NHRA Northwest Nationals Drag Racing Photos: We’ve Got Photos Of The Pros, And Sportsman Racers Both! Check Out The First Gallery Below!

(Photos by Kim Fuller) We posted up results from last weekend’s NHRA Northwest Nationals yesterday, and today we’ve got photos to share as well! Thanks to longtime contributor Kim...

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Puddin’s Fab Shop 1967 Pontiac Firebird Transformation. They Got It Running And Now It’s Getting A DIY Paint Job, Lowering, MORE!

I’m a fan of First-Gen F Bodies and we have a couple of early Camaros in our fleet. But a 1967 or 1968 Firebird is a pretty rad ride. I love them. The famed Pontiac beak sticking out there...

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Is This The World’s Worst Mustang Fastback? It Sure Is The Cheapest, But Is it Even Worth Fixing after Sitting for 40 years?

This 1965 Mustang Fastback is horrible. I mean it is about as ugly and rough as they get. It cost just $500 and that was the total price for it and three other cars. But for the sake of argument lets...

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This Dude Rode His 1/4-Scale RC Dragster on the Street as a Stand-up Scooter And Is Winning For The Coolest Scooter Ever!

Electric scooters are great. They are super useful, fun, and popular. People in big cities are using them to commute with now, kids are using them like kids do and are having fun with them like we...

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Tony Angelo Swaps An 800+ Horsepower NASCAR V8 Into His 1955 Chevy Street Car! Part 2: The Ultimate Header Fab Going ON Now!

Tony Angelo is back at it on his cool 1955 Chevy, and even if we weren’t Tri-Five fans around here we’d totally approve of the 800+ horsepower small-block NASCAR combo he’s got...

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Drag Racing 3,000HP Semi Trucks With 120,000 Pound Trailers! 1320Video Visited Michigan For These Epic Uphill Big Rig Races!

We’ve shared plenty of big rig drag race videos over the years, and in the last couple of years 1320Video has provided a few of them. I mean who wouldn’t want to check out 25,000 pound...

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Edelbrock Releases Super Victor II Intake Manifold For Serious Big Block Engines – Huge Flow For Huge Power

We love this time of the year because it is all about new parts, parts announcements, parts rumors, and the ramp up to the 2014 SEMA show in Las Vegas. Edelbrock has been barraging the world with new...

Drag Action Gallery: More Photos From The Paradise Drag Strip Fall Show-N-Go

(Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – For more than half a century, Paradise Drag Strip in Calhoun, Georgia has been sending cars, two by two, down the asphalt aisle from the Spring through the Fall...

Shakedown At The Summit Action Gallery By DRD Photography – Awesome Photography Of Wild Doorslammers

(Photos by Dom Damato/DRD Photos) – Last weekend’s Shakedown at the Summit 2014 is still reverberating through the brains of drag racing fans the world over. There were monster runs...

Crane Cams Now Offers 10W-40 Non-Synthetic Break-In Oil For Flat Tappet Cams – Don’t Break In Without It

If you are unaware of the importance of breaking in your flat tappet cam and doing so with right oil, please hand in your BangShift card at the door on the way out. The reality is that oils have...

Not Over By A Long Shot: Andy Frost Vows Changes To Red Victor Three – No Plans To Walk Away From Street Legal Record Chase

When Larry Larson laid down a 6.16/219mph run at the tail end of Hot Rod Drag Week 2014, the internet went nuts. It went nuts crowning him the king and it went nuts reminding Andy Frost that he...

Drag Action Gallery: The Fall Show-N-Go At Paradise Drag Strip – Calhoun, Georgia

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Paradise Drag Strip in Calhoun, Georgia has been around since 1961, and it’s still operated by the same family that founded it. If you’re interested...

Bad News: Ohio’s Historic Kil-Kare Raceway Closes Abruptly – Track Claims “Restructuring” For 2015 Season

Talk about a month of highs and lows for the racers of Kil-Kare Raceway in Xenia, Ohio. Back in September, the Kil-Kare team won its 6th NHRA bracket finals championship for division three and then...

Epic News: Noted Engine Builder And Super Stock Racer Charlie Westcott Jr. Buys Former Cunningham Ford Pro Stock Operation – Will Compete In 2015

There are certain people in the world who are simply motivated by opportunity and challenge. Charlie Westcott Jr is one of those people and the proof is in the recent announcement that Westcott...

Watch NMRA Racer Drew Lyons Pull A Three Gear Wheelstand In His Coyote Stock Mustang! Multiple Angles Of This One

The NMRA’s Coyote Stock class is one of the neatest in drag racing, especially if you are a fan of late model Ford performance. Competitors must obviously derive the power for their cars from a...

This Blown Olds 455 Powered, Screaming Yellow, 1977 Pacer Wagon Is Cool And Slightly Confusing

At first blush you are saying, “What could possibly me confusing about a blown Pacer wagon?!” The fact is at first blush we thought that the car was completely over the top awesome. The...

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SHAKEDOWN AT THE SUMMIT STARTING 10AM TODAY EST!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SHAKEDOWN AT THE SUMMIT STARTING AT 11AM EASTERN SATURDAY     Ohhhhh this is gonna be good! BangShift will provide LIVE and FREE streaming coverage of the 2014...

Funny Car Great Frearless Fred Goeske Dead – From Funny Cars With Doors To Rockets, The Man Drove ‘Em All

They don’t build ’em like Fred Goeske anymore. His story of evolution in the sport of drag racing mirrors that of many from his era. He began tinkering with cars in his teens, spent time...

ROADKILL! Freiburger and Finnegan Cruise The Heartland Of America In A Sweet Ford Wagon They Bought In A Parking Lot

The newest episode of Roadkill is dropped and the show is a cool look at a roadtrip that Freiburger and Finnegan took across the central part of the country in a classic Ford wagon. While that may...

This 1966 Dodge Coronet Has The Attitude And Looks Of A Real Street Sweeper, But Does It Have The Guts?

There’s something about a 1966 Coronet. When I was a kid and started thumbing through my dad’s old Hot Rod Magazines, I would always go check out the classified/line ads in the back of...