Dragstock XIII At GALOT Motorsports Park: Action Photos From The PDRA Blow Out!
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Dragstock XIII was the kind of event that people have been waiting to see at GALOT Motorsports Park for years. Remember, Dragstock got its start at Carolina Dragway...
Whoops: Finding The Right Gear Is Important For A Good Launch, As This Corvette Will Now Demonstrate!
Do you have a pattern for every time you line up for a race? If not, you should: check your belts, check your gauges, roll in for a burnout. Check your belts, check your gauges, check your shifter,...
Would You Rather, Malaise Era Drag Rollers Edition: ’75 AMC Hornet or ’79 Dodge Aspen?
If you’ve been around street-strip drag racing at all over the last few years, you probably already are thinking about where you’re going to find a GM LS engine—Hell, you might have a couple in...
This Monster Jeep Grand Cherokee Celebrates A Win In Virginia By Launching It’s Hood!
Those victory celebrations can sometimes be more painful than initially perceived. Ask any NFL player that has had to pay back a five-digit fine to the league for having a little fun after scoring a...
Sand Drags In Iceland Have a Bit of Everything, Including a Third-Gen Camaro!
Based solely on the country’s name, Iceland is unlikely to be a country you’d expect to find sand drags. However, the country has an off-road racing club that dates back to the mid-1970s and they...
The FAA Would Like A Word, Sir: Watch Mike Barran’s Pro Street Camaro Taking Flight At Shakedown At The Summit!
The action during the Shakedown At The Summit 14 race in Norwalk, Ohio was the kind of racing you want to see: strong classes, tightly-grouped times between the cars and drag races that were either...
This 1977 Pontiac Grand Safari Is Powered By A Pontiac 400 And Could Be A Perfect Family Hot Rod
By 1977 things were on the wane for the fantastically long lasting Pontiac V8 engine. The mill that had begin life in the late 1950s had weathered the storms of the muscle car era in multiple sizes...
Race Everything! Watch a Latvian Drag Race Between a Soviet-Built ZAZ and a Classic Mini
Bikernieki Race Track isn’t particularly well-known internationally, nor is the drag racing scene in Latvia, but we’re equal-opportunity race fans here at BangShift. If there’s a place in the...
Our Pal Cameron Ferre Is Going Rounds In Top Fuel Debut Today In Charlotte!
Update 09/18/2016 1:57pm Eastern: After kicking ass and qualifying in the number 14 spot in the Paton Family Racing, JBS, Racepak, Ted Wiens Tire and Auto, Precision Racing Suspension, Nitrohead,...
We Are LIVE From Shakedown At The Summit 14 – Sunday Eliminations HERE!
Sunday: We go live at 9am Eastern! Racing starts Friday, and we’ll be bringing you all the action LIVE right here on BangShift.com. BangShift’s Bryan McTaggart and the Original Minion...
Drag Week Sleeper! This Chevy Caprice Runs 12’s And You Would Never Know By Looking At It!
(All photos by John Welsh) As you’ve probably heard by now, this week is Hot Rod Drag Week! As the rolling display of horsepower traverses the Midwestern United States all week long,...
Big Wreck: Doomsday No Prep Chevelle Almost Goes Through Guardrail
While we dig no prep racing, there is always something really really bad happening that just scares the crap out of us. A lot of times that something has to do with crap guardrails like the Armco...
This 1000 Plus RWHP, Nitrous Huffing CTS-V, Is For Sale At Cosmo Motors
The guys at Cosmo Motors are not your average car dealers. We know them through our friend Eric Yost, and we can vouch for the fact that Cosmo and his crew make sure each and every car that comes...
This Volvo Wagon Hurt Some Feelings At LS Fest – Meet The “Trollvo”!
There is always one car at LS Fest that catches me off-guard. My first year, it was the ten-second Mitsubishi Eclipse, and last year it was a tie between the 1970 Challenger that was taking on all...
