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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Big News! Doug Chandler, Husband Of Late Terry Chandler Extends Infinite Hero and Make A Wish Deals Through 2020

Big NHRA news was released by Don Schumacher Racing yesterday with the announcement that Doug Chandler, husband of the late Terry Chandler has extended the Make-A-Wish and Infinite Hero “giving...

PSCA SCSN Anarchy At The Arch IV Gallery: Saturday’s Throwdown, Part One – The Final Qualifications

It’s probably something I should never admit to, but it’s only after Anarchy At The Arch IV that I’m starting to truly grasp the difference in the radial cars. Don’t...

Take A Video Tour Of The Scrappers Top Fuel Team’s Pit Area – The Most Insane Top Fuel Pit In Drag Racing History

If you are a fan of NHRA top fuel racing you have undoubtedly heard the name Mike Salinas in 2017. The owner of the “Scrappers” racing team, Salinas has entered the top fuel area in a big...

Wow! Byron Dragway Seeking New Ownership – Historic Track Home Of Many Great Events

The house that Ron Leek built is seeking new ownership. Byron Dragway in Byron, Illinois is on the market. The track has been open for more than half a century and has been a hotbed of innovation and...

2017 Meltdown Drags Coverage: We Just Cannot Stop Ourselves – More Photos!

(Words and photos by Bad Brad Klaassen) – So, if you’ve been following along, you’ve read about and seen what an amazing time is to be had by anyone that attends the Meltdown Drags just...

Mike Bowman Wins $100,000 World Series of Pro Mod! Turbocharged Californian Slays Them All!

(Photo credit: Drag Illustrated) – Mike Bowman showed up at Denver in his turbocharged Chevelle Pro Mod with a plan. That plan was to win the richest purse in the history of the Pro Modified...

Old School Cool: The Victory Nostalgia Super Stock Gallery From Anarchy At The Arch IV!

Anarchy At The Arch IV brought a wide field of cars to Gateway Motorsports Park’s starting line. On one hand, you had street cars that would drive out for food in between rounds…mostly...

PSCA SCSN Anarchy At The Arch IV Gallery: Tuning And Testing In The Unseasonably Good Air!

The PSCA SCSN Anarchy At The Arch IV race is going to go down in our record books as maybe the best racing weather we have seen at Gateway Motorsports Park since…well, since we’ve been...

Bonneville Legend: Art Arfons’ Cyclops – Up Close And Personal

Art Arfons’s famed Cyclops jet dragster was a prolific machine in its time. The giant jet engine on wheels held Bonneville records (one of which still stands), was converted into a boat for a...

NHRA Super Stock Video: Watch A SS/VX Volkswagen Take On A Super Stock A/Hemi Barracuda!

So I kind of enjoy the sport of drag racing. I enjoy it in all of its various forms. From no-prep to top fuel, every class has something to offer in terms of entertainment and uniqueness. NHRA super...

PSCA SCSN Anarchy At The Arch IV Gallery: PRO MODS To The Lanes!

Gateway Motorsports Park’s weather tends to be a fairly simple prediction anytime BangShift appears: hot and humid. We sweat, and when the sun goes down, we get eaten by the ravenous mosquitoes...

FREE LIVE Streaming Video REPLAY From SCSN St. Louis

Watch the replay of the entire SCSN St. Louis by clicking the link below! We’ll be LIVE from the Street Car Super Nationals in St. Louis starting Thursday around 7pm Central! And, we’ve...

This Early 1950s Bonneville Video Is Beautiful, Fun, and A Window Into Bonneville’s Small Past

This 1950s Bonneville video is so spectacular we cannot begin to tell you. The best part about it is that it shows what the scene was on the salt just a few years after Speed Week started in 1948....

Menholt Wins Aeromotive Wild Card Shootout at World Series of Pro Mod

(Photos by Joe McHugh, Words by Nate Van Wagnen of Drag Illustrated) Montana’s Derek Menholt earned the Aeromotive Wild Card Shootout win at the inaugural Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro...