Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage
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...
Drag Gallery: Hot Action From Byron Dragway’s Big Bucks Bracket Bash
Having taken you to Texas and then to eastern Massachusetts, we now wing you to Byron, Illinois, home of the legendary Byron Dragway. Greg Rourke, our photo contributor located in the “center...
Drag Gallery: Test-N-Tune Action From Byron Dragway
Byron Dragway is one of the legendary drag plants in the USA. Owner/operator Ron Leek is the man that many people credit with fostering bracket racing through the early days of life, as well as the...
Event Gallery: Mud Drags Action From Texas
Last weekend our intrepid Texas photo master, Charles Wickam snuck through a hole in the fence and photographed a pretty bitchin’ looking mud drag race event down near where he lives. Between...
Drag Race Gallery: BangShifters at Lebanon Valley Dragway’s 2011 Opening Day
The official sign that Spring has arrived in the Northeast happens when racing starts, well that weekend finally arrived and a few BangShift forum members decided to celebrate by getting together and...
Massive Drag Gallery: The 2011 ADRL CarSafe Dragapalooza – Houston, Texas
Drag racing season in the USA is officially in full swing with the ADRL’s opening race having gone down last weekend. The 2011 CarSafe DragaPalooza VII was a strong opening shot for an ADRL...