A Memorial Day Message From BangShift.com – Let Us Remember What Is Truly Important

Today is Memorial Day, an important day of remembrance for our country that honors the people who have spilled their blood in order to defend our way of life. Memorial Day is dedicated to remembering...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Main Event At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Top Fuel, FIA Championship Drags, And More!

One of the biggest drag racing events in Europe is on this weekend and you can watch it right here, live! The event is the kickoff for the 2026 FIA Championship drag racing season and it is also...

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The American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is now LIVE! Save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit May 18-26!

That’s right folks, the American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is on now through Tuesday the 26th, so if you want to save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit use the link below and tell them we sent...

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Chaos Supernationals Video: Nitro Qualifying Round 1 and 2, Plus Eliminations Rounds From Summit Motorsports Park In Norwalk, Ohio.

The Chaos Series was at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk Ohio, and did everything they could to put on a hell of a show, even if Mother Nature wasn’t helping out much. Thanks to our friend...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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Sunday $20,000 Race LIVE! Wasting Fuel Productions Coal Rush $20ks Big Money Bracket Racing Weekend LIVE!

It’s time for more LIVE big money bracket racing. This weekend’s Coal Rush 20s start now and promise tight racing and big payouts. With other races being cancelled this weekend due to...

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Nitro Funny Car Gypsy Lays Out Odds For The ’17 Good Vibrations March Meet!

  (Photos by Mike Burghardt, Jeff Burghardt, Big Bob Snyder, Zane McNary, Zak Hawthorne and Darr Hawthorne) – The legendary March Meet, now presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports, has...

Historic Drag Video: Awesome Footage From The 1966 March Meet – Watch The Surfers Win At Famoso

Well today’s the day that the BangShift March Meet live stream kicks off! You are here early before racing has started or maybe you are just poking around BangShift for the first time this week...

March Meet History: Watch Chris Morel’s Wild Nitro Funny Car Crash From Ground Level At Famoso!

There were a few wild rides at the 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California but none was more front and center than Chris Morel’s barrel roll just past the...

Awesome Tommy Ivo Video: 1966 Fuel and Gas Championships – Huge Tire Smoking Wheelie and Run – Original Footage!

Tom Ivo needs no introduction to the BangShift readership. He’s one of the great drag racers of all time, one of the great story tellers of all time, and one of the most under appreciated parts...

Action Photos: 2017 Kings Holiday Drag Race – Houston Motorsports Park

(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – Experiencing tracks I’ve never been to before never gets old. So, when my good friend and fellow Okie, Roger Johns, posted on social media his thought...

Family Car Goals: This Nitrous-Huffing Holden Can Rip Mid-8s In The Quarter, Yet Still Has It’s Independent Rear Suspension!

The late-model, Holden based Pontiac GTO got a bad rub when it was sold in the states, mainly because the styling was “too bland”. Which makes us wonder if Pontiac would’ve done...

Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car Photos From The 2016 March Meet

OUR 2017 GOOD VIBRATIONS MARCH MEET COVERAGE KICKS OFF TOMORROW AND TO GET YOU PREPARED FOR THAT AWESOMENESS WE’RE SHARING SOME MEMORIES FROM THE 2016 EVENT! HERE’S A KILLER BATCH OF...

Les Mayhew’s Profile Of Top Fuel At The 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet Is Amazing – Watch It!

We have one problem with Les Mayhew and his continued insistence in making drag racing films. That problem? We’re running out of superlatives to address them with. Once again, Les Mayhew brings...

Drag Action Photos: Northstar Dragway’s Pre-Season Test Had Everything From Radials To Nitro

(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – It was a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon with seventy degree weather in north Texas, so why not load up the hot rod, hit the track and knock a little...

Wrinkled Tires and Wonderful Wheelies at US60 Dragway – Action Photos!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Third and final article from this event.  This gallery is full of wrinkled tires, red lights, and wheelies big and small.  I have a thing I like to call...

Another Drag Strip Closing: Texas Raceway Is Shutting The Gates For Good

(Photo: Don Cook/Fort Worth Star-Telegram) We never like to see a racetrack calling it a day, but we found out yesterday evening that the 1/8th mile strip in Kennedale was closing down for good...

Retro Gallery: 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet Photos: Top Fuel, Nitro Funny Car, And Fuel Altereds!

OUR LIVE STREAMING BROADCAST OF THE 2017 GOOD VIBRATIONS MARCH MEET STARTS IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. TO GET YOUR JUICES FLOWING WE’RE SHARING SOME PHOTOS FROM LAST YEAR! Nitro, baby! It is the thing...

Relive The Crazy, Cool, and Awesome Finals Of NHRA Phoenix ’92

In the annals of NHRA drag racing history, few races (if any) can match NHRA Phoenix ’92. It is referenced as an inside joke among lots of us on various race weekend and because so much crazy...

NHRA Sells National Trail Raceway To Ownership Group That Operates Heartland Park Topeka

The National Hot Rod Association has sold one of the tracks that they own. National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio was sold to Shelby Development, the group that bought and now operates Heartland Park...