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Fun Stuff: Relive The 1992 NHRA Gatornationals With Ron Capps, JR Todd, and Lohnes – Good Times!
The 1992 NHRA Gatornationals is one of the most awesome races of all time. The top fuel field kept setting records, Kenny Bernstein went 301 mph, and the action in all the classes was hot and heavy....
Rock Party: This Footage From The Unsanctioned Thursday Night Backdoor Shootout at KoH Is Awesome
This is totally awesome. When King of The Hammers organizers and route planners moved the 2021 competition away from the awesome obstacle known as “Backdoor” enthusiasts, fans, and...
Check Out All The Bad Ass Square Body GM Trucks In These Great Movie Clips!
Jumps, burnouts, donuts, off-road action, chases and all kinds of great stunts, square body GM trucks have done it all in TV and movies for decades. Good guys, bad guys, extras and more. Everyone has...
Hauling Post: Chip Foose Takes His Swing A Designing The Ultimate Hot Rodded Mail Truck
The Grumman LLV is a staple vehicle on American roads. The little mail trucks that trundle around your town or city have a reputation of being ugly, slow, and completely uninspired but they are also...
100-1: Watch Michael McDowell Win The 2021 Daytona 500 – His First Victory In 14 Years Of Cup Racing Experience
There was a wreck after 14 laps and then a rain delay that lasted nearly six hours. No, the Daytona 500 was not the smooth running affair that the sanctioning body or the TV Network wanted, but once...
Nitro Time Machine: Shelly Anderson and Mike Dunn Get Rivalrous And Throw Down Hard At Seattle!
Drag racing is always at its best when you know the two people lining up to race are going to do whatever they have to do to beat the other driver. Not because they’re having fun, because there...
12 Seconds To Dumb Ass: Watch This Mustang Spray His Friend’s Truck With Rocks and Blow The Windows Out
While it has been a while since a Mustang plowed into a crowd of people while leaving a car show, the cars that people should fear healthily have not been minding their own business. Take for example...
Nitro Time Machine: Watch Jeff Arend Score His First National Event Win At Reading 1996 – Massive Upset!
It wasn’t David vs Goliath, it was Jeff vs Tony and boy was it a hum-dinger of a finish to the 1996 NHRA Keystone Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania. Arend who was...
Incredible Video: This 1964 Film Featuring The United States Drag Team Shows Things We Have Never Seen Before!
The United States Drag Team and their venture to England in 1964 was a revelation to a country who had just awoken to the prospect of the sport of drag racing. Some of the game’s biggest stars...
Pro Stock Time Machine: Watch Aaron Strong Get His First Pro Stock Round Wins and Become The Most Improbable Pro Stock Winner Ever!
If there is a “most memorable victory” to have ever personally witnessed in my NHRA drag racing career, the pro stock triumph of Aaron Strong in 2016 is probably it. Coming into the...
The Hustle Is Real: The FTI Performance Team Is Gearing Up For NHRA Nitro Funny Car Action In Gainesville
If there is one thing that we know for sure, there are loads of race teams thrashing hard to get ready for the 2021 Amalie Oil Gatornationals as we speak. People are chomping at the bit to get back...
American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride With Jim Pace As He Roars Around Road America In A Shadown DN-4 Can-Am Car!
It’s still unfathomable to us that Jim Pace is no longer out there driving race cars. Jim’s passing was a shock to the world, especially to us here at BangShift. The good news is that...
Wheelstand And Deliver: Watch Craig Sullivan and Jerico Balduf Go Wheels Up While Hammer Down In Bradenton
Drag racing season has officially begun anew and it started last weekend in Bradenton, Florida at the Diamond Pistons US Street Nationals. This race serves as the kickoff for so many pro mod and drag...
Future Swap Rod: Little Did Nissan Know In The 1990s But Their 240SX Was Destined For Modern Greatness
Little did the engineers in Japan know back in the 1990s, but they were creating a modern rockstar of a machine with the Nissan 240SX. Sure, at the time it was a 155hp sports car that was designed to...