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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Aussie Drag Challenge! Check Out The Scene From Australia’s Take On Drag Week!

The proof that Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week is an institution of it’s own is taking place in two locations : the spinoff Drag Weekend that is going on in the American Southwest, and the...

J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series Finishes At NHRA Vegas!

Mike Janis has already experienced a memorable season in the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, holding the points lead over the past three events. Janis now hopes to finish the job in...

Giant Mustang Wheelstand At Byron Dragway

This Fox Body Mustang stands on the bumper like a mad man after bending and breaking the wheelie bar, and we’re junkies for Mustang wheelstands. We’re not sure why the driver lifts, cause...

Spirit Animal: This AMC Has A 390 Under The Hood, Lots of Street Miles Under Its Belt, And 10-Second Time Slips In Spades

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – (Editor’s note: It has been nearly exactly a year since we first ran this feature and since it has popped back up onto our radar we thought we would run it...

The Street Car Super Nationals In Las Vegas Is Now The JEGS Street Car Super Nationals!

We’re very excited to announce that JEGS is now the title sponsor of the Street Car Super Nationals in Las Vegas! The baddest drag race in the country will not only be bringing you all the...

Want To Buy A Real Deal No Miles COPO Camaro? Here Is Your Shot

This is a real deal COPO Camaro that has never been raced. It has been in a collection in Arizona and is in perfect, as delivered, condition and ready for you to smoke the hides off of it! Finding a...

BangShift Project Files: Why Are We Featuring A Left-For-Dead Buick Regal GS? Because It’s Being Built Up For One Of The Coolest Races We’ve Ever Heard Of!

Are you familiar with the concept of ChumpCar or the 24 Hours of LeMons? That’s where you take a $500 beater, make it safe enough to race without killing yourself, and beat on it until you...

Orange You Glad We Found This This Sweet 1970 Charger R/T For Sale?

We only wish we could have met the person who bought this car new. Why? They had to have been a character, right? Who walks into a Dodge dealer, sits down and options a 1970 Charger with a 440, a...

Would You Rather? Which Would You Take, The Late-Model Screamer Or The Street Machine With A Blower?

The entire point of the game of “Would You Rather?” is to force the player into a decision where no matter the choice, the discarded option might have presented itself better. Normally...

US-60 Drag Strip Nostalgia Day: One More Look At Hot Cars In The Pits

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – When we arrived another photographer (‘Meatball’ Mark Portman) had the nostalgia cars arranged on the finish line for a photo op and was snapping...

Video: A Look Back Into the Glory Days Of Oswego Dragway In The 1970s – Sweet Cars!

(By Greg Rourke) – Oswego Drag Raceway is part of the way I am the way I am. In 1972 I was 13, and we moved from Maryland to Illinois. I wasn’t happy about it, but Dad found we were not...

F.A.S.T. Racing With Excellent Commentary! Check Out These Overachieving Resto-Awesome Rides And The Two Guys That Love Them!

Factory Appearing, Stock Tire racing is awesome. Take restoration-quality muscle cars, put them on their factory-equipment tires, and see how quickly a driver can really wheel them down the...

US-60 Drag Strip Nostalgia Day: Photos From The Pits

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We’d never been.  Though we REALLY like the Straight-Axle Mafia (US-60 is their official ‘home’), nostalgia racing, and old tracks with history...

Dutch Classic 2015: Competition Eliminator And Other Class Photos

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Here’s our last grouping of great Joe Grippo photos from the 2015 NHRA Dutch Classic at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania. Joe lives right around the...