Category Archive: DRAG RACES, Event Coverage
Event Coverage: 2011 Byron Power Wheelstanding Championships Photos, Video, and More
The Byron Dragway Power Wheelstanding Championships have become one of the coolest, craziest, events on the planet, and are on our bucket list of places to attend. Unfortunately for us 2011’s...
20th California Hot Rod Reunion Field More Than 300 Strong Already…Check it out here
It’s time to start getting excited about the upcoming 20th Anniversary California Hot Rod Reunion at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield. We’ve got LIVE broadcast details being...
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 2011 Wrap Up: Winners, BangShifters, and Rain
Gear Vendor’s Drag Week 2011 is over and, as usual, racers around the world are scheming up their newest dream racecar to take down Larry Larson, Todd Maschmeier, or Tim Reed at Drag Week 2012....
LIVE Streaming Video of Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week Awards Ceremony NOW
We have live streaming video of Drag Week 2011, right here. Visit us daily to see all the coverage right here at BangShift.com including Hot Rod’s Live Coverage, photo galleries, 1320video, and...
Even More 1320Video from Drag Week 2011: Day 4 Tulsa Action
Day 4 of Hot Rod Drag Week 2011 had all the drama you expect from an event that has put competitors through rain, heat, hills, wind, oil, “challenging” track conditions, and more. Our...
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,...
More Drag Week video from 1320Video: Day Three in Amarillo
It’s the start of Day 4, and Kyle and the 1320Video crew have another video to watch. This one from Hot Rod Drag Week 2011 Day Three. As usual, Kyle is out there busting his ass to get in car,...
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...