IHRA Names Dustin Farthing New President Of The International Hot Rod Association

IHRA Names Dustin Farthing President of the International Hot Rod Association FAIRFIELD, OHIO — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is proud to announce the appointment of Dustin Farthing...

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Remembering Our Friend Kyle Loftis – The Man Behind 1320video Will Be Missed More Than He Ever Realized

It has taken me several days to be able to post something like this on BANGshift. Posting it the day we found out about the loss of our great friend would have been the smart thing for page views and...

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Check Out The Action From The Frontside NO-PREP Shootout at Darana Dragway, Milan MI – May 16th 2026

We were at Darana Dragway Milan last fall for the IHRA $125,000 to win Pro Mod Shootout and man is that track fun. I hadn’t been to Milan in years, and they have definitely added some nice...

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704 Outlaws Video: Outlaw Small Tire Racing Returns To North Carolina’s Mooresville Dragway

We’ve got 704 Outlaws video below, thanks to our friends at Spoold Media. If you aren’t familiar with the 704 Outlaws classes, trust us when we say they are fun. They’ve got simple rules, small...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: DOOR SLAMMERS AT SANTA POD IS TAKING OVER THE ENGLISH DRAG RACING SCENE THIS WEEKEND!

Here is your livestream from the 2026 Santa Pod Door Slammers race! If you want to enjoy three days of great drag racing from England, then this is the livestream for you today. With a huge variety...

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FREE BRACKET RACE LIVESTREAM At The AUTOLAND DOOR CAR CHALLENGE – Sunday $15,000

The Autoland Door Car Challenge is on this weekend at Tri-State Raceway in Iowa and we dig it. We’re door car drag racers around here, although I have driven a few dragsters in my day as well. But...

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Drag Week 2014: Justin Oney’s Photo Diary – Day One Registration At Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park

(Photos by Justin Oney/1Y Automotive Photography) – Justin Oney was on Drag Week with our pal Rick Gurrero of Rick’s Tanks fame and through the week he blasted a ton of spectacular...

This Six Foot Long Land Speed Car Is A Piece Of Art Constructed Totally Of Cast Off Junk – Incredible

Thanks to BangShift reader Elky Guy we have this incredible piece of automotive art to show you. Built from junk, spare parts, and stuff laying around, the item is being listed as a “Speed...

Watch This Nasty Two Car Crash From Ozark Raceway Park In Missouri – Drivers Walk Away But Cars Are Mangled

Urban Hillbilly Action Videos have really made a killer comeback this year and we’re thankful that they have. The guys who pioneered the types of video we see on the web commonly today still...

This Video Highlighting Doug Cline’s Drag Week Where He Ran 6s At All Tracks With No Trailer In A Steel Camaro Is Magnificent

There an irony about announcing literally every pass at Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week and being behind the eight ball about telling the stories on my own blog but the logistics of the event and the...

Watch NHRA Pro Stock Racer V. Gaines Suffer A Massive Barrel Rolling Top End Wreck At zMax Dragway

NHRA Pro Stock racer V. Gaines suffered a massive top end crash yesterday at the NHRA Pep Boys Nationals when his car got loose on the top end of the track and turned over multiple times before...

UPDATED: Larry Larson: Fastest Street Car In The World with a 6.16!

Larry Larson’s Chevy S-10 blasted a [email protected] run during the Drag Week Heads Up Competition on Saturday. After testing, tuning, breaking things, and a F-ton of sleepless nights and weekends,...

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE FINAL DAY OF DRAG WEEK 2014 LIVE – BROADCAST STARTS AT 10AM CENTRAL!

(Photo credits Brandan Gillogly and Larry Chen/Hot Rod) – Well, the week has finally arrived. After months and months of non-stop work by racers, planning by Hot Rod Magazine staff, and...

PDRA DragStock From Rockingham Dragway – Action Photos Of The Hairiest Doorslammers On The Planet

(Photos and words by Benoit Pigeon) – The 7th out of 8 PDRA events, Dragstock XI, saw a lot of action but the original race day was cancelled due to rain. First round of eliminations was...

Watch The Most Dramatic Moment In Drag Week History – The Beyond All Thrash That Got Larson To The Line, But Not The Result He Wanted

Ultimately Chad will tell the whole tale of his 2014 Drag Week with Larry Larson. He’ll give you the details on how they got about an hour’s sleep total in three days, how they nearly...

Drag Week 2014: Action And Pit Photos From Thunder Valley Raceway In Noble, Oklahoma

(Photos by Brad Klaassen) –  It has been an insane week, so insane that I am working on a combined total of about eight hours of sleep since Monday. I’m not sure where I am or who I am...

Three Guys, A Dragster, A Wounded Station Wagon, And A Rickety Trailer – An Adventure For The Ages In 1978

(Words and Photos by Carl Blanton) – (Editor’s note: There are few cooler things in the world to read than racers telling their stories of high adventure from back in the day. I was...

This All Aluminum Hemi Small Block Chevy Hemi Uses Some Of The Most Rare Speed Parts Ever – A Never Assembled Freak!

There’s strange stuff, there’s weird stuff, there’s unobtanium, and then there is this. What you are looking at is a Leo Lyons small block Chevy hemi from the early 1970s....

More Great Action Photos From The 2014 Yellow Bullet Nationals – Huge Car Counts

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – I knew from the second the moment arrived at the house that the 2014 Yellow Bullet Nationals were going to be the biggest, baddest, and fastest ones yet. From the...

Hot Rod Drag Week 2014 – Tech Day Photos And HUGE Testing Numbers From Tulsa — Click HERE

(Photos by Chad Reynolds) – It is official, Drag Week 2014 will be the largest in the 10 year history of the event with a final tally of more than 300 competitors that’ll try to survive...