Category Archive: DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Videos
Video: Saturday’s Cacklefest at the 2010 National Hot Rod Reunion with Bitchin’ Garlits Interview
Saturday at the 2010 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion was filled with tons of flat out bitchin’ nostalgia drag racing, and the record crowds braved the heat and humidity all day to make sure...
Historic Drag Video: Door Slammer Action from Hallsville Drag Strip in the 1970’s
This vintage drag racing video takes us to Texas in the 1970s. The race is being held at Hallsville Drag Strip, which is still under operation but now called Hallsville Dragway. As you’d...
Video: Gary and Pam Beineke’s 1971 Dodge Daytona in the A2 Wind Tunnel
Gary and Pam Beineke’s series of 1971 Chrysler wing cars are all based on early 1970s Chrysler documents that showed the company had tested scale models of aero ’71 cars in the wind...
Historic Drag Video: Gassers at Indy in the Late 1960’s
After finding the killer gasser-style truck this morning we decided to go on a YouTube trolling mission for good vintage gasser footage. We found some neat stuff that was shot at Indy during the US...
Historic Drag Video: Judy Lilly and Dave McClelland at Bowling Green in 1978
Judy Lilly enjoyed a long and successful career as a Super Stock drag racer campaigning for Mopar. Early in her career she was behind the wheel of rare, factory built Hemi racers, and along the way...
Vintage Drag Video: The Day a Turbo V6 Pro Stocker (almost) Slayed the Mountain Motor Field
When Buddy Ingersoll brought out his twin-turbo Buick V6 powered Pro Stock race car in 1986, no one gave a second look. By the end of the season when the 200ci motor was running with the 700ci IHRA...
Historic Drag Video: Fuelers, Floppers, Pro Stocks, and epic Linda Vaughn footage
Anyone who has ever attended a packed out drag race at Rockingham Dragway in Rockingham, North Carolina can tell you that when the atmosphere is right and the cars are flying, the place feels about...
Vintage Drag Racing Video: A Whole Lot of Hemi Love
We’re gearing up for our epic live broadcast of the 2010 Holley NHRA Hot Rod Reunion this weekend and decided to seek some vintage Hemi footage for a reason. One of the facets of the race...
Dyno Video: Tuning a BangShifter’s Kick Ass Road Racer on the Rollers
BangShift.com member Bob Holmes, along with his teammates competes in the NASA American Iron road racing series. The team competes with a Mustang, but not in the configuration you’d expect....
Killer 1960’s Vintage Drag Racing Video: Stockers, Gassers, and Slammers at ETown
This could be the coolest old drag racing video we have ever seen. Why? Oh, there are about a hundred reasons. Firstly, it was shot by Rick Moroso’s mom at Englishtown sometime in the 1960s....
Video: BangShift.com and Ridetech present BBQ Bologna Bash 2010 for the Forum Freaks!
Check it out! Video from the First Annual BangShift.com Ridetech Forum Freaks BBQ Bologna Bash! You’ll dig it.
Killer Vintage Drag Video: The Ford Drag Team Circa 1969
This is one of the most awesome vintage drag videos we’ve ever seen and that’s no exaggeration. It’s old footage of the 1969 version of the Ford Drag Team with Hubert Platt, Ed...
Angry Elephant: Dyno Video of Lee Sicilio’s Hemi Daytona LSR Car
Our buddy Scott Clark, known as DieselGeek on the BangShift.com forums spends some of his free time tuning fuel injection setups on all different kinds of machinery. He’s messed around with...
Vintage Drag Video: Billy Meyer and Gary Densham Burn Their Floppers to the Ground
It’s been said that if you drive a Funny Car long enough, you’ll have to experience a fire. Both Gary Densham and Billy Meyer certainly did, as evidenced from this vintage footage from...