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NHRA announced today that the 15th annual NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway will air on FOX adjacent to a FOX football broadcast on Sunday, Oct. 4, highlighting an exciting NHRA on FOX schedule for NHRA’s 75th anniversary season. The FOX broadcast in St. Louis will mark a sixth straight year a race in the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship playoffs will be broadcast adjacent to a football game on FOX, including last year’s broadcast that drew the highe

It’s time for the 2nd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are in for a treat. It’s all big power, big noise, crash and burn, and high flying action in an environment unlike any other. If you are new around there then you might not know that we seriously dig Formula Off-Road racing here at BANGshift.com. This is high flying, loud, and intense racing that involves what look to be impossible hillcl

The PDRA is shining a big spotlight on its sportsman racers. The Thunder Valley Throwdown will provide big payouts for these racers.View the full article

New England Dragway has been good to Elite Motorsports. The team heads to the New England Nationals looking for more wins. View the full article

The Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series announced today that the series will host its first PDRA Sportsman Spectacular as a part of the upcoming PDRA Thunder Valley Throwdown presented by Larry Jeffers Race Cars at Bristol Dragway on August 7-9. The Sportsman Spectacular will offer increased payouts for all of the PDRA’s sportsman and Jr. Dragster categories competing in the fifth of seven 2026 PDRA national events.  “Sportsman racers are the backbone of our sport,” said Tyler Crossnoe, ser

John Force Racing is loaded up and ready for the New England Nationals. Here's the team's preview for the event this weekend. View the full article

S650 Mustang owners now have another option to dial up some big horsepower. Check out Vortech's new supercharger kit for the S650.View the full article

A strong start to the season has the chance to get even better for Funny Car’s Chad Green at this weekend’s 13th annual NHRA New England Nationals presented by bproauto at New England Dragway. Approaching 100 career starts in the Funny Car ranks, Green is off to the best start in his career, winning in Gainesville and Chicago and currently sitting third in points in the loaded Funny Car category. This weekend, he’s also sporting a new look with bproauto, adding another layer of importanc

Melling Engine Parts was recognized for excellence in product content during the 2026 Auto Care Connect event, held May 11–14 in Atlanta, Georgia. The recognition highlights Melling’s continued commitment to delivering accurate, high-quality product data that supports customers, partners and the broader automotive aftermarket. Presented in connection with the Aftermarket Content Professionals Network (ACPN), a community of the Auto Care Association, the recognition was announced during Auto

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The third stop of the 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series took competitors to their first West coast event at historic Willow Springs International Raceway. The full field was stacked with a variety of vehicles that spanned eight decades and competitive cars across a multitude of classes, including the After Dark Speed GTS Class, where Tony Prutch’s 2021 Corvette took home the class win, his first in the series. Prutch was aided in

You may not have heard of RJ Fab, but you’ve probably seen something they have built. When Rob Lindsay started RJ Fab a few decades ago I doubt he thought he’d build a brand that covered so many cool builds in so many different disciplines, but this guy can do it all. From Pro Mods to Pre-Runners, Pro Touring machines to custom UTVs, and everything in between, if it needs custom fabrication then Rob has got it handled. And man do they build some sexy stuff. If you like weld porn and quality with

Lil Gangstas just keeps on keeping on, and at Street Car Bragging Rights at Rockingham Dragway they not only put on a hell of a show, but also put up the biggest payout in LG history at $30,000 for the winner. That’s some serious cheddar and we love it. Index No Time racing, who would have thought it would end up where it is? This is another great video from 1320Video and we thank them for their continued passion and coverage. This video was filmed before the loss of our dear friend Kyle Loftis,

The Mid-West Drag Racing Series has stripped the Jacob McNeal Racing team of all points earned at last weekend’s Shakedown at M’Town at US 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan and placed McNeal on probation for the remainder of the 2026 season, MWDRS officials announced yesterday. The announcement came after a post-race spot check found the team’s Pro Mod Cuda running an illegal blower pulley, allowing for 98% overdrive instead of the maximum 92% allowed. The infraction was discovered Sa

