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Category Archive: DRAG RACES, Event Coverage

Young, Boychuk Notch 2012 March Meet Victories to Cap Incredible Weekend at Bakersfield

The winners of the premier categories at 2012 March Meet were from the unlikely cities of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Salem, Wisconsin. Tim Boychuk drove his Canadian based 1977 Pontiac Firebird to...

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Massey, Anderson, and Force Claim NHRA Winternationals Titles – See All of Our Coverage Here!

The 2012 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals are complete and three familiar names have found their way into the winner’s circle this year. In Top Fuel, Spencer Massey fended off...

The NHRA Winternationals Saturday Qualifying…Three rounds only, due to rain!

After some drizzle and delay in the morning that virtually assured Sportsman racers that they would be having their final rounds on Monday here at the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals,...

The NHRA Winternationals “Behind the Scenes: Wet Edition” Saturday 2012

It was supposed to maybe drizzle on us on Saturday morning of the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals in Pomona on Saturday. It did. It also drizzled on us some more in the afternoon. Then...

NHRA Winternationals Pro Stock, Top Fuel, and Funny Car Action Gallery Day Two 2012

We had a busy day at the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals on Friday. The sun was out, the crowd was thick, and there was plenty of racing action to catch. In fact, so much that we had a...

NHRA Winternationals Coverage Continues: Friday’s Behind the Scenes Action

Yesterday we brought you some great Behind the Scenes action shots from the season opening NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals. 2012 marks the 52 Anniversary of this famed event, held just...

NHRA Winternationals Wheelstanding Stock and Super Stock Doorslammers Thursday 2012

The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series is in full swing here in sunny Southern California as the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals season opener got under way in Pomona. We’ve...

NHRA Winternationals Pro Stock, Top Fuel and Funny Car Action: Thursday 2012

We gave you a sneak preview of the 2012 Top Fuel and Funny Car fields when we had our LIVE broadcast from the 2012 PRO Winter Warmup in Palm Beach Florida a few weeks ago, but now it’s for...

NHRA Winternationals Behind the Scenes in the Pits and Staging Lanes Thursday 2012

Besides great action shots from the famed drag strip at Pomona, which is home to the season opening NHRA O’Reilly Aut Parts Winternationals, BangShift.com is also going to bring you the...

Drag Gallery: The Merrill, Wisconsin Ice Drags – January 2012

(Photo Credit: Greg Rourke) – No doubt you’ve probably heard of the Merrill Ice Drags, a truly awesome grassroots event put on by a bunch of lunatic speed freaks in Wisconsin. Neither...

Another Quick Update and a Few Photos from the PRO Winter Warm Up

The runs keep on rolling here at PBIR and under penalty of death we cannot give you elapsed times until LIVE coverage and video begins tomorrow. We can say that there has been lots more tire smoke...

DRAG GALLERY: THE 2011 BYRON DRAGWAY HANGOVER NATIONALS

It is the second day of 2012 and we’re already hitting you with race galleries! Thanks to lunatic BangShift photog Greg Rourke, we have a nice gallery of photos from the 2012 Hangover Nationals...

Killer Gallery: Awesome Photos From the 2011 Season at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield California

Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California is one of our favorite places. We broadcast the March Meet and California Hot Rod Reunion live from the track. As it turns out, photographer Liam Garritty...