LIVE Big Money Bracket Racing: The West Coast Bracket Races Southwest Showdown Is LIVE Right Here All Weekend Long!

It’s that time of year again, when racers from the western states and beyond show up at Tucson Dragway for what has become the premier event of the West Coast Bracket Races series. The Southwest...

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FREE LIVE NHRA Regional Racing Action: Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At No Problem Raceway – Friday

Free live drag racing starts here and continues all weekend long from the NHRA Regional at No Problem Raceway In Louisiana. We’re talking all kinds of Sportsman Drag racing which means wheels up...

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2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos: Side By Side Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Sportsman Door Cars, Pro Mods, Pro Stock Bikes And More!

We’ve shared a few galleries of photos from David Whealon already but now we’re getting into some of the photos from Richard Pasley too. Check them all out below by using the link to all...

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Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos Just Keep Coming: Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Sportsman Door Cars, Pro Mods, Pro Stock Bikes And More!

We’ve shared a few galleries of photos from David Whealon already but now we’re getting into some of the photos from Richard Pasley too. Check them all out below by using the link to all...

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Drill Taps: Are These Self Tapping Drill Bits The Tool You’ve Been Missing? Are These More Useful Than Any Other Drill Bits?

I’m a big fan of a good drill bit, like anyone else who’s having to drill holes. But there are some serious differences in bits, regardless of the price. With all the different coatings,...

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Vice Grip Garage Interior Rehab: Derek and His Wife Jess Restored Their Darts Interior On A BUDGET! Here’s How

Just because the parts are available doesn’t mean that doing an interior restoration on your favorite project is going to be cheap. With lots of options, from “custom” bolt in...

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Watch This Blown V8 Equipped Aussie Daihatsu Charade Do What Every Pro Street Style American Mini-Car Should Be Doing

We’ve all looked and smiled at pro street Nash Metropolitans or Geo Metros, etc but here in the USA those things are basically fairgrounds queens that look and sound all pissed at idle and then...

Textbook: Watch This Aussie Drag Racer Use His Brain And His Skills To Prevent From Wrecking His Fast Torana Drag Car

How many times have we seen drivers whomp the throttle just one time too many or take that one last shot at “saving” a run that has been junk from the hit of the throttle? We’ve...

Shock Talk: We Get The Lowdown On Drag Shocks From The Experts At AFCO – The Basics You Need To Know Right Here!

Like everyone else we get pretty hung up on looking at horsepower when it comes to drag cars. After all, how can one not be blinded by the light of a twin turbo Proline big block or a massive 900+ ci...

BangShift 2014 Photo Highlight Reel: Brad Klaassen’s Fantastic 2014 Season In Action Photos – Great Stuff!

(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – 2014 was another incredible racing season for me. I kicked off the beginning of the year with dirt slinging midget action at the Chili Bowl Nationals in...

WHEELIE FEST! Cool Temperatures and a Hookin’ Track Bring A Dramatic End to Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip’s 2014 Season

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip has had great success with its 275 drag radial program, as well as weekly bracket races. To wrap up the 2014 season, the...

BANGSHIFT 2014 PHOTO HIGHLIGHT REEL: BENOIT PIGEON’S SPECTACULAR PHOTOS FROM THE STRIPS OF THE EAST COAST

(Words and spectacular photos by Benoit Pigeon) – How to decide what are my favorite shots taken during the year.  That’s a tough one! In fact I started early on this year to put thumb...

Watch “The Cutty” From Street Outlaws Make Some Dyno Rips At Mike Murillo Motorsports With Its New LSx Combo

While the personalities on the Street Outlaws may be a turn off to some hot rodders, we can tell you from personal experience that every one of the cars we have ever seen in person have been very,...

John Robison’s Cummins Diesel Altered Shows That Innovation Is Long From Dead In Drag Racing – NHRA Diesel Showdown In Works?

(Photos by Brad Klaassen) – You’ve heard the cat calls because we sure have. People yelling from on high that there’s no innovation left in drag racing and that the sport is become...

Wild Torque Video: Watch An Aussie Holden Monaro Carry the Left Front Wheel 300ft Every Lap!

We’ve all seen the videos of old X-frame GM cars twisting themselves into knots at the hit of the throttle on the strip. They yank the left front wheel up in the air for a second or two and...

The NHRA’s New Season’s Greetings Video Is A Killer Mix Of HD, Slow Mo, And Booming Race Footage With A Classic Holiday Soundtrack

I don’t think that it has been any big secret through 2014 that NHRA has really stepped up their digital media game, especially on the video side. Their YouTube channel is now a pretty busy...

These Cadillac Wheelstanders Are Awesome…But We Have No Info! Do You Know Anything About “The Peacemaker”?

Ok, BangShifters, I’m calling on your vast knowledge once again for some information on a strange racer from the past. Last time I got a ton of info on Russ Theus’s Lincoln Mark VII...

This Crown Vic Runs 9s And Looks Like it Should Run 17s…What’s The Secret? The Info Is In Here!

(We profiled some awesome sleepers and sleeper videos in 2014, this was one of our favorites. If you are a Ford guy you will hate the engine but you have to respect the killer clean looks. The thing...

PRI 2014: The Boss Bird 1971 Pontiac Trans-Am Funny Car. 3,000hp Nitro Pontiac Engine, Beswick History, And A Cloyes Double Roller Timing Chain?!

We’re weird. We know that we’re weird and we kind of embrace that fact. If you have been around here for very long you know that. The guys in the Cloyes Performance booth have what could...

Watch Mark Taliaferro Suffer One Of The Worst Top Alcohol Dragster Wrecks We’ve Ever Seen – He Walked Away!

(Editor’s note: Mike English was on the call in Seattle when Mark Taliaferro suffered a horrendous wreck in his alky dragster. As we’re looking back at 2014, this moment of the NHRA...