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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The 2014 Hangover Nationals At Dragway 42 – Snow Plows and Big Strip Improvements!

(Photos and captions by Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian) – The 15th running of the vaunted Hangover Nationals at Ohio’s recently reinvigorated Dragway 42 was a smash hit with 150 cars and trucks...

BangShift 2013 Photo Highlight Reel: Scott Liggett’s Big Year Of Shows, Races, Bonneville, And Cruising Across The Country

(Words and photos Scott Liggett) – As one of the Bangshift contributors, I had a slower year in 2013. There was a big change in my life this year that prevented me from turning in my usual...

DRD Photos 2013 BangShift Highlight Reel – Fire, Hot Rods, Action!

(Words and photos by DRD Photos/Dom Damato) – It seems like just the other day I was planning out what I wanted to accomplish and do in 2013 and here we are at the close of it and happier than...

BangShift Highlight Reel: Bad Brad Klaassen’s Year Of Drag Strip Action!

(Photos by Bad Brad’s Speed Shots) – Brad Klaassen shot a TON of drag strip photos in 2013. Brad was at places like Tulsa Raceway Park, Thunder Valley Raceway in Noble, Oklahoma, and even...

Death Of The Bad Seed: How I Almost Fired Myself for Street Racing the Bad Seed Chevette – Part 3

(Words and Photos by Steve Magnante) – It all started innocently enough with a Friday afternoon bench racing session in my office at Hot Rod magazine. It was summertime in L.A., July 6, 2001 to...

BangShift 2013 Photo Highlight Reel: The Great Drag Action Photos Of Steve Wilson!

The 2013 photo highlight reels continue with great BangShift contributor Steve Wilson sharing his favorite “picks of the little” from a busy 2013 shooting season. Wilson is based out of...

Here’s Your Last ProMod Racing Coverage For 2013. The Snowbird Nationals In Bradenton Were Huge!

It’s the Off Season for all the professional category racers, but that didn’t keep the crazies of Pro Mod from heading to Bradenton last week for some final passes of 2013. The number of...

Quick Look: A Bad Ass 1967 Olds 442 Under The Knife At DMC – Real Olds Engine With Exotic Parts And Twin Turbos!

(EDITOR’S NOTE: WE’RE RE-RUNNING THIS STORY FROM EARLY 2013 BECAUSE NEXT WEEK WE’RE GOING TO BE ON THE CHASSIS DYNO AT DMC RACING WATCHING THIS CAR PUT MASSIVE NUMBERS DOWN ON THE...

Out Of Court And Onto The 1/4 Mile: Fontana Dragstrip Reopening Soon! We Have The Scoop!

(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) While we rode out to the northeastern corner of Fontana, California’s Auto Club Speedway, VP of Operations Ray Wilkings, talked about the construction going on...

The 2013 Mooneyes X-Mas Party Show And Drags Rocked Despite The Rain

As most of you know, the rain kept us from having drag racing at the 2013 Mooneyes X-Mas Show and Drags, but that didn’t keep a jillion people from partying like rock stars at what we believe...

The Top 11: Most Important and Influential Gassers of All Time

Being that this is a Saturday and we’re freaked that the Mooneyes race may rain out, we’re rerunning some of our favorite content. This Top 11 list of gasser is near the top of the list!...

Deathmobile: RX7 With A Blown 383 Chevy That Destroys Tires At 70 And Will Kill You (w/VIDEO)

(Photos by Dave Nutting –  Words by Nutting/Lohnes) – This is a car that makes a big block Shelby Cobra look like the most sensible thing since the GEO Metro. It is by far the nastiest,...

Sand Drags Insanity: Big Horsepower And Nitro On The Dirt At Soboba! Gallery and Race Report

(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) -After spending the last six weekends at one dragstrip or another and a week at the Vegas SEMA Show, for me it was a coin flip if I’d do it on one more weekend...

Destruction Photos: What Happens When A Big Aluminum Rod Fails At 10,000 RPM

Last Friday I had occasion to visit my friends Dana and Jon at Custom Automotive Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts for a story on the nostalgia nitro funny car they have run successfully out of...