Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage
Event Gallery: The 2009 Shakedown at E-Town
The Shakedown at E-Town in Englishtown, New Jersey, is the baddest ass specialty door slammer drag race in the world. It is not a series, it is an annual occurrence that seems to reset the...
HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS OF THE 2009 CALIFORNIA HOT ROD REUNION
BangShift.com’s live streaming video of the 18th California Hot Rod Reunion presented by the Auto Club of Southern California and held at Auto Club Famoso Raceway is finally over after a very...
Photo Gallery: Drag Racing Action from Sunday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion, With ‘Chutes!
The last day went out with a bang at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California. It was an amazing weekend of nostalgia drag racing with a great car...
Photo Gallery: Even More Drag Action from Saturday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
On Saturday night after the Cackle Fest at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion, the BangShift.com crew was so wrecked from producing the live feed all day that we did not upload all of our photos. We...
Photo Gallery: Drag Racing Action from Saturday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
Today was major Funny Car day at the 18th California Hot Rod Reunion, presented by the Auto Club of Southern California. They had 30 floppers in the show, plus a huge pack of Gassers, Altereds, Top...
Photo Gallery: Giant Cackle Fest at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
A couple years ago if you told us that people would fill the grandstands just to see a dragsters fire up and idle, we’d have called BS. We would have been way wrong. The Cackle Fest events,...
Photo Gallery: Drag Racing Action from Friday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
Nostalgia car shows are great and everything, but one of the best things about the California Hot Rod Reunion, presented by the Auto Club of Southern California, is that dudes are out there actually...
2009 Hot Rod Drag Week Wrapup
OK, so it’s like weeks after the end of the 2009 Hot Rod Drag Week, presented by Gear Vendors. After covering the race for a solid week, I’ve almost caught up on sleep. Probably not. But...
Event Coverage: Hot Rod Drag Week 2009, Day 5, Muncie, Indiana
Day 5 of Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2009, presented by Gear Vendors, has come to a close, but not before some on-road drama, and a lot of on-track parts breaking action. When we arrived at...
Video: Hot Rod Drag Week Coverage from 1320Video.com
I have to tell you, I’m totally wiped out after a full week on the road with Hot Rod Drag Week, sponsored by Gear Vendors. I have more photo coverage to give you from Day 5, but it’s...
Video: Larry Larson’s 204-MPH Pass at Drag Week 2009
Larry Larson’s 1966 Chevy Nova with twin-turbo power from Mike Moran is legendary right now. Not only did the car earn the 2008 title of Fastest Street Car in America from Hot Rod magazine, but...
An Upset Win in Pro Street Power Adder at Drag Week
It’s never over until the fat Monte Carlo sings! All week long at Hot Rod Drag Week, the attention in Pro Street Power Adder has been on Eric Yost’s 7-second turbo ’82 Firebird, but...
Amazing! Larry Larson Blasts 204 MPH in the Last Moments of Drag Week!
BangShift Chad just called in the news: Larry Larson cranked it all the way up and made a glory pass in the last moments of Drag Week: 7.30 at 204 mph! That’s the first 200-mph run ever in the...