Mud And Dirt Racing Photos: The Lee County Darryl Jones Memorial Race Was Epic And We’ve Got The Photos!

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) With the unfortunate passing from a courageous battle with cancer back in 2021 of famed and beloved mud racer Darryl Jones, pilot of the legendary “Scooby Doo”...

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BIG TIRES & BLOWERS – The Hot Rod Hoarder Hits Up The Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run 2024 And Man There Were Cool Cars On Parade.

Pigeon Forge is a tourist destination, and home to several awesome car and truck events, in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. It’s a cool town full of restaurants, shops, hotels, Dollywood,...

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Our Final Gallery Of 2024 PDRA East Coast Nationals Action Photos: Check Them All Out Here, Along With A Link To Any You Might Have Missed!

We’ve got our fifth, and final, photo gallery from the PDRA East Coast Nationals below, but if you missed the previous galleries from the race, you can use the link we’ve included as...

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Kansas City Cash Days Video: Street Racing In Kansas City Mexico with an EPIC Final Race! Big Matchups And Some Serious Side By Side Racing.

Boy oh boy were the Kansas City Cash Days something to see! Street racing in Kansas has always been strong, I mean we’re talking for decades, but it has been a while since the guys at 1320...

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Featured Product: This Easy to Apply KBS Bed Liner Protects Truck Beds and Body Panels And You Can Do It At Home!

We’re big fans of KBS products around here, but if you haven’t seen their products here on BANGshift or haven’t caught up with them at the PRI or SEMA shows, then you need to check...

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Influence & Impact Episode 19 – Jason and Marcel Talk About Obscure Muscle Cars: Buick Grand National, Ford Torino, CTSV, And Muscle Trucks

Remember when a Buick Grand National first came out? Do you remember how they were weird because we were in desperate need of some speed and fun but couldn’t quite wrap our heads around why it...

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Watch The Insane Robert Hight, Matt Hagan Double Explosion Run From The 2018 NHRA Gatornationals – Both Walked Away

This is something that even the most salty, grizzled, drag racing veterans at the Gatornationals had never seen before. Two funny cars exploding on the same run within a second of each other. Below...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Pistons, Turbines, Multiple Engines, Or One? Does It Matter When Talking Streamliners?

This is a personal preference question, not a tech question. I wanted to qualify that because of course there is a difference in classification between a streamliner running a turbine or piston...

Showstopper: Michael Britt’s Monte Carlo Came Out Swinging At Shut Up And Race!

Michael Britt’s 1982 Chevrolet Monte Carlo isn’t a race-only machine. And it’s not a recent build, though looking at it, you’d swear it was. He’s had the car since the...

Am I Horribly Sick For Wanting This Chevette? Wouldn’t You Love To Own It?

Okay, I know I sometimes march to the beat of a slightly different drummer, but call this my weakness that makes me connect with McTaggart. He likes all the weird Mopars that nobody in their right...

Even More March Meet 2018 Nostalgia Drag Racing Photos To Love

(Photos by Dyan Lover and Darr Hawthorne) What’s not to love? Especially when Dyan Lover is showing off her photos here at BANGshift.com! Her and Darr Hawthorne were busy as hell running around...

The NHRA Gatornationals Were Full Of Excitement In Qualifying, Here Are The Results!

NHRA’s Mello Yello Drag Racing Series is in full swing this weekend as the third National Event of the 2018 season is going on in Florida at the Gatornationals. The season has been full of...

Best In The West Award Announced for LS Fest West 2018

Listen up LS Fest West fans! LS Fest event staff are pleased to announce the Best In The West, a unique new award for LS Fest West 2018 participants. How will the winner be decided? We’re going to...

The St. Patrick’s Day Classic Big Money Race Is LIVE All Weekend Long

That’s right folks it’s time for another weekend of big money racing! This weekend it is the St. Patrick’s Day Classic from Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie Virginia. There is...

March Meet 2018 Nostalgia Drag Racing Action Photos Keep On Coming

(Photos by Dyan Lover and Darr Hawthorne) If you missed the 2018 March Meet, and didn’t tune into the live broadcast, then it’s a good thing we’ve got tons of photos to share with...

Morning Symphony: An Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme That’s All About The Launch

Outside of my weird Mopars, the next prolific vehicle type I’ve got in my back catalog is the GM G-body. I’ve owned one Monte Carlo SS, two 1979 Cutlasses, and have worked on various...

Fuel Altered Veterans Tell Stories From The Past In This Video From The NHRA Motosports Museum

While I was at the Good Vibrations March Meet at AutoClub Famoso Raceway earlier this month, I spoke to my good friend Tony Thacker who couldn’t stop smiling while telling stories of the Fuel...

A $40,000 Guess – Watch Cali Chris Go Virtually Perfect And Saw Birdman Off At The Knees

It was a moment that triggered a landslide of opinion, screaming, yelling, crying, and entertainment on the internet. When “Cali Chris” Poncia used his mental clock to leave the starting...

2018 Mad Mule Opener At GALOT Motorsports Park Action Photos : Doorslammer Thunder In The Carolinas

(Photos by David Whealon) – There have been great door slammer racers from all over the place but the Carolinas have launched a load of careers in the world of drag racing and the area...

Grandpa’s Got A Brand New Bag: This 1998 Lincoln Town Car Is A Monster!

The Lincoln Town Car…the pride and joy of limo drivers, airport “black car” operations, low-ranking politicians, and that nice retired couple up the street. Towards the end, the big...