PROCK SETS SINGLE-SEASON NO. 1 QUALIFIER RECORD IN FUNNY CAR; B. FORCE, ANDERSON & HERRERA ALSO TAKE TOP SPOTS AT FORD PERFORMANCE NHRA NATIONALS

LAS VEGAS (Nov. 2, 2024) – Funny Car points leader Austin Prock broke John Force’s record for most No. 1 qualifiers in a single season on Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway,...

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230 MPH ROLLOVER During The Wild Qualifying Day #1 At World Cup Finals 2024 Import Vs Domestics

They should call this year’s World Cup Finals the carnage nationals if Day 1 is any indication of what is to come. If you watch the video, or any of the posts on social media, it seems like...

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Cordless Impact Drive Testing: The Torque This Delivers Might Shock You! DeWALT’s New Quiet Hydraulic DCF870 vs M18 Surge

These are impact drivers, not impact guns/wrenches. These are the type that most folks would consider at home on a construction site, home DIYers toolbox, and the like. But this new DeWalt might...

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Drag Car HISTORY: The Hot Rod Hoarder Shares The Story of the Only Surviving 1969 Olds W-31 Factory-Built Drag Car, And It’s A Good One!

We are as guilty as anyone of romanticizing the cars and trucks of the 1960s, and in some ways probably more than they deserve, but this story here might actually make a 1969 Olds W-31 convertible an...

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Dylan McCool’s Forgotten Dart V8 Four Speed Goes Drag Racing! Will It Survive? Probably Not, But It Sure Will Be Fun!

Okay, that’s not fair, because in all reality I am not sure that I’ve seen Dylan at one of the events in Bowling Green where he hurt something bad enough to not survive the weekend. I...

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B. FORCE, PROCK, ANDERSON & M. SMITH GET PROVISIONAL NO. 1 POSITIONS AT FORD PERFORMANCE NHRA NATIONALS

LAS VEGAS (Nov. 1, 2024) – With John Force returning to the track on Friday for the first time since his crash in June, team drivers Brittany Force and Austin Prock both went to the top in Top Fuel...

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BangShift 2013 Photo Highlight Reel: Scott Liggett’s Big Year Of Shows, Races, Bonneville, And Cruising Across The Country

(Words and photos Scott Liggett) – As one of the Bangshift contributors, I had a slower year in 2013. There was a big change in my life this year that prevented me from turning in my usual...

DRD Photos 2013 BangShift Highlight Reel – Fire, Hot Rods, Action!

(Words and photos by DRD Photos/Dom Damato) – It seems like just the other day I was planning out what I wanted to accomplish and do in 2013 and here we are at the close of it and happier than...

BangShift Highlight Reel: Bad Brad Klaassen’s Year Of Drag Strip Action!

(Photos by Bad Brad’s Speed Shots) – Brad Klaassen shot a TON of drag strip photos in 2013. Brad was at places like Tulsa Raceway Park, Thunder Valley Raceway in Noble, Oklahoma, and even...

Death Of The Bad Seed: How I Almost Fired Myself for Street Racing the Bad Seed Chevette – Part 3

(Words and Photos by Steve Magnante) – It all started innocently enough with a Friday afternoon bench racing session in my office at Hot Rod magazine. It was summertime in L.A., July 6, 2001 to...

BangShift 2013 Photo Highlight Reel: The Great Drag Action Photos Of Steve Wilson!

The 2013 photo highlight reels continue with great BangShift contributor Steve Wilson sharing his favorite “picks of the little” from a busy 2013 shooting season. Wilson is based out of...

Here’s Your Last ProMod Racing Coverage For 2013. The Snowbird Nationals In Bradenton Were Huge!

It’s the Off Season for all the professional category racers, but that didn’t keep the crazies of Pro Mod from heading to Bradenton last week for some final passes of 2013. The number of...

Quick Look: A Bad Ass 1967 Olds 442 Under The Knife At DMC – Real Olds Engine With Exotic Parts And Twin Turbos!

(EDITOR’S NOTE: WE’RE RE-RUNNING THIS STORY FROM EARLY 2013 BECAUSE NEXT WEEK WE’RE GOING TO BE ON THE CHASSIS DYNO AT DMC RACING WATCHING THIS CAR PUT MASSIVE NUMBERS DOWN ON THE...

Out Of Court And Onto The 1/4 Mile: Fontana Dragstrip Reopening Soon! We Have The Scoop!

(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) While we rode out to the northeastern corner of Fontana, California’s Auto Club Speedway, VP of Operations Ray Wilkings, talked about the construction going on...

The 2013 Mooneyes X-Mas Party Show And Drags Rocked Despite The Rain

As most of you know, the rain kept us from having drag racing at the 2013 Mooneyes X-Mas Show and Drags, but that didn’t keep a jillion people from partying like rock stars at what we believe...

The Top 11: Most Important and Influential Gassers of All Time

Being that this is a Saturday and we’re freaked that the Mooneyes race may rain out, we’re rerunning some of our favorite content. This Top 11 list of gasser is near the top of the list!...

Deathmobile: RX7 With A Blown 383 Chevy That Destroys Tires At 70 And Will Kill You (w/VIDEO)

(Photos by Dave Nutting –  Words by Nutting/Lohnes) – This is a car that makes a big block Shelby Cobra look like the most sensible thing since the GEO Metro. It is by far the nastiest,...

Sand Drags Insanity: Big Horsepower And Nitro On The Dirt At Soboba! Gallery and Race Report

(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) -After spending the last six weekends at one dragstrip or another and a week at the Vegas SEMA Show, for me it was a coin flip if I’d do it on one more weekend...

Destruction Photos: What Happens When A Big Aluminum Rod Fails At 10,000 RPM

Last Friday I had occasion to visit my friends Dana and Jon at Custom Automotive Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts for a story on the nostalgia nitro funny car they have run successfully out of...

Drag Gallery: 411 Dragway’s $5,000 To Win Bracket Bash!

(Photos by Alana Garner) – 411 Dragway in Seymour, Tennessee was staring down the barrel of a figurative gun earlier this year. It appeared that the track was going to be bulldozed and its...