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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See This Incredible Gasser Wheelstand From The Holley National Hot Rod Reunion – 1937 Chevy With All Four Off The Ground!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Of all the cool things we saw at the 2014 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, this wheelstand pulled by the Addison Speed Shop 1937 gasser was the coolest. The car...

‘Big Daddy’ Don Garlits Will Be Grand Marshal At IHRA Mopar Nitro Jam In Canada Next Weekend

Last week you saw our exclusive coverage of Don Garlits attempt to to be the first person to run over 200 mph in a quarter mile using batteries. The team got close, but after smoking an electric...

Holley National Hot Rod Reunion Coverage: 23 Drag Cars With Cool Names At Beech Bend

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – One of the big complaints about “modern” drag racing is that the cars have lost lots of personality because no one gives them names anymore. From the...

Matusek And Rowe Prepare To Kick Ass In Bristol This Weekend In Their Blown Pro Mod Camaros

Despite some weirdo stuff happening to Steve Matusek this year behind the wheel of the Agave Underground Tequila Pro Mod Camaro, including chute problems, window issues, and oh yeah the fact that...

Click here for all of our Holley National Hot Rod Reunion 2013 Photos!

WE’RE AT THE TRACK AND GETTING SETUP FOR THE 2014 HOLLEY NHRA NATIONAL HOT ROD REUNION SO WHILE YOU WAIT FOR THE BROADCAST TO START, CHECK IN ON OUR AWESOME PHOTOS FROM 2013! Here’s where...

In-Car Gasser Video: Here’s The Moment That Gasser Pilot Steve Crook Learned The Mantra, “Never Lift!”

Thanks to Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian for the tip on this sweet gasser video which was taken during the first round of eliminations at the recently held Gasser Reunion event in Thompson, Ohio. I attended the...

Hunnert Car Heads-Up 2014 Coverage: Our Last Photo Blast Of Drag Strip Action

(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – I think that we can all agree Bob and Greg crushed it in terms of their photo coverage of the 2014 Hunnert Car Heads up nostalgia drag race. The good...

Carnage Photos To The Extreme: A 727 ClutchFlite Transmission That Explodes EVERYTHING!

Darren and the gang from Chaos Brothers Racing in the UK sent us photos of the 727 ClutchFlite transmission in their Altered after it completely grenaded itself and took out most of the case, but...

NHRR’s Strongest Field Of Nostalgia Fuelers Ever At Bowling Green This Weekend – Hirata Calls Rear Engine Dragsters “Sissy Cars”

If there is one thing we always wished we could see at the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion it was a lights out Top Fuel show. The racing has always been great but this year promises to be...

Car Feature: The Granny Goose II Modified Production 1969 Camaro

*(With our live streaming broadcast of the 2014 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion starting in two days, we have been looking back at some of the coolest cars we’ve featured from the race...

This Vintage Drag Racing Video From Virginia Circa 1964 Has Cool Haulers, Cool Cars, And Great Action – Hubert Platt, Pee Wee Wallace, More!

We’re in a nostalgia drag racing kind of mood this week as we’ll be heading to Bowling Green, Kentucky in the morning to bring you the live streaming action from the 2014 Holley NHRA...

More Great Coverage From The 2014 Hunnert Car Heads Up – Nostalgia Drag Racing Perfection

(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – Yesterday we dropped the first of a few galleries that we’ll have from the 2014 Hunnert Cars Heads Up nostalgia drag race. This event has been...

Burned Up Motor Leaves Garlits Short Of 200 On Second Round Of Testing In Swamp Rat 37 Electric Dragster At Bradenton

It wasn’t easy 50 years ago and it isn’t easy now. Don Garlits and the entire operation behind the SR-37 Quest dragster hit a snag in testing yesterday when one of the electric motors...

2014 Hunnert Car Heads Up Coverage: Raw, Fun, Cool Drag Racing The Way It Used To Be – Big Fun!

(Words by Greg Rourke – Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – The Chrome Czars were back at historic Great Lakes Dragaway last weekend for the fifth annual Hunnert Car Heads Up. This...