Every Southeast Gassers Association race is a flashback to the 1960’s, which is why everyone loves going to their races so much. These races are all about the showmanship and the fun and excitement that drag racing fans want to experience. With wheels up attitudes, and launches, these cars really do stand out from the crowd and offer fans something they won’t often see anywhere else. And with an insane number of different cars, with totally different combos, there is something for everyone. It’s

THE WES BUCK SHOW – EPISODE 427 “HATERS SILENCED & HISTORY MADE” SOME WINS ARE BIG. SOME WINS MEAN A LITTLE MORE. AND THIS WEEK? WE GOT BOTH. This week on The Wes Buck Show, we’re talking about a pair of victories that had the drag racing world buzzing all weekend long. First up, Austin Prock joins the show fresh off a massive NHRA Funny Car victory, his first since making the move from John Force Racing to Tasca Racing. New team. New chapter. Same killer instinct. Yo

Cheap car and truck paint jobs have always been popular, whether in DIY stories in magazines, on the internet, or with companies like Earl Sheib and Maaco. Hell, Earl Sheib would paint any car for $19.95 when they first started in the late 1930’s and were still only charging $99.95 in the 1990’s! Maaco still offers cheap paint jobs, but the ultimate low buck spray job is going to come from home usually. That means that if you are DIYer then you need to pay attention to this one, but keep in mind

Going fast in slow cars, thrashing on junk, and jumping things that shouldn’t be jumped are always a good time and the folks at Hudson Speedway sure know it. For their Memorial Day Thrill Show this year they had all kinds of stuff going on, but one of those things was the Ramp Contest and boy is this one good. Participants, we hesitate to refer to them as racers, take whatever they’ve got and run it around the racetrack and through the figure 8 at two different steel ramps. The big one, and the

Coming into the Shakedown at M’Town, expectations were sky high, and the historic event surpassed even the stoutest forecasts as both Mid-West Drag Racing Series and world records fell left and right in one of the most stunning displays of racing anywhere in the world. The event, which was a partnership between the Fueltech Radial Outlaws Racing Series and the Summit Racing Equipment Mid-West Drag Racing Series, was billed as the “Unholy Reunion of Big and Small Tire,” as smiles as wide as the g

Eric Trigalet escaped injury after a fiery, high-speed crash in his turbocharged 1969 Camaro at War In The Woods XIV.View the full article

Ron Capps rolls into Epping looking to protect his Funny Car points lead. Maddi Gordon is ready to experience her first Epping event.View the full article

Ron Capps Motorsports (RCM) announced today a new partnership with OKUMA, naming the global leader in machine tool design and manufacturing the official CNC machining partner of the championship-winning organization.   While this marks the first official collaboration between RCM and OKUMA, the relationship between the two extends back to RCM team owner Ron Capps’ days driving for Don Schumacher Racing (DSR). While at DSR, Capps experienced firsthand the advantages of utilizing engine components

Mooresville Dragway, one of North Carolina’s longest-running drag racing facilities, is set for a major transformation under new ownership. According to a report by Joe Marusak of The Charlotte Observer, new owner Matt Erich plans to redevelop the 70-year-old dragstrip into a $50 million motorsports destination called Race City Motorpark & Social Club. The project is planned for the existing Mooresville Dragway property in Rowan County near Mooresville, long known as Race City USA. Erich

The Midwest Nationals will showcase the NHRA to NFL audiences this year. The event will be broadcast during FOX's NFL coverage.View the full article

Team Kalitta wants to continue its dominant run in the nitro ranks at the New England Nationals. Here's what the teams have to say. View the full article

You don't see many AMC products in Super Stock. A.H. Adkins' AMX Super Stocker is a real beast and lays down eight-second passes.View the full article

Orlando Speed World Dragway is putting more than $300,000 on the line for the world’s fastest sport compact cars. The Central Florida facility announced the OSW Import Championship Series presented by GRS-Motorsports this week, a four-race championship chase spanning September 2026 through February 2027. The headline act is the FuelTech Xtreme Class – the quickest, fastest level of import drag racing anywhere on the planet, where the elite of the discipline run in the mid-5-second zone at sp

Shawn Langdon and Doug Kalitta are smashing the Top Fuel class this season. Here's a look at just how dominant they've been in 2026.View the full article