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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Aussie Doorslammer Racing! Check Out These 9-Second Rides Ripping Down Sydney Dragway

When it comes to drag racing, we love doorslammers. Old, new, doesn’t matter…if it is fast, powerful, loud and looks more “street car” than anything else, we’re on...

Lancaster Dragway Sunday Nostalgia Coverage: Cool Old Iron Revisits The Strip

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Earlier this summer, Lancaster Dragway hosted the Sunday Nostalgia event which brought out lots of killer vintage drag racing iron as well as lots of killer vintage...

This Evil Little Mazda RX3 Can Move! Watch This Seven-Second Screamer Rip The Track (and eardrums) Apart!

There’s something about a lemon…it’s small, it’s sour, it grabs your visual attention with it’s bright yellow skin and once you get into it, every part of your body is...

Mean Little Box: Watch This 4G63 Mitsubishi Make 1,105hp On The Dyno

When it comes to most things in racing, the closer you get to the front of the alphabet the more exciting things get. AA is normally the top of the heap when we are talking about drag racing or land...

Bonneville Project Car: This 1932 Ford Roadster Is Ready For You To Complete

You can find drag cars and pro-touring cars for sale online every single day, but finding a Land Speed Racing (LSR) car is a little more rare. And especially on Craigslist. But since we’re...

Could This Be The Perfect Sunbeam Tiger?

It just might be since it has a Big Block in it! Oh yeah, and it’s a Chevrolet too! I know, people are losing their minds right now, both from imagining how much fun this will be and because...

Dutch Classic 2015: Hemi Challenge Action Photos! Elephants Attack Maple Grove

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We recently showed you some video of the Mopar Hemi Challenge from the 2015 NHRA US Nationals. Well, there are other hemi shootouts across the country over the course...

Parise And “Stella” Lock Up IHRA Pro Mod World Championship

Words by John Bisci and IHRA Communications Photos courtesy John Bisci and IHRA   Former Ice Capades figure skater-turned-professional drag racer Dina Parise won the 2015 IHRA Crower Pro Mod...

Power Adders: Part 1 Turbo Boost Baby! It’s All About That Boost, Bout That Boost!

Our buddy Richard Holdener is a nut. He’s also pretty smart, but don’t tell him we told you that. He’s also probably got more time on an engine dyno than most professional engine...

Lancaster Dragway Pro Mod-a-palooza: Pro Mods and Small Tire Cars With Bonus Images

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – From a photographer’s point of view, Lancaster Dragway in New York is not the easiest place to operate. You are limited on the areas of access because of the...

Drag Coverage: Southeastern Radial Wars Action From Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – If you rewind the clock about 20 years, the whole “outlaw” street car thing was really starting to take off. It was packing the stands, and carving...

eBay Find: The Historic Johnson and Shipley Bonneville Belly Tank –

Few things are more iconic in the world of American racing than the belly tank lakesters built and campaigned on the dry lakes and salt flats after the close of WWII. Today there are companies...

New York City Still Has A Street Racing Problem: Neighborhood Complains

We always found the stories of New York City street racing from the 1970s and 1980s to be on the verge of complete fantasy. Guys racing literal pro stock cars down the street and all this other stuff...

Run Trick Flow Parts On Your Drag Car? Be At Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park For The Halloween Classic!!!

Yes, we know that we’re half a year ahead of you here BUT, this gives you time to plan and scrimp and save so you can get to the Halloween Classic next year at Summit Racing Equipment...