We’ve Got Street Week Sweden Photos! Check Out Our First Gallery of Photos From Mantorp Park Right Here! More To Come!

We’ve reached the midway point of Street Week Sweden 2026, and are about to start Race Day 4 at Tierp Arena in Sweden within hours of you reading this and checking out the photos. It has been a...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Martin Lundqvist Racing Goes After Another Street Week Sweden Victory! Here’s What It Took To Even Get To Day 1 At Mantorp Park

We’ve been sharing Martin Lundqvist Racing Fabrication videos here on BANGshift for the past few months as they are putting together a new drag and drive machine for Sweden’s Street Week...

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Dylan McCool Bought an UNKNOWN Drag Car at Auction… It Had ROD KNOCK! Can They Race It?

You never know what you are going to get when buying cars at auction, and that’s because you may or may not even be able to start them and hear them run. It totally depends on the auction, and...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing – Sunday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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Day At The Drags: Somernites Cruise To London Speedway

I spent this Saturday out in Somerset, Kentucky attending the Somernites Cruise weekend. I’m really liking the layout, and that they change up what the Saturday morning event is going to be....

Watch Funny Car Veteran Bob Bode Handle A Massive, Flaming Explosion Like A Boss – Hot Night In Chicago

As a couple of you have probably noticed, my name was nowhere near the blog this past week. No, there wasn’t an ugly board of directors meeting where Chad and I fired each other, I took the...

Nitro Cars Test For Famoso’s Saturday Night Nitro

In the third year, Saturday Night Nitro at Auto Club Famoso Raceway has become an awesome event for west coaster nitro racers and fans of the exotic racing fuel.  Reminiscent of battles at Saturday...

Here’s A High-Revving Fairmont Standing On The Bumper For Your Saturday

I’m out in Somerset, Kentucky, preparing to head out to the dragstrip. Actually, I’m not sure if I’ll be heading out to the dragstrip or to a river with a Christmas Tree in the...

We Have Wheels Up Action Photos From The Thompson Gasser Reunion In Ohio

Earlier today you saw Mike Brooks writeup about the Thompson Gasser Reunion and how much fun he had there. We ran a gallery full of gassers and race cars from the grounds there at the event, and most...

Here’s Proof That Drag Racer Don Renfrow Is “The Luckiest Man Alive”: Ejected From Car At Speed!

(Story by Greg Rourke) Baylands Raceway, which was originally named Fremont Dragstrip, and shall remain so in the minds of most who raced there, was a place that on the 3rd Sunday of November in 1988...

Gassers Galore! The Thompson Gasser Reunion Photos Are Right Here!

(Words and Photos By Mike Brooks) A few weeks ago I took the opportunity to head over to Thompson,OH to check out the action at the annual Gasser Reunion at Thompson Raceway Park. TRP has been around...

Camaros And Mustangs And Mavericks Oh My! The Last Of Our Photos From The NMCA West Coast Shootout

Pintos, El Caminos, Cudas and Road Runner’s too. They are all here in our final gallery of photos from the NMCA West Coast Shootout in Fontana. The cars in the pits at this even couldn’t...

More NMCA West Coast Shootout Pit Shots and Behind The Scenes Photos

When we put up our first gallery of pit shots from the NMCA West Coast Shootout, we told you there were nearly 300 cars running at the 2nd Annual Event in Fontana. Well, we have a bunch more photos...

NMCA West JE Pistons West Coast Shootout Winners Circle Photos

Marc Lewis at Hedman was out at the NMCA West JE Pistons West Coast Shootout this weekend running his car around the Hotchkis Autocross, and made it over to the winners circle to grab photos of all...

Behind The Scenes Pit Shots From The NMCA West Drag Racing Series In Fontana

With nearly 300 cars on site for last weekend’s NMCA West Coast Shootout, there was plenty to see, and the folks that follow NMCA West Drag Racing are super excited about the growth this series...

Even More Awesome Photos From The NHRA New England Nationals: Sunday’s Pro Sessions And More.

(Photos by Rich Pasley) The action at Epping New Hampshire’s 2014 NHRA Auto Plus New England Nationals, marks the second anniversary of NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing returning to the northeast,...

Exclusive First Look: Pro Mod C7 Corvettes Are On The Way!

BangShift sources are telling us that Tim McAmis Race Cars is working on a new C7 Corvette Pro Mod Body that looks like this! Based on the rendering we have here, this might be the sleekest Pro Mod...

2014 NHRA New England Nationals Coverage: Hordes Of Fans, High Speed Action, Exploding Fuel Cars, In Photos

(Photos by Rich Pasley) – We’re back with the mother load of killer Rich Pasley photos from the 2014 NHRA Auto Plus New England Nationals which were held at New England Dragway in Epping,...