy Trickster Time For The California Hot Rod Reunion

Posted in DRAG RACES October 18, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

In addition to BangShift’s FREE LIVE Streaming Video, here are a couple other ways of experiencing the California Hot Rod Reunion XXI this weekend, even if you can’t make it to the grandstands in the vast wasteland North of Bakersfield at Auto Club Famoso Raceway. Our friends over at Drag Racing Online added something to [...]

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Drag Gallery: Fords At the 2012 NHRA Dutch Classic

Posted in DRAG RACES October 18, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Joe Grippo appreciates cool iron of all shapes, sizes, and brand identity, but we know he’s a Ford loving dude deep down. There were lots of Cobra Jets on the grounds at Maple Grove last weekend as we showed you yesterday but there was even more classic Ford iron running [...]

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Drag Gallery: Mighty Mopars At The 2012 NHRA Dutch Classic

Posted in DRAG RACES October 18, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we showed you a gallery that featured just COPO Camaros and Mustang Cobra Jets. We got some hate mail from the Mopar crowd that we didn’t put the Drag Pack Challengers in there but we saved them for today. This is a gallery featuring only Mopar products that competed [...]

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Drag Gallery: COPO Camaros and Mustang Cobra Jets At The 2012 Dutch Classic

Posted in DRAG RACES October 17, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we brought you the wheelstands and today we’re going to bring you some of the most modern muscle that attacked the strip at Maple Grove last weekend during the yearly sportsman spectacular known as the Dutch Classic. This is a gallery that’ll show you all of the killer COPO [...]

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Event Coverage: Lucas Oil Raceway Hosts NMCA World Street Nationals And LSX Shootout

Posted in DRAG RACES October 16, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

Indy is one of the most iconic dragstrips in the country, and when the NMCA rolled in for the LSX Shootout and World Street Finals this past weekend, the place was packed with bitchin big and small tire cars of all kinds. Brian Wagner was on hand helping out with a couple teams, and also [...]

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Gallery: Over 100 Wheelstand Photos From the 2012 NHRA Dutch Classic!

Posted in DRAG RACES October 16, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We will make one guarantee with this gallery. In every single one of the 116 photos, at least one of the cars in the frame is hiking the front end up to the sky. Joe Grippo was at the vaunted Dutch Classic held each year at Maple Grove Raceway last [...]

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More Day Of The Drags Photos! Max Cackle Sent Us Some Super Sexy Shots You Can’t Miss

Posted in DRAG RACES October 11, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

We should have dubbed this “Week of the Drags” here at BangShift because we’ve had so much great coverage from the Koninentals Day of the Drags event this week, and we’re not done yet! Chris Graves with Max Cackle Photos, who send us super sexy race shots all the time, just sent another cool collection [...]

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Drag Action Gallery: The 2012 Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip Bracket Bash

Posted in DRAG RACES October 10, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) - Don’t be fooled by the title of this event—it’s not just a standard bracket race. It usually features only bracket racing classes, but the folks at Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip in Ringgold, Georgia decided to spice it up by adding a 4.70 heads up race as well as [...]

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Drag Gallery: The 2012 Paradise Drag Strip Show and Go!

Posted in DRAG RACES October 10, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – This past weekend, a couple of events in North Georgia kept Tommy Lee Byrd busy, as he pulled a double shift with two great drag racing events. First off is the Paradise Show-N-Go, held at the historic Paradise Drag Strip in Calhoun, Georgia. With a name like [...]

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Drag Gallery: The Kontinentals Day of the Drags – Our Final Gallery

Posted in DRAG RACES October 10, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos by Charles Wickam) -We’ve been doling out Charles Wickam’s awesome photos from the 2012 Day of the Drags at Little River Dragway in Texas. The event, which celebrated its 10th running this year was a great celebration of the old days of drag racing, hot rodding, and custom cars. Guys and girls came from [...]

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Event Coverage: Byron World Power Wheelstanding Championships Photos… Bumpers Beware!

Posted in DRAG RACES October 10, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

These dudes are nuts. I mean we love watching wheelstands, and nothing is more fun than driving a car that pulls the wheels hard, but given the incredible wheelstand it takes to win the Byron World Power Wheelstanding Championships, you have got to have no fear or destroying your race car. We haven’t been there [...]

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Event Photos: Radial Revolution, No Mercy 3 Wheels-Up Action Photos From South Georgia

Posted in DRAG RACES October 9, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

The Radial Revolution races at South Georgia Motorsports Park are some of the best small tire races anywhere. And every year we look forward to the No Mercy event because it is a run what you brung all in Drag Radial extravaganza. Dom from DRD Photos was there for us this year and took hundreds [...]

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Drag Gallery: More Vintage Cars and Competition From Day of the Drags 2012!

Posted in DRAG RACES October 9, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Yesterday we dropped the first load of photo goodness on you as shot by Charles Wickam at The Kontinentals Day of the Drags 2012 held at the historic Little River Dragway in Texas. As we told you yesterday, this event is open to 1964 and earlier American cars and the [...]

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Gallery: Day of the Drags 2012 – Vintage Hot Rod and Drag Car Nirvana at Little River Dragway!

Posted in DRAG RACES October 8, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos by Charles Wickam) The Kontinentals car club has been putting one one of the coolest old timey drag races in the country for 10 years now. “Day of the Drags” has been held at the totally awesome Little River Dragway for every one of those 10 years and Charles Wickam was on the scene [...]

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Event Coverage: Tulsa Nitro Nationals Photos Including Derek Snelson’s Fiery Funny Car Run

Posted in DRAG RACES October 1, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

Tulsa Raceway Park puts on great events each and every week, and last weekends Nitro Nationals were as exciting as we expected. It may have been a little more exciting than Derek Snelson was expecting, but at least he put on a good show when his Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car caught fire on the teams [...]

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