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Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Drag Races

Retro Gallery: Cacklefest Action From the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

With the BangShift.com streaming broadcast of the 2010 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion set to kick off tomorrow morning, we’re going to get you in the mood with a barrage of nostalgia drag...

Huge Collection of Photos from the Traditional Rod and Kulture Jalopy Showdown Drags at Beaver Springs

The Traditional Rod and Kulture Jalopy Showdown Drags happed at the ultra cool Beaver Springs Dragway in Beaverton, Pennsylvania, on October 2. The race obviously featured lots of traditional hot...

Event Gallery: The Kontinentals 9th Annual Day of the Drag Race – Vintage Rods on the Strip!

Charles Wickam recently attended the 9th annual Kontinentals Car Club Day of the Drag Race held at historic Little River Dragway outside of Temple, Texas. The historic strip, which opened in 1959, is...

Hot Rod Drag Week Gallery: Pit Photos From Day One at National Trail

While you wait for the latest breaking news (and lots of the news seems to be about stuff breaking) we thought we’d hold you at bay with a great gallery of shots submitted by BangShifter Mike...

Hot Rod Drag Week Gallery: Wednesday Action at Indy!

Another exciting day or racing, thrashing, and cruising during Hot Rod Drag Week 2010 presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive is documented in this gallery from our man on the scene Chad Reynolds....

Retro Gallery: Photos From Hot Rod Drag Week 2009

  As racers gear up their equipment for another grueling but awesome trip at Hot Rod Drag Week 2010 presented by Gear Vendors, we’re going to get you in the mood by walking you down memory...

Event Coverage: The 2010 Symco Shakedown, With Fire!

After seeing event coverage from both coasts, BangShift reader Shane Hansen sent us a load of 400 photos from the 2010 Symco Shakedown that happened back in August. The event is a traditional hot rod...

Drag Gallery: A Day at the Digs from Houston Motorsports Park

Our Texas based photo correspondent Charles Wickam has been a busy dude. Recently he went and took a shop tour at the School of Automotive Machinists and he also attended the drags at Houston...

Event Coverage: The New England Dragway All-Truck Nationals 2010

After spending about 15 hours at New England Dragway announcing a major event on Saturday, we were greeted at o’dark-thirty on Sunday by the sight of our two sons (3.5 yrs and 1.5 yrs)...

Event Gallery: The York US30 Reunion and Muscle Car Madness Show

One of the coolest and most action packed weekends of nostalgia drag racing happens each July in Pennsylvania. The York US30 Dragstrip Reunion and the Muscle Car Madness Car Show make up a one two...

Wrap Up: BangShift.com’s 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Coverage

The dust has settled, our clothes don’t smell like nitro anymore, and we’re getting ready to repair a blown out flip flop. It’s going to be tough to beat this year’s...

Gallery: Saturday Car Show and Pit Action from the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

Saturday is the biggest day for both racers and car show participants at the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky. With car show awards being handed out and final...

Gallery: Wild Drag Strip Photos from Saturday at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

On Saturday morning there were hundreds of hopeful drag racers in the pits awaiting their shot a glory when eliminations rolled around at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling...

Gallery: Header Flames at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Cacklefest

The highlight of every NHRA Hot Rod Reunion is the Saturday night Cacklefest. A living history tour of significant and cool drag race iron, the Cacklefest brings old nitro, gas, and alcohol burners...