The Lake Effect Showdown at Kuhnle Motorsports Park Is Small Tire Drag Racing Greatness! Lil Gangstas, Small Tire

The Lake Effect Showdown brings the excitement of small tire racing to Lil Gangstas’ racing to Kuhnle Motorsports Park on Saturday June 13th, 2026! This unique event will be a first for the area on...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: STREAMING VIDEO From The 21st Annual Ultimate 64 Bracket Race From Darana Kil-Kare Raceway – Saturday

Kil-Kare Raceway is home to some awesome events, including the 21st annual Ultimate 64 Big Money Bracket Races this weekend. This is one of the older events in the mid west and racers flock to this...

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FREE Bracket Racing Livestream: 8th Annual Spring King Of The Creek Bracket Racing Is LIVE Right Here – Saturday

Maryland International Raceway is home to the King of the Creek, and this weekend’s spring event is as big and competitive as always. With classes for everyone, and some of the Mid-Atlantic’s...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Sportsman Nationals At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Sportsman, Nostalgia Classes, and More!

Enjoy all the racing action from Santa Pod’s Sportsman Nationals this weekend, as Nostalgia Drag Racing and National Championship drag racing competitors battle it out head to head to see...

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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Continues Today as We are Heading for The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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The Hot Rod Hoarder Gasser Henry J Project Part 8: Putting a HISTORIC Gasser Back on the Track Feels Oh So Good!

Tommy and the kids are back at it, and it’s a runner! They are hitting the dragstrip to bring this project full circle, so check it out. The big block should be fun with all the new parts that...

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Retro Gallery: A Collection Of Wheels Up, Burnout, And Action Photos From The 2013 March Meet — T-Minus One Week!

That’s right, kids! In less than one week BangShift will be LIVE and streaming the action from the 2014 Bakersfield March Meet at Famoso Raceway as we have for several years thanks to the...

Quick Tech: How MSD’s TurboLuie Ran 8.22 At 169 In His Street Driven Mustang! And There’s More In It!

When Erik and the gang at MSD sent me the link to video of Luis Gutierrez’s 8.22 at 169 mph pass in his street driven Fox Body Mustang, I was impressed. Like a lot of good drag radial cars,...

DeJoria, Brown, and Johnson Win NHRA Wallys In Phoenix. Plus We Have All The Sportsman Stuff!

(Words by Darr Hawthorne. Photos by Bob Snyder, Jeff Burghardt, and Alexis DeJoria Racing) Alexis DeJoria raced to her first career Funny Car victory Sunday at the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals...

Photos: Brian’s Top 20 Favorite Cars From The 2013 March Meet

(Being that we are one week and one day away from the beginning of the 2014 Bakersfield March Meet at Famoso Raceway, we’re going to start getting you pumped up by running some of last...

Electric Swamp Rat 37 Nearing Race Trim – Garlits And Team Shooting For First 200mph Electric Quarter Mile

We’re not usually hot on electric cars as they just aren’t really our jam around here, but one that Don Garlits is involved with, required the use of Bad Hadman to build its chassis, and...

Gallery: Early Season Drag Action From Thunder Valley Raceway Park In Noble, Oklahoma!

(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – So, what’s a drag starved gear head to do when it’s still winter time? Well, as most of you know Oklahoma weather has had multiple personality issues...

Watch This Real Lambo With LS1 Power From Australia Dip Into The 9s!

The first thing we did after seeing this 9-second run made by the LS1 powered Lambo Jalpa in the video below was look up what the heck a Lamborghini Jalpa was. Honestly had no idea. It looked like a...

Watch Kevin Mullins 4.11 Run On 315 Drag Radials! 4,000hp Twin Turbo Hemi!

First off WARNING – THERE IS SOME STRONG LANGUAGE AND SWEARING AT THE END OF THIS VIDEO — IF THIS IS A PROBLEM, STOP IT IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU WATCH THE RUN.  This is the most incredible...

Near Miss Video: Greatest Save Ever or Luckiest Guy Ever?

The old saw goes, “Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good,” and in the case of the guy driving this wild Camaro drag car we couldn’t agree more. We have never seen a car on a...

WINNING: A 1960s Cragar Blower Off An Early Top Fuel Car Has Blown Life Into This Willys Truck

(Words: Brad Klaassen – Photos: Klaassen and Shane Carson, Mar-Car Photo Collection)- It’s no secret drag racers have been reusing performance parts for decades. One man’s trash is...

Lights Out 5, “The Baddest Small Tire Drag Race In The World”, Is LIVE NOW!

That’s right folks, if you like small tire drag racing, and all the fun and excitement that comes with crazy on the bumper drag radial action, you are not going to want to miss Lights Out 5 at...

Action Gallery: The Beaver Springs FE Race And Reunion! Full Info On the 2014 Event HERE!

BELOW YOU’LL FIND A LINK TO THE 2013 PHOTOS BUT BEFORE YOU HIT THAT — CLICK HERE FOR THE 2014 EVENT INFO!  Legends Dick Brannan and Hubert Platt will be at the event and last...

BangShift Exclusive: The Auto Club Fontana Pro Mod Noise Test – We Were There – Did They Pass? (Gallery)

(Words and photos by Darr Hawthorne) – As we get down to the first NHRA Street Legal event this weekend at Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, Wednesday’s test session to determine which racecars...

Gasser Video: Take A Video Tour Of A Homebuilt And Very Cool 1955 Chevy Gasser Known As “Bad Juju”

The guys at Holley shot a TON of great video shorts at the 2013 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, so many that they are still rolling our fresh material and this one just caught...