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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NMCA Announces Purse And Contingency Awards To Holley EFI Factory Super Cars Class

One of the last remaining questions with respect to the NMCA’s new Holley EFI Factory Super Cars class was the purse. What was in it for the racers to show up and compete in this thing? As it...

NHRA Winternationals History: Watch Kenny Bernstein’s Spectacular Final Round Crash From 1993

Sometimes drag races can best be described as a writer once described a war. Hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. Such was the case at the 1993 NHRA Winternationals which took the...

Take A Quick Video Tour Of Alan Johnson Performance Engineering And See Their Block Making Operation

When it comes to drag racing and other extreme horsepower applications, the name Alan Johnson Performance Engineering is not a stranger to anyone’s lips. From the 500ci V6 engines that have...

Deep Tech: Compensating for the Dozens of Variable that Affect Engine Balance Requires Serious Research and Experimentation

(By Judson Massingill) – For decades, machinists and engine builders have been taught that when balancing a crankshaft, its counterweights should equal 100 percent of the rotating mass and 50...

Watch The Awesome Leggin’ It 1965 Barracuda Make A Run At The Meltdown Drags

(Video: VictoryRedColorado YouTube) – Over the years you have seen photos of this car on BangShift but before now you’ve likely never seen it run. Joe Hickenbottom’s 1965 Barracuda...

Mike Dunn Video: The New IHRA President Makes His First Public Statement – Plus More IHRA Information

Freshly minted IHRA president Mike Dunn has made his first public statement in the form of the video we have for you to watch below. In it he introduces himself and lets the world know why he thinks...

Watch A Mustang Pull A Power Wheelie At The Eighth Mile On Ice During The Merrill ICE Drags!

We have brought you a bunch of cool coverage from the Merrill Ice Drags over the years but nothing has ever come close to comparing to the video below which shows the ridiculously fast Nitemare II...

This Turbocharged, Ratty Looking 1979 Dodge D150 Is Flipping Awesome – Sucker Maker!

When it comes right down to it, we make a habit of embracing ugly around here. That’s not because have have any sort of ill will toward beautiful, professionally built stuff, but there’s...

New Parts: Weiand Introduces Fabricated Oil Pan Kits For Popular Engine Families

The oil pan bolted to the bottom of your engine is about the most important part of your entire engine program. Think about it. If you get the wrong pan your motor will not fit, you may starve the...

NHRA Winternationals History: Watch Jimmy Nix Suffer A Brutal Blow Over And Fire In 1992

We’re going to bring you memorable NHRA Winternationals moments all week long and while they are not all wrecks, some of them have to be because they are just so spectacular to watch. One of...

NHRA Winternationals History: 30 Years Ago A New Christmas Tree Greeted Racers At Pomona

(Lead photo: Bob Boudreau) – While the 2016 NHRA Winternationals are ushering in a host of changes to the way the sport is presented in the media and on some level how things operate, one...

Sports Business Journal Reporting Mike Dunn As New IHRA President – We Nailed It – More News Here

(Photo credit: ESPN) – The Sports Business Journal and other publications are reporting that Mike Dunn is in fact going to be the new president of the International Hot Rod Association. We...

This Pro Street 1956 Buick Is Rocky Mountain Race Week Ready!

With Rocky Mountain Race Week coming up in July, I can’t believe the number of people who come up to me and say they need to find something to buy so they can come along too. Well for those of...

Austin Coil Returns To John Force Racing In Undefined Role “Helping Out” For 2016 Season

Jerry Bonkowski has been owning the racing internet world over the last week or so. It was Bonkowski that broke the story about Tony Stewart’s back injury via his interview with Don Prudhomme...