FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Thursday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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Factory Hemi Superbird Feature Video: This 1,500-Mile HEMI Superbird Has SERIOUS Drag Racing History!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it and in this video below you are going to get a look at an awesome 1970 Plymouth Superbird that came from the factory with the famed 426 Hemi under...

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Street Car Takeover Atlanta: They Turned a NASCAR Speedway into a NO PREP Track And The Action Was Awesome!

Street Car Takeover in Atlanta was a huge event and the racing action on pit lane of the Super Speedway was hot and heavy. We’ve been doing the same thing at LSFest Texas for the last few...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $15,000 Wednesday

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – Time Trial Tuesday

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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Martin Lundqvist Racing Fabrication Is Building A Bad Ass 1969 Camaro Drag and Drive Car In Sweden! Watch This!

I love new drag and drive builds, and because I’m going to Sweden this year for Street Week I am really excited that this new drag and drive build is being built at Auto Cut in Stockholm by...

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Customs and Hot Rods of Andice Is Building An Insane, Steel, 1950 Mercury Coupe For Drag Week!

(Photos John Jackson/Good-guys.com) – In the realm of “HOLY CRAP THIS IS AWESOME”, the 1950 Mercury coupe that Customs and Hot Rods of Andice is building for Hot Rod Magazine Drag...

Brighten Up Your Man Cave With One Of These ‘Legends Of Nitro’ 2017 Calendars!

Every year our friends at Stith Printing and Legends of Nitro compile some of the best photography available to create real, old school, wall-hanging printed calendars. In previous years, owner Kevin...

Minitruck Monday: This 1977 King Cab Datsun Is Street Machine Ready!

This is just one of three Minitrucks that we’ll be drooling over this Monday morning. We’ve decided that we’ll pick three from Craigslist, and spotlight it for one of three uses,...

Merry Christmas Done Right! The Guys From Joe Dart Racing Fry The Hides With A Tree On The Roof

Brandan Gant and his Dart may be familiar to BangShift readers as Gant is a multi-time participant in Hot Rod Magazine Drag Weekend and in 2015 Gant won the end of event bracket race in the very Dart...

2016 Drag Racing Memories: Shane Westerfield and Jeff Jones Nearly Marry Two Funny Cars In Dallas

I saw a LOT of close calls in 2016 during my time calling drag races. Whether we’re talking wild NMRA and NMCA small tire stuff to the traditional NHRA scene, there’s never a shortage of...

An Insanely Clean 1974 Camaro For Less Than $9000!!!

We don’t know what else to say but WOW! Sure it’s a 6 cylinder, but who cares! It’s insanely clean, you are going to swap out all the suspension and drivetrain anyway, and if it was...

Mopar Announces 2017 Drag Racing Support Initiatives – Cool Stuff For Sportsman Racers

When Mopar announced that they were basically leaving the world of NHRA pro stock with the release of both Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Erica Enders from their respective contracts, many were wondering if...

DRAG NEWS: Scott Palmer Announces Plans To Race Entire 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Series Tour

In the midst of a volatile NHRA off season that has seen new drivers announced, some cars parked, teams being added, teams being parked, and personnel shuffling all over the greater Brownsburg,...

Andy McCoy Releases 1979 Corvette Pro Mod Body – The Cure For The Common C7!

New pro mod body styles are always exciting and Andy McCoy has made a habit of releasing some of the coolest over the last few years. His Chevelle body is bad ass and stands as one of our favorites...

The Famoso Speed Shop 1930 Bantam Comp Coupe Altered Is For Sale

When we say that Randy and the gang at Famoso Speed Shop had decided. they were going to thing the heard of cars in order to fund a Nostalgia Funny Car effort, we were both excited and sad at the...

The Coolest Speed Part For Sale On eBay Right Now Is This Insanely Rare Latham Blower

While Turbonique certainly get the nod as the most wild speed part of the 1960s, we think that the Latham blower may actually be second. These were axial flow superchargers that were tremendously...

Stats, Man: Here’s The Top 10 Stats From The 2016 NHRA Season As Picked By Their Stat Guy!

(Photo credit: NHRA.com) – As any drag racing fan well knows, the sport of straight line performance is one that is chock full of numbers. Not all numbers are stats but all stats are numbers....

Hot Stuff! Mark Rebilas Has Released His Best Drag Racing Photos Of 2016 And You Gotta See ‘Em!

(Photos by Mark Rebilas) – Well guys it is that time once again. Time for the yearly Mark Rebilas “Best of 2016” photos! In today’s installment Mark has concentrated on his...

2016 Memories Video: Jay Payne Has A Very Bad Day During Pro Mod In St Louis

Earlier this week, I shared a video memory of some wild pro mod action in Atlanta, well today I’m fast forwarding to the St Louis NHRA event and a run that went very, very wrong. The St Louis...