We’ve Got Street Week Sweden Photos! Check Out Our First Gallery of Photos From Mantorp Park Right Here! More To Come!

We’ve reached the midway point of Street Week Sweden 2026, and are about to start Race Day 4 at Tierp Arena in Sweden within hours of you reading this and checking out the photos. It has been a...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Martin Lundqvist Racing Goes After Another Street Week Sweden Victory! Here’s What It Took To Even Get To Day 1 At Mantorp Park

We’ve been sharing Martin Lundqvist Racing Fabrication videos here on BANGshift for the past few months as they are putting together a new drag and drive machine for Sweden’s Street Week...

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Dylan McCool Bought an UNKNOWN Drag Car at Auction… It Had ROD KNOCK! Can They Race It?

You never know what you are going to get when buying cars at auction, and that’s because you may or may not even be able to start them and hear them run. It totally depends on the auction, and...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing – Sunday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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UPDATE: NHRA Suspends Larry Dixon Indefinitely Over Issues With Two Seat Top Fuel Dragster – New Information Here

  UPDATE 11/8/17 – In a communication we received from Larry Dixon we need to amend the following statements we made previously in this report.  1.) The chassis tag on the car was...

Looking To Build A Real Deal Super Duty 455? This Rare Set Of Factory Heads Is For Sale!

We have long sung the praises of the legendary Pontiac 455 engine that was quite literally the last true hurrah of the original muscle car era. The machines were produced in low volume in 1973 and...

Watch The All AMC Pro Stock Final From The 1976 NHRA World Finals – Booth Vs Kanners

When people think about efforts that AMC put into racing during the 1970s they always default to NASCAR and Trans-Am. People largely forget that the company had a pro stock program the likes of which...

44-Minutes of Crazy: Non-Stop Drag Racing Wreckage From Urban Hillbilly Action Videos Carnage Fest

There’s no fake news in the title of this one, kids. We’re taking 44-minutes of crazy. We’re taking non stop drag racing wreckage footage from Urban Hillbilly that has been shot...

SEMA 2017: Cool New Blocks Ford Ford and Chevy Diesel Fans, and A Yeoman’s Crate Engine That’s Kind Of Neat

While there are plenty of mud flaps, bedazzled valve covers, and lame junk at SEMA there’s also loads of cool hard parts that are introduced at the show. In this blog we’re looking at a...

Watch Steve Hamm Record His First Aussie Pro Slammer Round Win In The Most Violent Way Possible

Steve Hamm is no stranger to winning rounds. The guy has been a killer in the Australian alcohol funny car ranks and he scooped up a national championship down there in 2014. He’s now an Aussie...

Why Are You Here? This NHRA Video Is Pretty Awesome And Worth The Watch For Sure

The big wind down is about ready to begin in the sport of drag racing here in the USA. The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series concluded yesterday in Las Vegas with the final event in that series, the...

Watch Troy Coughlin Win The 2017 J&A Service NHRA Pro Mod Championship Heads Up Style!

It was a barn burning end to the 2017 J&A Service NHRA pro mod season at Las Vegas last weekend. Troy Coughlin came into the race with about a two round lead on Mike Castellana who had lead the...

Watch The Crazy Larry Dixon Final Round Top Alcohol Funny Car Crash From NHRA Las Vegas

If there was one thing I certainly did not see coming as the final pair of alcohol funny cars rolled into the water box last Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas, it was this. Larry Dixon had been leveling...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: The Song Of Our People – Listen To The 3,000hp Screw Blown Duramax Roar!

It was right around 24 hours ago that we introduced you, fair reader, to the insanity that is a 3,000hp screw blown Duramax powered pro mod car here at SEMA 2017. The power plant is from the fertile...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: WELD Racing Introduces S70 Wheel – RT-S Line Gets Lighter and Stronger

Just when you think that things cannot get better, they do. How? WELD Racing seemed to be in a pretty good spot and then WELD Racing introduces the S70 wheel and the whole RT-S lineup gets lighter...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: Trick Flow Has A New Small Block Mopar Head That Chrysler Power Lovers Will Want

We’ve known and been impressed by the guys at Trick Flow for years. After all, they have been developing and releasing killer cylinder heads for multiple applications for as long as anyone can...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: Wagler Competition Products Unveils Diesel Pro Mod, We Swoon

Ok look, I may be a teense jaded. I get to see awesome drag racing iron on a weekly basis around the country so it really takes something bad ass to get my attention. This got my attention. Wagner...

SEMA 2017 Vehicle Spotlight: The Hellcat Powered Prius From American Racing Headers Is Epic In Every Way

Not every car at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas is designed to impress because of classic styling or epic performance. Some are there just to grab as much attention as possible using pure obnoxiousness,...