Bartone and Horan Jr. Dominate – Taking The California Hot Rod Reunion Nitro Titles & Championships!
Over a year ago, loyal fans began checking their favorite hotel rooms for the October weekend of the California Hot Rod Reunion in Bakersfield, California like a modern-day Woodstock for the...
2014 California Hot Rod Reunion: Awful, Awful Altereds – Fuel, Alky, and Gas Burners All Here
Altereds are drag racing’s worst and most entertaining idea ever. No wheelbase, no weight, a horsepower to weight ratio that’s better than the space shuttle, and typically a blower...
MSD Releases Power Grid 3-Stage Delay Timer – Maximum Control For Power Adders And All Of Your Needs
Now is the time of the year when race cars are making their final hits, guys are trying to take advantage of great air, and people are making plans on what they’re going to change out for the...
2014 California Hot Rod Reunion: More Funny Car Photos From Famoso Raceway – Nothing But Flops!
Dan Horan was the victor in the funny car category at the 2014 California Hot Rod Reunion and he also locked up the NHRA Heritage Series Championship with his victory, closing the deal that he could...
PDRA World Finals Action Photos: Door Slammers At The Never Ending Event In Virginia
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The second PDRA stop at Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP) was also the last 2014 event for the series. Continuous rain forced the event to last an extra...
Bayou Bomb: Leroy Brown Is Heading For The 8s – Here’s A Last Look At One Of The Tamest Looking Deep 9-second Street Cars In America
(Photos by Charles Wickam) We’re breaking from normal protocol here. Why? Normally when a car owner tells us that he’s going to be blowing the car apart to make changes that should speed...
Funny Car Action At The 2014 California Hot Rod Reunion – Fiberglass Forest At Famoso!
Nostalgia funny cars have singlehandedly elevated the profile of “nostalgia” drag racing higher than anyone could have predicted it would be even 10 years ago. At first the cars were a...
Naked Motors And Thrashing In The Pits At The 2014 California Hot Rod Reunion – Sweet Photos Here
Perhaps the coolest thing about the 2014 California Hot Rod Reunion is the fact that so many vehicles at Famoso were burning nitro. From the cackle cars to the AA/FA exhibition machines, to the top...
Raymond Beadle Has Died – All Time Drag Racing Great Was Phenomenal Driver, Visionary Promoter, Loved The World Over
We hate writing these. Funny car giant Raymond Beadle has died. We had been hearing that Beadle was having some medical issues and were hoping for the best but it seems as though that will not be the...
Check Out These Awesome Hot Rods And Historic Race Cars From The Famed Famoso Grove At The CHRR
While the action on the track is hot and heavy at Bakersfield each year during the California Hot Rod Reunion, it is only part of the show. Note that this event is specifically called a...
Nothing But Wheelstand Photos From The 2014 California Hot Rod Reunion
We love us some wheelies around here at BangShift. Watching cars that weight a ton or sometimes closer to two tons reach for the sky when the throttle is laid flat at the drags has been captivating...
The Ultimate Chevy Stripper Transformed Into An Awesome And Classy Sleeper – Ever Heard Of A 1959 Biscayne Utility Sedan? Now You Have
It is always fun to learn about car stuff that we never knew existed in the first place. Things like the fact Chevrolet produced a version of the 1959 Biscayne called a “utility sedan”...
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IF YOU WANT TO WATCH THE CALIFORNIA HOT ROD REUNION STREAMING BROADCAST CLICK HERE Well the 2014 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion has already provided some awesome action and it ain’t...
