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Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Gallery

Drag Gallery: The 2012 Paradise Drag Strip Show and Go!

(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – This past weekend, a couple of events in North Georgia kept Tommy Lee Byrd busy, as he pulled a double shift with two great drag racing events. First off...

Drag Gallery: The Kontinentals Day of the Drags – Our Final Gallery

(Photos by Charles Wickam) -We’ve been doling out Charles Wickam’s awesome photos from the 2012 Day of the Drags at Little River Dragway in Texas. The event, which celebrated its 10th...

Event Coverage: Byron World Power Wheelstanding Championships Photos… Bumpers Beware!

These dudes are nuts. I mean we love watching wheelstands, and nothing is more fun than driving a car that pulls the wheels hard, but given the incredible wheelstand it takes to win the Byron World...

Event Photos: Radial Revolution, No Mercy 3 Wheels-Up Action Photos From South Georgia

The Radial Revolution races at South Georgia Motorsports Park are some of the best small tire races anywhere. And every year we look forward to the No Mercy event because it is a run what you brung...

Drag Gallery: More Vintage Cars and Competition From Day of the Drags 2012!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Yesterday we dropped the first load of photo goodness on you as shot by Charles Wickam at The Kontinentals Day of the Drags 2012 held at the historic Little River...

Gallery: Day of the Drags 2012 – Vintage Hot Rod and Drag Car Nirvana at Little River Dragway!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) The Kontinentals car club has been putting one one of the coolest old timey drag races in the country for 10 years now. “Day of the Drags” has been held at the...

Event Coverage: Tulsa Nitro Nationals Photos Including Derek Snelson’s Fiery Funny Car Run

Tulsa Raceway Park puts on great events each and every week, and last weekends Nitro Nationals were as exciting as we expected. It may have been a little more exciting than Derek Snelson was...

Drag Gallery: Action From The Strip At The Mickey Thompson Street Machine Shootout – Ozark Raceway Park

(Photos by Cory McMahon) – Missourri’s Ozark Raceway Park is a cool facility that hosts a number of shootout events over the course of the season. The track is an older facility and they...

Drag Gallery: Stock and Super Stock Action From the NHRA Divisional Race At Englishtown

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – A couple weeks back our man Joe Grippo was at the NHRA Division One points meet held at the historic Englishtown Raceway Park in New Jersey. Like always, Joe had his...

Bonus Gallery: Action, Show, and Pit Photos From the 2012 Holley LS Fest – Bowling Green, Kentucky

(Photos by Jeff Lee) – The 2012 Holley LS Fest was a huge success and a fantastic multi-faceted event. There was lots of action on the strip at Beech Bend Raceway, wild sideways drifting on a...

Gallery: Drag Week 2012 Action and Pit Photos From the Texas Motorplex

(Photos by Justin Oney) – Over the coming days we’re going to have a bunch of cool stories and stuff looking back over the madness that was Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2012. While I was up...

Video: Champion Speed Shop Front Engine Dragster Wins Pepsi Night Fire Nationals In Boise

Les Mayhew does some great video work, and is another one of the great supporters of Nostalgia Drag Racing. We weren’t able to make it to the Pepsi Night Fire Nationals in Boise last month, but...

Drag Week Update: Nuclear Drag War in Oklahoma – Larson, Lutz, Barry All Crest 200mph!

Let it be known, Monday was the quickest and fastest Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week competition day in the history of the event, which is now in its eighth running. Three cars crested the two hundred...

Drag Week 2012 – What You Need to Know About Today’s Track – Tulsa Raceway Park

Today is the first official day of Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2012 presented by Gear Vendors. We’re at Tulsa Raceway Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Since you’re there and we’re here, we...