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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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing – Sunday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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Alan Johnson Confirms Via Twitter That He Will Be Tuner For Brittany Force In 2016

Well here it is, confirmation of what could have been the hottest rumor in the world of professional drag racing since the holiday season. Alan Johnson, one of the greatest minds in the history of...

2016 NHRA Moser Sportsman Shootouts Move To 3 New Venues

Photos by Mike Burghardt Words by NHRA Communications The NHRA Moser Sportsman Shootouts have moved to three new venues for the 2016 season in the NHRA Southeast, North Central and South Central...

Turbo vs Nitrous vs Blower: Haulin Ass Australian Pro Street Wheels Up Action

I’d love to make it out to an Australian Pro Street Association drag race someday so we could broadcast some of these bitchin machines live. Especially when it’s Turbo vs Nitrous vs...

Three Classic Survivor Camaros For $250,000? What do you think?

That sound you hear is likely Chad loudly scratching lottery tickets, trying to get his ship to come in because if he had the money, I KNOW he’d be on the line with the seller of these three...

Hop In The Hot Rod Time Machine And Check Out This 1980s Car Show Action

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Blackwell is where I was born and raised and was also on the 2014 Drag Week path.  That route took this impressive band of automobiles right down Highway...

You Have To Love A Nitrous-Infused Dodge Dakota R/T That Can Stomp All Day Long At The Track!

I love the 1998-2003 Dodge Dakota R/Ts. They are a perfect mix of modern and old-school Mopar muscle that was packaged up and promptly ignored as a sticker package by many. Sure, the original 250...

Dare To Be Different: Blasting 9-Second Quarter Miles In The Luxury Of A Lexus SC300!

Daring to be different…it’s a bit of a cliché in the automotive world, but the idea rings true for many regards. Instead of a 1965 Mustang, why not look at a Falcon or Maverick? Instead...

UPDATED: Gardner Resigns As IHRA President, Schedule Reduced, “Newly Formed Platform” Mentioned In Anticipated Release

For the last few days, the drag racing rumor mill has been cranking over at about 9,000 RPM on the news that major changes were afoot at the IHRA, again. Scott Gardner who was named president of the...

This Little OPEL Engine Runs Forever With No Oil Before Finally Blowing Up!

This is one of the funniest videos ever, not only because this little OPEL just won’t quit, but when it does finally start throwing rods out of itself it still won’t stop running. And as...

This Small Block, 4-Speed, 1954 Anglia Gasser Is Only A Paint Job Away From Bad Assery

Gassers are cool. Someday I’ll own one, but until then I’m going to drool over all of them that I can. Since I was little I’ve always loved Anglia’s, but this particular one...

We Need Your Help: Do You Know The History Of This 1963 Plymouth Savoy?

(Photos: Short Street Rod Shop) Everytime I get an update about what has rolled into Jensen Masters’ Short Street Rod Shop’s garage, I prepare myself for what I’m about to see,...

Pomona Swap Meet Coverage: The Cool SoCal Cars, Trucks And Stuff Just Keep On Rolling

As you can tell by the light in these photos, we’re working our way through the morning at the Pomona Swap Meet. our previous galleries which can be seen HERE and HERE were all a little darker...

AutoMeter Releases New Wideband Pro Plus Gauges – Data Logging Outputs, More Features

AutoMeter is at it again! The company has just rolled out it new Pro Plus Wideband Gauges and these things are cool. Designed to calibrate every time you fire up your car, they will display in AFR or...

Shop Tour: Furches Performance – Springfield, Massachusetts

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Brandon Furches is a name that has appeared several times on the electronic pages of BangShift over the years. Brandon has a successful and growing shop in the...