FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 5 At SRCA Dragway – Thursday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 5! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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We’ve Got Street Week Sweden Photos! Check Out Our First Gallery of Photos From Mantorp Park Right Here! More To Come!

We’ve reached the midway point of Street Week Sweden 2026, and are about to start Race Day 4 at Tierp Arena in Sweden within hours of you reading this and checking out the photos. It has been a...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Martin Lundqvist Racing Goes After Another Street Week Sweden Victory! Here’s What It Took To Even Get To Day 1 At Mantorp Park

We’ve been sharing Martin Lundqvist Racing Fabrication videos here on BANGshift for the past few months as they are putting together a new drag and drive machine for Sweden’s Street Week...

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Dylan McCool Bought an UNKNOWN Drag Car at Auction… It Had ROD KNOCK! Can They Race It?

You never know what you are going to get when buying cars at auction, and that’s because you may or may not even be able to start them and hear them run. It totally depends on the auction, and...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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Monster Mopar Coverage: Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park Was Filled With Chrysler Power!

(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – Frequent Bangshifters will know that while I embrace any hunk of metal that burns gas and spins tires, my heart truly lies with Mopars. As a result, this...

2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Gallery: More Photos From The Great Show In Joliet!

As the day progressed and the drama wound down, the racing at the 2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl just kept moving like a machine. For such a large group of racers, it was highly impressive to see how few...

BangShift Approved! Watch This Stick Shift, Vortech Blown, Coyote Powered Mercury Capri Mangle All Comers!

Our pal John Puckett is a drag racing fool. We mean that in the best of ways of course but we see him at Drag Week and we love catching videos of his car because it is a stout piece that has the...

FIA Drag Racing Coverage: Action Photos And Pit Shots From The Main Event At Santa Pod!

(Words and photos by Dennis Vos) – The official start of the 2016 FIA Drag race championship happened during the last weekend of May and was for one time not plagued with the typical...

Video: Alexis DeJoria Suffers Fractured Pelvis In Sonoma Wall Banger Crash – 2016 Return Questionable

Last weekend at the NHRA Mello Yello series national event in Sonoma, California, Alexis DeJoria who drives the Tequila Patron nitro funny car suffered a pretty nasty wall banging wreck which...

Ohio Mile Coverage: From 150mph Station Wagons To 120mph Crosleys We Caught It all

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The white, Canadian Pontiac Strato Chief wagon ran itself right past the 150 mark to a 151.4mph best.  We dig the classics and Steve Robey’s ’55 is...

EVENT REPLAY: THE 2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Drag Race Is Here!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE 2016 NMRA/NMCA SUPER BOWL!   The kings of the radial drag racing world will be at the NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl in just a couple of weeks. The event will be taking place at Rt...

Drag Race Coverage: The Paradise Drag Strip Summer Show and Go Was A Blast

(Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Some of the most entertaining and satisfying days you will ever spend at a drag strip are at events like the recently held Summer Show and Go at Calhoun,...

2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Gallery: The Second Round Of Saturday Action!

After the frustration of dealing with the uncooperative weather on Friday night, we were hoping that Saturday’s racing action at Route 66 Raceway would go smoothly. It didn’t go as well...

This Weekend The NHRA Tour Heads To Seattle – Here’s A Look Back At The 1980 NHRA Fall Nationals From Pacific Raceways

The NHRA has a long and interesting history of racing in the Pacific Northwest and this weekend’s upcoming Northwest Nationals will continue it along with concluding the vaunted “Western...

Drag Racer Craig Owen Passes After Horrifying Crash At Ware Shoals Dragway – Fans Injured

Last weekend Ware Shoals Dragway in South Carolina was the scene of a horrible crash that took the life of racer Craig Owen and wounded at least one spectator. Owen was traveling down the track at a...

2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Gallery: Saturday Shots From The Battle In Illinois!

We are live right now from Route 66 Raceway! As the cars are running down the track, Lohnes is hanging out in the announcer’s booth working his magic on the mic, Chad is working the camera for...

2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Gallery: More Action From Route 66 Raceway!

We are on the ground and in full-on work mode at Route 66 Raceway in Illinois for the 2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl. While the surprisingly sizable audience was listening to the dulcet tones of Brian...

2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl: Friday Action From Route 66 Raceway!

How big of a deal is the 2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl event here at Route 66 Raceway here in Northern Illinois? Not only do we have Lohnes on the mic announcing the action, we have Chad working the live...