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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Watch Mike Bilina’s Crew Guy Take A Header On The Track And His 1956 Chevy Go Into A Vertical Wheelie On The Launch!

Mike Bilina is no stranger to the pages of BangShift.com. We’ve covered his crazy, four speed, vertically wheelstanding 1956 Chevy at races from Bowling Green to Michigan and he’s back...

NMCA West Street Car Nationals: Our Last Blast Of Photos From Pomona

We’ve barraged you with photos from the NMCA West Street Car Nationals for days here on BangShift and that is because the place was chock full of awesome race cars of all shapes and sizes....

Rupert, Maroney and Waddle Win At IHRA’s Return To The Rock

(Photos and words by IHRA)  – The new and improved International Hot Rod Association, after a Florida rainout came back to setting world records, stunning upset winners and a showdown for the...

NMCA West Street Car Nationals: More Fresh Photos From The Packed Pits In Pomona – Here’s The Fast Stuff

For the last couple days we have been touring the pits at the NMCA West Street Car Nationals in Pomona with you. Each time we have been highlighting a slightly different section of the the cars that...

Video: Jeff Lutz Testing “The Evil Twin” 1957 Chevy In Oklahoma – This Is One Bad Fast Hombre

Jeff Lutz did the seemingly impossible over the off season. He secretly built what (on the surface) looked to be a replica of his beloved and previously raced on Drag Week 1957 Chevy. In fact, he...

Watch Racer Jeff Paulin Pull A Bumper Dragging Wheelie At the NMCA West Street Car Nationals!

The term “bumper dragging wheelie” gets overused across the automotive enthusiast media. When it actually happens, seeing a car drag the rear bumper on pavement for any amount of time is...

NMCA West Street Car Nationals: More Photos From The Pits Cool Cars Galore!

Yesterday we dropped our first gallery from the pits at the NMCA West Street Car Nationals all up on your business so you could get a sense of the cool stuff that was hammering the famous strip in...

The Complete Collection Of Insanity From The 2014 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals

I am writing this while sitting in the Atlanta airport on my way home from the 2014 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals. The race has not been completed as of yet because of a truly...

SCTA El Mirage May 2014 – More Land Speed Photos From The Dry Lake

We’re back with more photos from the El Mirage dry lakebed as the SCTA held their first meet of the 2014 season just a couple of days ago. We were there on Saturday, which was a lucky break...

Watch This 1955 Chevy Suffer A Bad Top End Crash At Pacific Raceway – What Happened?

So it appears that those of us in Atlanta last weekend weren’t the only ones to see some craziness on the drag strip. Bob Fedyk caught this intense video of racer Guy Johnson suffering a big...

The NMCA West Street Car Nationals: Killer Photos From The Pits In Pomona

The NMCA West Street Car Nationals are being contested this weekend at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California. We were at the event and prowled the pits to show you the coolest cars and trucks from...

Watch Dan Stevenson’s Pro Mod Crash From The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals!

We’ve got to give major props to the NHRA’s social media department as they have been cranking out some cool highlight videos of the insane weekend we have been having here in Atlanta. We...

Great Save! Watch This Aussie Drag Racer Do Everything In His Power To Keep His Falcon Off The Wall

So as I sit here in the tower at Atlanta Dragway watching the rain fall on the drag strip that we should be racing the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals, I’m trolling YouTube and...

Event Gallery: The SCTA’s May El Mirage Meet – Big Speeds On The Famous Dry Lake

This weekend, the first SCTA land speed meet of the 2014 season is underway on the El Mirage dry lake in California. While we don’t have results quite yet, we do have some fantastic photos...