Open House At Auto Club Dragway Fontana TOMORROW! No Racing But Lots Of Fun Planned
Drag racing’s feel good story of the winter has been the progress at Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, California to complete a sound wall project and re-open as the only quarter mile strip in the...
The 2014 March Meet Is Coming – We’re Planning On Being There And YOU Should Be, Too!
March means a couple of things here at BangShift but most importantly it means that the greatest nostalgia drag race in the world, the Bakersfield March Meet will be happening and 2014 is no...
2014 NHRA Winternationals: Sportsman Gallery – Stockers Through Injected Fuel, They’re Here!
(Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – We know you wanted to see more sportsman action photos from the 2014 NHRA Winternationals, so here they are! Shooters Mike and Jeff Burghardt took these...
A Guy Is Asking $205,000 For This Gasser On eBay And We Think It Actually May Be Worth It — UPDATED WITH PERIOD PHOTO!
Why would a 1933 Willys gasser possibly be worth a couple hundred grand when we have no proof of who owned it, no proof that it was actually raced, and just some crusty photos of the thing jammed...
2014 Winternationals Gallery: People and Pits Photos From The 2014 NHRA Winternationals
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) – While the action at the drag races is always captured on the track, the story of any drag race is written in the pits. Like a great band that gains fame because of...
Bitchin’ Historic Drag Racing Photos From The Golden Age Of Action At Sanford, Maine
(Photos from Sy Sidebotham Collection Via Bruce Wheeler) – (Editor’s note: Yesterday we ran an old drag racing movie from Sanford, Maine that was shot in the late 1950s. After seeing...
2014 NHRA Winternationals – Photos From The Explosive Opening Weekend Of The 2014 NHRA Season
(Words by Darr Hawthorne – Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt) – Love him or hate him, 16-time nitro funny car Champion John Force isn’t going anywhere, except down the dragstrip, 1,000...
Drag Week 2014: All The Dates, All The Tracks, All The Info You Want And Need – Photos From The Original 2005 Event HERE!
So the news broke on Saturday about what race tracks and what dates that Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2014 would be happening at and on. I happened to be in the car when that news came out traveling...
Rough Weekend For Tony and Cruz Pedregon At Pomona – Fire And Explosion Make For Expensive Outing
(Images from ESPN3 live stream) – It was an exciting and expensive weekend for both Cruz and Tony Pedregon as the brothers experienced some hairy mechanical failures during the freshly...
Rocket Revival: 2014 Looks Like The Year Hydrogen Peroxide Rockets Will Return To US Strips In Force
Maybe we can mark November of 2013 as the rough date that the revival of hydrogen peroxide rocket vehicles on drag strips began. It was in November that the noted French rocket motorcycle rider Eric...
Drag Art: A Fantastic High Definition Video Highlighting The Nitro Drivers Of Don Schumacher Racing
During the 2014 PRO Winter Warm Up, Chad and I weren’t the only two guys filming the action from above the track. A film crew from Oakley was there to gather footage for a series of upcoming...
Craigslist Find: This 1970 ‘Cuda Packs A Hemi, Cool Old Race Paint, And Some Giant Rear Slicks
Thanks to Chris Chenlo, we have this totally sweet ‘Cuda to show you that is currently for sale on Craigslist. The car has apparently been for sale for some time as we did some rooting around...
We Test Out The Brand New NHRA App! Live Timing From Anywhere In The World…And It’s Free!
(By Darr Hawthorne) – This weekend at the National Hot Rod Association Circle K Winternationals, NHRA officials released their latest version of a Fan App to run on iPhones and Android phones...
