FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Thursday Dragster Roller Shootout!

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Am Time Trials & Qualifying From Darana Raceway

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Dragway National Trail in Ohio, where racers are going to be battling it out for...

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Drag Race Feature: This 900HP, 511 Cubic Inch FE Powered, 1967 Mercury Comet Nostalgia Super Stocker Runs 9s!

This 1967 Mercury Comet is a really cool Nostalgia Super Stocker that brings back memories of some cool Mercury drag cars I grew up with at Fremont Dragstrip in Northern California. One of my...

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Drill Press Meets Fab Table: Jason From Fireball Tools Built the Drill Press He’s Always Wanted!

Have you ever walked into someone’s shop or garage and seen a tool that got you excited because you realized it is something someone customized? I’ve done it too many times to count, and...

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Free Drag Racing Livestream: Wednesday Testing from the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Nationals at Darana Raceway in Hebron Ohio

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The first two events of the year have been awesome, and this weekend is going to be race #3 from Darana Raceway...

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Chassis, Suspension And Rocker Work On The Martin Lundqvist Racing Fabrication Swedish Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project!

Project 508 is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple videos to share below and will be bringing you more in the coming weeks...

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Great Read: A BangShifter Remembers An Interesting, Colorful, Hilarious, And Short Career In Bracket Racing

(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – Once upon a time index and bracket racing wasn’t dominated by rear engine dragsters with throttle stops and enough electronics to operate a small nuclear...

NMCA World Street Nationals LIVE Starting This Morning! See Final Eliminations and Champions Crowned

We’re heading to Norwalk for the NMCA World Street Finals this weekend and racing starts on Friday afternoon LIVE right here on BangShift.com around 1:30 pm eastern. If you live within a few...

Gear Jammers: Check Out This Awesome Video Featuring Stick Cars At The 2015 NHRA US Nationals

For the entire (near) week at the 2015 NHRA US Nationals, Les Mayhew was hustling around the track to get footage to build a series of videos from the race that included Roy Hill’s high flying...

Watch LIVE! Street Car Super Nationals Anarchy at the Arch Continues Today!

That’s right folks, we’re going back to St. Louis for Street Car Super Nationals Anarchy at the Arch 2016 and racing will be fast, furious, and LIVE right here on BangShift.com starting...

Motorcycle Drag Race Fail Video: Watch This Rider Go Over The Wall Like A Pommel Horse

There’s an old saying that “a bad day at the race track is better than a good day at the office” and we think that those words ring true about 80% of the time in real life. This...

Gassers 3 – Over Eighty Straight Axle Coupes, Sedans And Madness Expected!

The Automobile Driving Museum is one of the lesser-known museums of Southern California, yet in the past few years has been adding more cars to the collection and hosting more visiting automobile and...

Legends: The Series – Jungle Pam Tells The Story Of Life On The Road With Jungle Jim

This is the story that so many people in the world of drag racing have longed to hear. This is the story of Jungle Jim as told by Jungle Pam. It is honest, it is raw, it is informative and at the end...

Burnouts, Baby! Tire Frying, Smoke Making, Fun At Thornhill Dragway

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Burnouts.  We all enjoy either watching them or doing them.  This gallery is made up of photos from the tradition that ranges from just cleaning the...

The Farmington Quick 8 Reunion Was Awesome And We Were There! Door Slammer Perfection

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The Farmington Quick 8 Reunion is a special event with great heritage when it comes to the roots of pro modified. Once a year, retired and active racers...

Drag Racing Action Gallery: Big Fun At Old School Thornhill Dragway

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We’re back at Thornhill Dragway, possibly THE oldest continuously-operated track in the country, for a night of nostalgia cars and regular brackets. This...

The Spirit of Sunshine Belly Tanker Is a Real Australian Beast: Listen to the Sweet Holden V6’s Howl!

In case you’d been living under a rock, or perhaps a sun-baked clump of Utah salt, Brian Lohnes has covered every nook and cranny of Bonneville Speed Week this year. It’s awesome and you need to...

Crew Chief Cam: Get A Cool Perspective On The Final Prep And Run Of An Alky Funny Car

Here’s a cool video that we think shows a perspective at the drag races few people get to see. Made by the Pomponio Racing alcohol funny car team, we get taken through the final preparations...

NMCA World Street Finals Coming This Weekend! Drag Pack Shootout, BangShift LIVE Stream, Tons Of Racing

This weekend’s the big one, kids! The NMCA World Street Finals will be contested at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio starting on Friday morning and BangShift will be...

Aerospace Components Back To School Sale! 25% Off And Free Shipping – Buy Now!

For many moms and dads out there, it is the most wonderful time of the year. The air is beginning to cool, the leaves are starting to hint at turning, and the school bus once again arrives each...