More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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EASILY Bend Rubber Hoses Without Kinking Them! Does The Hot Water Trick Actually Work Or Not?

I’ve heard about this trick a few times, but have never actually tried to form my own molded rubber hose using it. But this guy seems to suggest it is not only possible, but very very...

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IHRA Names Dustin Farthing New President Of The International Hot Rod Association

IHRA Names Dustin Farthing President of the International Hot Rod Association FAIRFIELD, OHIO — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is proud to announce the appointment of Dustin Farthing...

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Remembering Our Friend Kyle Loftis – The Man Behind 1320video Will Be Missed More Than He Ever Realized

It has taken me several days to be able to post something like this on BANGshift. Posting it the day we found out about the loss of our great friend would have been the smart thing for page views and...

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Check Out The Action From The Frontside NO-PREP Shootout at Darana Dragway, Milan MI – May 16th 2026

We were at Darana Dragway Milan last fall for the IHRA $125,000 to win Pro Mod Shootout and man is that track fun. I hadn’t been to Milan in years, and they have definitely added some nice...

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704 Outlaws Video: Outlaw Small Tire Racing Returns To North Carolina’s Mooresville Dragway

We’ve got 704 Outlaws video below, thanks to our friends at Spoold Media. If you aren’t familiar with the 704 Outlaws classes, trust us when we say they are fun. They’ve got simple rules, small...

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Awesome Historic Drag Footage: Home Videos From The 1972 NHRA Winternationals – Wild Willie, All The Great Heroes Of Yesteryear!

Wow, is this awesome stuff! I happened to stumble upon this 15-minute home video made at the 1972 NHRA Winternationals by a pair of Australian brothers who traveled over to take in the race. Their...

John Force Racing Is Back In SoCal And Holding A Wednesday Open House At The RaceStation!

(Phoenix testing photos by Gary Nastase Photography)   Years ago, John Force Racing moved from their remodeled luxury car dealership in SoCal’s Yorba Linda heading for new headquarters with...

Progress For A Drag Strip On Long Island, New York? Seems Like It

It has been years since Long Island Dragway in Hampton, New York closed its doors and with it, left drag racing fans with no other option but to head to places like Atco and Englishtown. Since then...

Australian Nationals Footage From Calder Park: V8s, Rotaries, And…Wait, Is That A Previa?!

Now that the Super Bowl is over for us here in the Northern Hemisphere, can we finally get to drag racing? Please? For most, the answer is still “no”…unless you live in a place...

Winternationals Video: This Footage From The 1970 AHRA Winternationals Is Simply Great

For many years, there was more than one Winternationals race to kick off a drag racing season. While the NHRA’s event at Pomona was always the better known of the two, the running of the AHRA...

Watch Jason Rupert Lay Down Two Beautiful and Thundering Funny Car Passes – IHRA Record Breakers!

While the IHRA may not have a professional series in 2017 they sure did in 2016 and in the nitro funny car category Jason Rupert hammered all comers and took home the title. In this Les Mayhew video...

Conesville Drag Strip Video: Madness At The No Frills, No BS, No Under 21 Strip Your Mom Warned You About

(By Greg Rourke) – To paraphrase The Stranger from The Big Lebowski, sometimes there’s a drag strip, it’s the drag strip for it’s time and place. It fits right in there....

Football?! Nah, Watch The 1991 NHRA Winternationals Right Here!

Apparently today there’s a sporting contest going on between two cities. Many people seem to be highly interested in said contest and are clogging up the roads, airwaves, and internets with...

Zip Tie Drags Adventure Video – Emily Williams and Her Husband Buy A Nova And Make The Trip

The Roadkill Zip Tie Drags were a big success with Tuscon Dragway being packed to the gills with fans and many Roadkill devotees making the run from Southern California to the Arizona track. People...

Greg Wants A Galaxie, Greg’s Got Expensive Taste! Check This Baby Out

(By Greg Rourke) – Brian recently showed us a $40,000 transmission, which was only a little more than the trans in my 98 Plymouth Voyager cost.  The trans was originally for a factory...

It’s Official: World Series Of Drag Racing Back At Cordova August 25-27

    In a Saturday afternoon news release, IRG Sports + Entertainment, the parent company of the IHRA has announced that the World Series of Drag Racing will return to its rightful home at...

Tucson Dragways Nate Burger Shows The Kids At Import Face-Off How To Do A Burnout In A Mustang!

Okay, so he also showed them how to almost crash your car, but we’re going to roll with the positive here. We kid, because Nate is our boy and he’ll be laughing when he reads this. At...

This Might Be The Most Pissed-Off Mazda 323 On The Planet…Didn’t Think We’d Ever Say That!

Quick story: before I had my license, shortly after I traded a neighbor a non-running 1979 Cutlass for a kind-of running 1977 Chevrolet Impala coupe, there was a real risk that I was about to become...

Watching Grudge Racing At Sydney Dragway Can Ease Cabin Fever Symptoms!

Saying that I have cabin fever isn’t quite correct. Cabin fever hits when you have been snowed in and you want to be anywhere than stuck inside the house. Luckily, this winter has been, so far,...