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2017 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals Coverage – More Great Action From VMP

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We’re back with a second batch of photos from the 2017 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals. Brian Olson was a guy I knew really well. In fact, I worked...

2017 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals Coverage: Nearly 400 Of Earth’s Baddest ‘Slammers Attack Virginia

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – It was an amazing weekend of drag racing at the 2017 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals last weekend and some of that had to do with news about the venue...

Watch The RTRA Texas Small Tire Throwdown Replay Right Here

It’s the final RTRA (Radial Tire Racing Association) race of 2017 and we’ll be LIVE from a 60 foot boom lift right here at BANGshift.com starting around 6:30 pm Central Time. We’ll...

Sending A Car Or Truck To SEMA? Enter The 2017 Gran Turismo Awards HERE – We’re Judging Again

One of the things I have been able to do over the last couple of years is work as a judge for the Gran Turismo awards at the SEMA show in Las Vegas. This is a bad ass deal because there are multiple...

Continuing Today We Will Be Bringing You The Throwdown IN T-Town LIIVE!

Oh, yeah, it’s that time again! The Throwdown in T-Town is here and BangShift.com will be bringing you the action live from Osage Casino and Tulsa Raceway Park this weekend! We will have the...

2017 Nitro Nationals Coverage From Tulsa! Ladies Ruled In Top Fuel and Funny Car

(Photos by Brad Klaassen) – It was a first for the world of nostalgia drag racing last month in Tulsa. Never before had women won both top fuel and nitro funny car at a Heritage Series event...

Old School Fun At An Old School Strip – Nostalgia Drag Racing Action At Elk Creek Dragway!

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – In the mountains of the southwest end of Virginia is a little track by the name Elk Creek Dragway. On September 29-30, the facility hosted a pre-1964...

Watch No Mercy 8 LIVE Right Here Along With The Event Schedule – The Radial Tire War Is Going To Be Fought At SGMP

Well we have been talking about it for days and now it is here. No Mercy 8 will be going on from today all the way until Sunday at South Georgia Motorsports Park. Thanks to our friends at MotorMania...

Show Coverage: The First Ever Virginia Museum Of Transportation Racin’ and Roddin’ Show Ruled!

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – On September 23 the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke held it’s first drag racing themed car show. Racin’ and Roddin’ is a departure from...

Ultimate 64 Challenge Coverage – Our Last Blast Of Photos From Mountain Park Dragway

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We start off this last gallery with THE MAN himself filling the seat of a borrowed ride.  Scotty Richardson and his staff have done an amazing job...

Drag Week 2017 Action Photos: Our Last Blast From Byron Dragway – The Historic Strip Was Rockin’

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – So here’s our last blast of drag week 2017 action photos from Byron Dragway in Illinois. By the time we got to Byron there was carnage among the 389 cars that...

Coffeyville Street Drags Fall Run Preview: The Meet And Greet Before The Street!

Come Saturday, the small, normally quiet little town of Coffeyville, Kansas is going to get one hell of a wake-up notice. The Coffeyville Street Drags, a sanctioned street race actually held in the...

NMRA All-Ford World Finals 2017: More Test Session Shots From Beech Bend!

There is one factor that must be taken into account for the NMRA All-Ford World Finals event this year: the weather. You see, by the time the NMRA fall event rolls around, the weather for Beech Bend...

We Will Have LIVE No Prep Street Racing Saturday From The Coffeyville Street Drags In Kansas

Do you want to watch real, honest, No Prep Street Racing Live? Good, because we’ll have all the street racing you can handle LIVE from the Coffeyville Street Drags in Coffeyville Kansas this...