IHRA Acquires Heartland Motorsports Park In A Move To Resurrect Yet Another Abandoned Race Track!

The International Hot Rod Association has been making huge waves in the drag racing community with some pretty unbelievable announcements and purchases over the past year and there is no sign of them...

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Drag Racing HISTORY: The Hot Rod Hoarder’s Best Vintage Drag Cars of 2025 Are All Right Here!

We love all the folks that we regularly showcase here on BANGshift.com and one of our favorites is Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder. He hits great events, features some great historical race cars...

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REAL STREET CARS BATTLING ON NO PREP!!!! EXTREME STREET AT DOD CHRISTMAS CLASH 6 AT ROCKINGHAM

Dig or Die Christmas Clash 6 is in the books but boy was it fun! In the video below you’ll get to see all the action from the 2025 race thanks to our friends at Spoold Media. Check out all the...

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You Can Make Your Own Hardlines at Home: Brake, Fuel, Transmission Cooler, And More. Hardline 101

If you own a popular muscle car or classic truck, you can buy most of the hardlines you might need for them from a variety of restoration houses. But if you own something more obscure, or your budget...

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Houston Street Racing Movie: Hundreds of Racers INVADE Houston’s Streets And Evade Police – The Full Adventure

This one is special. Not only is it a great video of some awesome street racing action both on the streets and the highways of Houston, but also a great look at a younger 1320Video staff. This video...

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Route 66 to The SEMA Show 2025: How A First-Year Road Trip Turned into Something Bigger Than Anyone Expected

(Words and Photos by Cole Quinnell, Photos by Patrick Hill) There are roads that get you somewhere, and then there are roads that mean something. Route 66 is firmly in the second category. It’s not...

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The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Watch This Buzzing Small Block Camaro Scream To A Win!

(By Jason Mazzotta) – There is nothing quite like a small block stick car buzzing through the gears at high rpm’s, and this immaculate inside and out ’69 Camaro runs through the gears in...

Better Engine Building Video: Eliminate Common Lifter Failures – Roller and Flat Tappet!

If there is one thing that can hurt your heart, wallet, and will to live, it is a lifter failure in your high performance engine. Whether we are talking rollers or flat tappers, when a lifter goes,...

FTI Performance Helps Power Steve Sisko To A $1.1-Million Drag Racing Payday! Video Here!

A couple weeks back I was a small part of the richest drag race ever held. The SFG Promotions Million paid an honest, guaranteed 1.1 million dollars to the driver who stayed them all during the...

Morning Symphony: Street Cars On The Track Again At Santa Pod

My current favorite meme is a simple black background, white letter picture: “i need to get out this damn house”. Being fair, I have been out of the house. Very out of the house. But with...

Dare To Be Awesomely Different: This 1976 Pontiac Grand LeMans Has Looks, Power, and Personality

This right here is some Dare to be Different genius. You are looking at a 1976 Pontiac Grand LeMans coupe that was once a luxury cruiser and is now a warmed up boulevard bruiser. The original 400ci...

Billy Torrence, Matt Hagan, Jason Line & Ryan Oehler Win Restart Of NHRA Mello Yello Series In INDY!

(Photos by Mike Burghardt) — Billy Torrence powered his Capco dragster to the Top Fuel win on Sunday as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series raced for the first time since February at the E3...

From Bruce Larson to Big John Mazmanian,These Indy Home Movies Are Amazing, Especially With Freeze Frames

With Indy being the site of the NHRA “re-start” races last weekend and again this weekend, we wanted to look into its past. These films were made in the late 1960s at the US Nationals and...

Final Round Videos: Check Out The Winning Passes From The E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals In Indy! Awesome Racing

It was a wild weekend of competition at Lucas Oil Raceway Indianapolis as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series powered back into motion with an event unlike any other national event ever held....

Qualifying For The E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway – Mello Yello Drag Racing Returns!

(Photos by Mike Burghardt) — The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returned to action for the first time since February, and Funny Car’s Tommy Johnson Jr. picked up where he left off,...

FREE LIVE STREAMING Drag Racing: The Xtreme Texas Nationals Featuring The Mid-West Drag Racing Series

Saturday: Racing scheduled for 6 P.M. Central! No, your eyes didn’t deceive you, the name is accurate: the Summit Racing Equipment Mid-West Drag Racing Series, the former Mid-West Pro Mod...

Vintage Drag Video: Early 1970s Funny Car Action From Illinois’ Motion Raceway

There’s nothing quite like vintage drag strip videos from the 1970s featuring some of the neatest funny cars of the era. This particular video was shot in 8mm format at Motion Raceway in...

The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Watch This Four Speed, Straight Axle Fairlane Get Power Shifted At Eagle Field

Here’s a combo we can love. Take a classic muscle car, slap a straight axle under it, built a healthy motor and back it with a four speed and then go run it at the strip. The math there is...

Ride Along In A Gear Jamming VW Bug As It Runs The Quarter Mile In England

The VW Beetle is one of drag racing’s unlikely little heroes. Whether built with an angry naturally aspirated engine or force fed with nitrous, a blower, or a turbo, these little cars can be...

Southeast Gassers Last Blast: More Great Drag Racing Photos From Mooresville Dagway!

(Photos by David Whealon) – This is our last and finally installment of killer David Whealon action photos featuring the Southeast Gassers at Mooresville Dragway in North Carolina. The event...