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

Here’s gallery #2, and if you missed the photos we already posted, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by David Whealon) The PDRA East Coast Nationals at GALOT Motorsports Park...

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You’re Not Gonna Believe What Happened To Finnegan While Working On The Caddy! Check Out The Progress, And Setbacks…

Finnegan’s Cadillac is arguably one of the most talked about drag and drive projects in recent years and while he’s been working on building his Lexus LC500 into a genuinely fast drag and...

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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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Drag Action Coverage: The Oklahoma Nostalgia Nationals At Thunder Valley Raceway – Noble, Oklahoma

(Photos by Bad Brad’s Speed Shots) – It is pretty interesting when you consider the multiple personalities that different drag strips have. We say that in the most positive way possible,...

Aerospace Components Vacuum Pumps: A Look Inside And A Static

If there is one thing that Aerospace Components is best known for outside of their highly successful brakes, it is their equally as bad ass vacuum pumps. These can be found on engines ranging from...

Drag Action Coverage: PDRA North-South Shootout Photos From Maryland International Raceway

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – It was hot as blazes for days on end in Maryland last week but that did not stop the PDRA from cranking out another awesome event that was populated by some of the...

DeWayne Mills Lays Waste To The Turbocharged Drag Radial Record: 3.79@206 MPH!

The drag radial was originally meant to occupy the ground between street tires and slicks for people who didn’t want to have to drag a pair of tires with them every time they wanted to hit the...

See The Historic And Restored Shelby Super Snake Fuel Dragster Roar To Life With Prudhomme At The Wheel! Burnout Too

There are restorations, there are recreations, and then there’s whatever this counts as because it is a restoration as performed by the guys who built the car in the first place. Seriously. Don...

This 1958 Anglia Is One Of The Most BangShift Approved Things We Have Seen In Some Time!

Little cars have been a staple in the world of hot rodding since the whole thing began. It was basic sense that had guys in the 1930s and 1940s repowering little cars with engines from larger...

Rocky Mountain Race Week 2016 Full Video Recap – BangShift And 1320Video

(Feature Image by Reilly Beer) If you missed any of the action from Rocky Mountain Race Week 2016, it’s all right here to watch again! And we’ve even got some on road videos that you...

Ride With Todd Paton As He Resets The Lancaster Dragway Speed Records In His Top Fueler

Todd Paton’s name is no stranger to the electronic pages of BangShift. We have seen Todd through his work at Racepak, through the piloting of funny cars, and most notably though the driving he...

Nitro Anglia: Watch The Lil’ Bit 1948 Anglia Throw Fire And Then Shimmy Like Crazy

When is a gasser not a gasser? That would be when it runs on nitromethane! Oklahoma’s Tod Barker has a 1948 Anglia that casual drag racing fans would look at and call a gasser. They...

Getting It Done In The SUV – This 1,500 Horsepower Jeep Is Still Testing!

Jeep Grand Cherokees aren’t aerodynamic. Not even close. You could literally shove the broadside of a barn out of the back of a cargo plane and let it plummet to earth, and that would stand a...

Watch Tim Savell’s Horrifying No Prep Wreck From Kennedale, Texas – Amazingly He’s OK

Up until the other day, Tim Savell was having one hell of a year. His daughter had recently graduated from high school, he and the Bankston racing team are leading the NMCA pro mod points, and the...

Watch Jay Cox Suffer A Big Wreck At The PDRA North/South Shootout – He’s OK, Car Is Not

If you follow the world of door slammer drag racing you know that some of the most colorful personalities in the sport pilot those cars. Two of them are “Stevie Fast” Jackson and Jay Cox....

Sunday Eliminations Begin At IHRA Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals Edmonton!

(Photos by Big Bob Snyder – Words courtesy of IHRA Communications)   With just two points races remaining in the 2016 IHRA Drag Racing season, Jason Rupert increased his points lead with...

Jason Rupert Sets IHRA Nitro Funny Car Track Record 5.5536!

(Photos by Big Bob Snyder) At Castrol Raceway during the the IHRA Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports, Jason Rupert’s “Rolling Thunder” ’69...