2026 PDRA East Coast Nationals Photos Start Right Here! Big Power, Big Smoke, And A Big Show At GALOT.

(Photos by David Whealon) The PDRA East Coast Nationals at GALOT Motorsports Park were some badass drag races and for good reason. This is one of the coolest dragstrips in the country, and when the...

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Manual Cars Shouldn’t Be THIS FAST! 6-Second Stick Shift Drag Racing At Street Car Takeover In Rockingham.

I grew up in a stick shift drag racing family, so anything with a clutch pedal is near and dear to my heart. There is something about a stick shift car that just makes it more fun to drive, and even...

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5.30 OUTLAW SMALL TIRE GANGSTERS AT MOORESVILLE! 704 OUTLAWS SEASON OPENER APRIL 2026!

We’ve said it multiple times, but it still makes me smile when I see heads up no-prep racers running an index class, and the awesome popularity of Lil’ Gangsta’s and other classes...

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IHRA ACQUIRES EMPIRE DRAGWAY, EXPANDING NATIONAL FOOTPRINT IN THE NORTHEAST

Fairfield, OH — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) has officially announced the acquisition of Empire Dragway, marking a major step in our continued growth and investment in premier...

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KALITTA, CAPPS, HARTFORD & HERRERA RACE TO WINS AT NHRA 4-WIDE NATIONALS IN CHARLOTTE

– Kalitta breaks TF track speed record in win – Capps powers to another FC victory – Hartford rolls to second PS win in four races – Herrera sweeps weekend in PSM CONCORD,...

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Let’s Talk ENGINES, PROJECT CARS, CHiPS TV, and More With David Freiburger!

David Freiburger’s Socials and YouTube channel have grown dramatically since the Motor Trend Studios that he and Finnegan were working for shut down and he went out on his own. It’s been...

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2016 Memories Video: Losing My Mind As Dan Page Wins Top Alcohol Dragster At Indy

Without a doubt the most memorable moment of my 2016 drag racing year and the most memorable moment of my so-called career of drag race announcing came at Indy. Specifically it came during the final...

Here’s The Craziest Drag Racing Video Of 2016: Urban Hillbilly’s Carnage Fest!

Throughout the year Sean Melton and the crew at Urban Hillybilly Action Videos deliver some of the best drag racing footage from races all over the country. Once a year, Melton compiles the most...

This Mercury Capri Is Turbocharged, But That Isn’t A 2.3 Under The Hood! Check Out What This 2JZ-Powered Fox can do!

The 2JZ Toyota 3.oL inline-six is a legend in the world of Japanese imports, for good reason: it doesn’t take a lot of work to make one crank out stupid power. There’s a reason why the...

OUCH! Watch Jason Cantu Suffer A Massive Wreck In The La Vicktoria Chevy S10

(Video credit: National No Prep Racing Association and Texas Drag Racing Videos) – Larry Larson has one rule when it comes to where he races. No guardrails. We mention that because when you...

Plain Wrapper: A Nitrous Infused, LS-swapped 1984 Ford LTD Street/Strip Stomper

In an auto shop class in Colorado Springs in the fall of 1999, I came across a unicorn of a car, a Ford LTD LX. For those that don’t know the story, Ford and Bondurant partnered up to build...

Hang With Jay Leno As He Barks The Tires Around Town In This Hemi Dodge

Jay Leno is hilarious, not only on stage as we recently experienced, but also in his shop and in his cars. Why in his cars? For us, it’s because he gets such real joy out of driving them, just...

Ride Along Video: Climb In The Awesome Limited Drag Radial Firebird of Frank Mewshaw!

I have personally witnessed Frank Mewshaw do some incredible things on a drag strip. I have seen him cross the eighth mile finish line of a drag radial race on the back wheels, I have seen him pull...

One More Pass: This Short Film Shows The Drag Week Experience Of Larry Dixon

Drag Racing’s version of the Ironman Triathlon. That’s what three time NHRA top fuel world champion and Drag Week alum Larry Dixon calls the event in in this awesome video made by the...

2016 Memories Video: Bucky Hess Suffers A Sickening Smack At The US Nationals

The 2016 US Nationals hold a lot of great memories for me and I’ll touch on some of those later this week but today we’re looking at the most painful thing I had to call all year and that...

This 1965 Dodge Coronet Has A Drag Race History And Is Now A Rip Roaring Street Car

Well, almost a street car. You’ll need to get some exhaust and stuff on this thing but you are looking at one cool Mopar in our eyes anyway. This was a former Nostalgia Super Stock car that has...

Watch The Proline Powered, EKanoo Pro Lexus RCF Run 5.54/272 In The Quarter Mile (Time slip photo, too!)

No, this isn’t the record…yet. What you are about to see is the first full quarter mile pass out of the Proline Racing powered, EKanoo Racing Pro Lexus RCF. This thing goes a rip-roaring...

2016 Memories: Steven Whitely and Shane Molinari Have Wild Lane Swap In Atlanta

  The early part of the 2016 J&A Service Company pro mod season was a wild affair. We’re talking wrecks and craziness the likes of which were happening at a very high rate. Two of the...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Most Exciting Class In Drag Racing Today?

This is a pretty interesting question in our eyes because the sport of drag racing has drastically changed over the last 20 years. It is more scattered, fragments, and splintered than it has ever...

US Street Nationals Are Coming! We’re Going To Be There – This Video From Last Year Will Warm You Up!

If there is a track that garners more early season drag racing headlines than Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida, we have no idea which one that would be. Hell, already the place is generating...