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Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage

Hot Rod Drag Week Day Two Gallery – Great Bend, Kansas

2011 Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week presented by Gear Vendors rolled into Great Bend, Kansas for the second day of action. The results were much like the first when it comes to the Unlimited realm of...

UPDATE: Hot Rod Drag Week – Day One News, Video and Huge Gallery – Topeka, Kansas

The quarter mile combat at Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week presented by Gear Vendors 2011 has officially begun! It was a big day at Heartland Park of Topeka, where the largest field of Drag Week racers in...

Photo Link: 1320Video’s 2011 Hot Rod Drag Week Gallery From Topeka

We’re not the only embedded media unit on the 2011 Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week presented by Gear Vendors. Our pal Kyle Loftis of 1320Video is out shooting lots of killer video and photos as...

Big Drag Gallery: The 2011 Yellow Bullet Nationals

The second Yellow Bullet Nationals did lots of stuff. It showcased some of the best doorslammer racers in the country, it packed Cecil County Dragway, and best of all, it silenced all the idiots who...

Drag Gallery: The Cobra Jet Shootout and NMCA Race From Milan, Michigan

In an event that history will record as being the first of its kind, the NMCA hosted a Cobra Jet shootout at the race at Milan Dragway recently. The modern Cobra Jets are the craziest factory drag...

Drag Gallery: Flashback Friday at Beaver Springs Dragway – August 2011

If you are a drag racing fiend, Beaver Springs Dragway should be on your personal bucket list of tracks to visit. Easily one of the coolest drag strips in the country, the place is retro-awesome to a...

Huge Drag Gallery: The United Black Drag Racers Association – Black Sunday Event – Byron Dragway

The United Black Drag Racers Association has been unofficially around since the 1980s but officially since 1994 when they organized themselves formally. Originally born in the greater St. Louis area,...

Drag Gallery: The 2011 BHRA Nationals – Kennedale, Texas

Bill Hielscher was one hell of a drag racer and one of a true pioneers with respect to “touring professionals” in straight line competition. He was best known as “Mr. Bardahl”...

Drag Gallery: The Old Time Drags and Funny Car Reunion – Englishtown, NJ

Joe Grippo braved incredibly oppressive heat to bring us an awesome gallery of nearly 200 photos from the Old Time Drags and Funny Car Reunion at Raceway Park in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey. The...

Nostalgia Drags and Show Gallery: Geezers at the Grove 2011 – Maple Grove Raceway

For 10 years, Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, PA has been hosting their, “Geezers at the Grove” nostalgia drags and car show and for 10 years the event has been growing. It has definitely...

NHRR Gallery: A Few Quick Shots from the Pits and Car Show at the 2011 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion

As we said in our gallery late last week, our photo taking abilities were hampered this year because we were working the live streaming video from the event, not allowing us a lot of time to rome....

Quick Gallery: 2011 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion Thursday Night Cruise

We had our faces buried in the camera all day for the live streaming broadcast of the 2011 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, so we are way light on photos. We busted out our camera at the Thursday...

Event Gallery: The Tri-Cities Drag-Way Reunion – Endicott, NY

We’re officially in the era of the drag strip reunion. If you are a “glass half empty” person you see it as being sad because it reminds us of just how many strips have closed down....

Kick Ass Drag Gallery: The 2011 Hunnert Car Heads Up – Great Lakes Dragaway – Union Grove, Wisconsin

When BangShift photo contributor Greg Rourke told us he was available to cover the Hunnert Car Heads-Up we were excited. After all, the Hunnert Car Heads Up has become one of the coolest...