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2019 NHRA Carolina Nationals Pro Mod Action Photos: A Wild, Controversial, and Fast Weekend!
(Photos by David Whealon) – As you know by now, Stevie Fast Jackson and the Bahrain 1 crew took home not only the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA pro mod championship but they also won the race,...
Mark Williams Enterprises Announces NEW Billet U-Joint Cap Kit For 1350-1410 OEM and NASCAR Style Companion Flanges
We always talk about how Mark Williams Enterprises goes the extra mile to examine, test, and develop new products. Well, here’s their latest example. New Billet U-Joint caps for 1350-1410 OE...
Video: Stevie Fast Jackson Wins NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod Title – Takes Aim With Champagne
What is greatness? This is an age-old question that comes up in every sporting endeavor. Is it just winning? Is it winning with a panache that others do not have? Is it winning with the expectation...
Video: No Belts, No Helmets, No Fenders, No Hood, No Windshield, No Stinkin’ Rules In Tijuana Drag Racing
Tijuana, Mexico is known as a crazy place for a multitude of reasons but we never expected the drag strip to be one of them. We were tipped off to this video by Brett Kepner and it shows what could...
Video: Mendy Fry Locks Up 2019 NHRA Heritage Series Top Fuel Title In Tulsa – Emotional Victory For Team
When Tom Shelar died unexpectedly a few weeks ago, many wondered what would become of the High Speed Motorsports top fuel team. They had been dominating the 2019 season, they were the 2018 series...
Free LIVE Streaming Video From The Throwdown In T-Town. Pro Mods, Pro Street, X275, And More 10 AM Saturday.
It is one of our favorite drag racing events, and lucky for us they put it on TWICE each year. We’re talking about the Throwdown in T-Town, held in the spring and fall at Osage Casino Tulsa...
Nova Monster: Steve Spiess Has A 565ci, Twin-Turbo Ford Boss Engine In His Chevy And It Flies – Drag Week Car!
Steve Spiess is a bad ass. In the event you do not know who tis guy is, he’s knocked down championships in the world of IHRA mountain motor pro stock, he has started, grown, and sold companies,...
Big News: Alexis DeJoria Set to Return to NHRA Funny Car Competition – Full Time In 2020
In news that took the drag racing world by surprise yesterday, Alexis DeJoria announced that she would be making a return to full time NHRA nitro funny car competition with her own team in 2020. The...
NHRA Insider Podcast: Bob Tasca III and Austin Prock Talk About Being 79 Points Out of First, Drag Racing’s Future, and More
This week’s NHRA Insider podcast is a good one. I called it The -79 Club because the guests are Austin Prock and Bob Tasca III who are both 79 points out of first in their respective categories...
Historic Charge: Watch Dean Marinis Make The First Nitrous Pro Mod Run Into The 5.50s! 5.57/255 – Insane
We have talked about Dean Marinis here at BangShift plenty over the years. The guy has been an absolute killer in a multitude of drag racing classes, most famously X275 with his orange Mustang, but...
Weatherford, Halsey, Montecalvo, Distefano and Gast Beat the Heat in PDRA Fall Nationals Qualifying
Race #7 of 8 is underway at the PDRA Fall Nationals at Darlington Dragway, and the qualifying was hot and heavy in all categories. With that said, only one guy can be the number one qualifier in each...
Watch Shawn Langdon Save His Season By Catching Jim Campbell In A Wild Pedaler At St. Louis
Shawn Langdon won the NHRA AAA Insurance Midwest Nationals last weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway in St Louis and he managed to complete round wins by out running people, by hole-shotting...
The Cool Hot Rod: This Film Shows Car Culture, Early Drag Racing, and Even Indy 500 Fun From The Early 50s
Yeah, sure this is a propaganda film, one of the many made to combat the public perception of the so called, “Hot Rod Menace” that was afflicting the USA in the early 1950s. Kids and able...
NHRA Insider Podcast: A Championship Resurgence – Lohnes Talks To Shawn Langdon and Erica Enders About St Louis Success
Two interesting winners from St Louis join Lohnes on the NHRA Insider Podcast this week. Shawn Langdon had a wild Sunday and Erica Enders finally broke through some vicious bad luck which had plagued...