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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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: DOOR SLAMMERS AT SANTA POD IS TAKING OVER THE ENGLISH DRAG RACING SCENE THIS WEEKEND!

Here is your livestream from the 2026 Santa Pod Door Slammers race! If you want to enjoy three days of great drag racing from England, then this is the livestream for you today. With a huge variety...

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FREE BRACKET RACE LIVESTREAM At The AUTOLAND DOOR CAR CHALLENGE – Sunday $15,000

The Autoland Door Car Challenge is on this weekend at Tri-State Raceway in Iowa and we dig it. We’re door car drag racers around here, although I have driven a few dragsters in my day as well. But...

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LIVE DRAG RACING: 9th Annual Great American Bracket Race – Dream Team – Sunday

Well, there are a lot of big money bracket races going on in 2026, but only one Great American Bracket Race, and only one with a Dream Team race where it isn’t just up to you, but rather your whole...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 4 At The Texas Motorplex – Sunday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 4! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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The Monday Shift: Watch And Ride In Ray Bulach’s 8-second T-56 Equipped Camaro

If you are trying figure out the quickest conventionally shifted GM car currently running down a drag strip, stop. We’ve got video of Ray Bulach right here at last year’s Holley LS Fest...

This Recap of The 1987 NHRA Winternationals With Dave McClelland and Steve Evans Is Great – 30 Years Ago!

We’re about a month away from the start of the NHRA season with the Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway Pomona. We’re going to take you on a trip back through time to the 1987 NHRA...

Assassin Bug: This Volkswagen Beetle Is A Wild Handful Down The Track At Route 66 Raceway!

When you look at a Volkswagen Beetle…the real one, with a flat four out back, rear drive, and absolutely nothing in common with that Jetta-in-drag late model version…is the first thing...

Mickey Thompson ET Front Sizes – Lighter, More Fitments

The drag racing front runner has gone through more evolution than you may think over the years and that evolution continues to day as Mickey Thompson has announced four new sizes for drag racers to...

NHRA Winternationals History: Watch The Crazy, Tire-Smoking 1997 Final – Scelzi’s First Win, Alan Johnson’s Return

When Alan Jonhnson hired talented alcohol racer Gary Scelzi to be the driver of the Winston Top Fuel car for the 1997 season, it was a momentous and difficult job to be stepping into. Alan’s...

This 1974 Nova Is Injected Big Block Greatness! Super Comp Greatness

With a steel roof and quarters, and glass everything else, this wrong year Nova is injected wickedness that we can’t stop staring at! It runs 8.80’s with this mellow 454, and has an 8.50...

Reaction Video: Watch Four Minutes Of People Seeing Top Fuel Cars For The First Time

Young or old, gearhead or not, seeing a top fuel car run for the first time brings out a physical reaction in people that nothing else in the world actually does. There’s no way to explain what...

This 1957 Anglia Gasser Has Been In Storage For 35 Years!

You have to check this thing out! After being in storage for 35 years, this 1957 Anglia Gasser has come back into the light of day. The owner says this is a nicely built car, not a pile of crap, and...

Last Of The Lightweights? This 1966 R Code Galaxie Was A 427 Powered Factory Hammer And Maybe The Last Of The Breed

(By Greg Rourke) – In the early 60’s the Big Three all had factory lightweight drag cars.  Lots of aluminum and fiberglass body parts, holes cut in frames, and anything not required to...

The Sucker: This 1934 Plymouth Is Every Mopar Lover’s Dream Hot Rod – Especially The Engine! (W/Video)

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – This thing is so cool we can hardly stand it. For starters, the guy who built this awesome machine is no stranger to the pages of BangShift. After all it was about a...

This Pro Street Dodge Viper Has Ditched The V-10 For A Blown 427 Chevy!

Out of everything that the Dodge Viper ever got knocked for by critics and enthusiasts, only one item actually made sense. The violent temperment, the “suffer no fools” handling, the lack...

Drag Video: The Billy Ray Cyrus Video For Real Gone Was Made At The Drag Strip! Cool Watch

(By Greg Rourke) – You’ve likely seen Sheryl Crow’s video of “Real Gone” which she wrote for the movie Cars, but were you aware Billy Ray Cyrus did a cover shortly...

Watch The Awesome Swamp Thing Wagon Mow ‘Em Down At Redemption 6.0

There are cool cars and then there are COOL cars and we’re going to go on record as saying that Ken Clark’s famed Swamp Thing Nova wagon is a COOL car. Sporting a massive Rehr and...

Irwindale Drags Open For Special Friday Night Thunder This Week!

We’ve got a hidden treasure here in Southern California, and it just keeps grinding out timeslips week after week, year after year. The Irwindale Event Center is a workhorse in SoCal, home to a...