Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage
Huge Drag Gallery: The 2011 Day of the Drags – Austin, Texas
The awesome Little River Drag Strip in Austin, Texas played host to the Kontinentals Day of the Drags for the 10th time this year. Charles Wickam was on hand to shoot photos both on the strip and in...
Drag Gallery: The 2011 Nitro Nationals and Old Time Drags – Tulsa Raceway – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Recently BangShifter John Gatliff attended the Nitro Nationals and Old Time Drags at Tulsa Raceway Park in Oklahoma. Unlike some nostalgia races that feature pokey street rods on the strip, this one...
Drag Week News and Gallery: Day Four Action and News from Tulsa, Oklahoma
It was a weird weather day in Tulsa on Thursday as the road weary Drag Week crew attacked the strip during the fourth day of competition. There was sun, rain, more sun, a little more rain, oil,...
Drag Week Gallery: Day Three Racing Photos From Amarillo, Dragway
Drag Week day three racing happened at the old school Amarillo Dragway in Amarillo, Texas. The track has been open since the 1950s! It was cool as hell for the race organizers to hit two strips like...
Drag Week Gallery: Photos from the Pits and the Road on Tuesday
Yes, the strip portions of Drag Week are where the major league action takes place during the week, but the road and pits also have their share of cool scenes and stories. There’s nothing quite...
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”...