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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Edgewater Hot Rod Drags Coverage: Photos From The Huge Car Show At The Event

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We were at Edgewater Sports Park for another Hot Rod Drags organized by Cincy Street Rods.  This is an event that has been going on a long time and is an...

OMG We Want This Vega! Wagon, Big Block, Wheelie Bars, Bitchin Paint!

Sometimes we see stuff online that just makes us wish we had pockets full of cash. This awesome throwback Vega wagon with a Big Block in it totally fits that bill. If I had space and unlimited money...

Terrifying News: Someone Shot Up The Midwest Street Cars HQ With Semi-Automatic Weapons!

It does not matter what you think of the TV show Street Outlaws or the guys involved because this is just messed up. Someone approached their closed shop last night and unloaded with a semi-automatic...

Charlie Westcott Jr. Earns Pro Stock License In His Own Car – Line/Anderson Sign It

(Photos by Charlie Westcott Jr. and Mike English) – In what may be an off statement to read, Charlie Westcott Jr. made some of the most important passes in his drag racing career long after...

40th Annual Hot Rod Drags At Edgewater Dragway – Photo Coverage

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – If you’ve been asking ‘where’s the beef?’ then my answer is this gallery of photos.  My apologies for pictures from the stands, but I wasn’t...

Paul Lee To Pilot U.S. Male Charger Funny Car Tribute

The recent loss of “Nitro Nick” Bonifante hit the drag racing community right where they live and many are still smarting after his passing. In the truly cool fashion that drag racing...

Watch Larry Larson Eat Up “The Cutty” From Street Outlaws At US 36 Dragway In His Nova

A little drag strip, a hazy early fall night, a crowd at the fence, and two snarling, killer drag cars ready to thunder off into the night. What could possibly be better than that?! The fans at US36...

Dramatic Video: Del Worsham Wins NHRA St. Louis While Exploding In The Lights!

The Kalitta Motorsports DHL Funny Car team have come out swinging in the late season NHRA Countdown To One having scooped up two wins in the row at Charlotte and now St Louis. While the NHRA does not...

Is This The Quickest Full Bodied Buick Powered Car Ever? 6s At 200+

(Video credit: VictoryRedColorado YouTube Channel) – Back in the early days of pro mod racing there was a fun kick to have the “world’s quickest” of anything. Every whacked...

Burnout Monday: A Cummins-Swapped Ramcharger In The Burnout Box

Torque equals happiness in our book. We’re sure you’ve heard the phrase, “Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you move the wall.” We like torque. Snotty...

Goes Like Hell, Indeed: The 9-Second Dodge Omni GLH From Drag Week 2015!

Alright, I’ll hang my head in shame: I watched roughly five minutes of all of the Drag Week footage. Yes, we had it covered every day, and yes, there was plenty of information floating around,...

John Smith Grabs First IHRA Ironman In “Jungle Jim” Funny Car!

Words by Shayna Keller/IHRA and Darr Hawthorne Photos by Big Bob Snyder for BangShift.com   The San Antonio Nationals Fueled by Sunoco did not disappoint as fans witnessed a points lead change...

Watch Jake Crimmins Make A Pass At Maple Grove With Jim Turning The Screws in The 1970s!

At the height of his match racing popularity in the 1970s “Jungle Jim” Liberman knew that if he could be in two places at once he could make significantly more money, so he figured out...

Listen LIVE: ECTA Land Speed Racing Audiocast! Tractors, Steam Cars, 250mph Bikes, More!

Thanks to the crew at LandRacing.com you can listen to a live streaming audio cast of the ECTA’s September Ohio Mile land speed meet today and tomorrow. This broadcast will start at 8am EST...