FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 4 At The Texas Motorplex – Thursday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 4! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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How Much Horsepower Does An Engine Driven Cooling Fan Really Take From Your Engine?

We tested alternators, engine driven fans, and other accessories on the dyno years ago and I can tell you that most of the accessories on the front of your engine take very little power to turn under...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Pro Stock, Pro Stock Bikes, And Factory Stock 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Ford Big-Blocks Unleashed! FE Race & Reunion Muncie Dragway! 352, 390, 406, 427, 428, SOHC!

The Ford FE powerplant is arguably one of the most important engines in Ford’s racing heritage. Sure there have been plenty of other powerful combos over the years, but when Chevrolet and Ford...

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Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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Watch Mark Micke Drive Jason Carter’s Malibu To A Blazing 3.80/208mph Pass At Tulsa

Few cars in the world of small tire drag racing have the history and backstory of Jason Carter’s Malibu. In its latest iteration the car is a twin turbocharged big block Chevy powered monster...

Plain Vanilla: This 1980 Ford Falcon Is A Rabid Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing!

1980 wasn’t a great year for cars, period. It was plainly evident that manufacturers were trying to figure out what to do with new emissions regulations while also dealing with calls for...

Watch The Menace Camaro Get Into The Wall At Ozark Raceway Park – Out Of The Groove and Out Of Control!

As much as we love small tire and radial racing around here we also have not lost an ounce of happy feeling for the large tires cars out there in the drag racing world, either. When we firs saw...

Watch Mike Pelrine Make A Stunning Save On His Nitro Harley At The NHRA Denso Nationals In Las Vegas

One of the things that has really gotten people’s attention this season at NHRA national events has been the presence of nitro burning Harley-Davidson motorcycles. So far we have seen them at...

Weapon X: Follow Along As An Awesome Plan B Drag Week Build Takes Shape

(Words and photos by Robert Williams) –  (Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of build stories that will follow the construction of Weapon X, a 1977 Nova that will compete in...

New Angle And In-Car Video Of The Daniel Pharris Andrew Alepa Corvette Flight In Tulsa!

Urban Hillbilly Action video has released a new video featuring the incredible flying Corvette run made by Daniel Pharris at Tulsa Raceway Park yesterday. You will see multiple angles including IN...

Watch Daniel Pharris Take Flight In Andrew Alepa’s Corvette At Tulsa Raceway Park!

Less than one week after a magical return Andrew Alepa’s Corvette took flight at Tulsa Raceway Park with Daniel Pharris behind the wheel. At the 2017 Outlaw Street Car Reunion the car waded...

Video: 50 Years of Firebird Raceway – An Amazing Look At One of Drag Racing’s True Gems

Operating a race track is one hell of a business. I tend to talk about it a fair amount here at BangShift but that’s because there are so many fallacies, myths, and misconceptions about it....

Radial Revenge Tour Drag Racing Starts Saturday Morning Around 10:30 AM

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE RADIAL REVENGE TOUR LIVE That’s right baby, it’s time for Radial Revenge Tour to hit Tulsa Raceway Park’s famed strip, and you can watch it all LIVE right...

Exclusive Debut: Standing Start Testing With Big Red Camaro At Famoso Raceway!

Sometimes it is good to be us. Yesterday was one of those times. When RJ and the team with Big Red Camaro told us to come out and watch standing start testing with the Big Red Camaro, we were...

Money No Object: This 1991 Chevrolet Camaro Looks Like A Factory-Built Pro Street Concept – CLEAN!

Is it wrong of me to like the fact that this 1991 Chevrolet Camaro looks more stock than modified? It’s something that I look for in cars that I hunt down…I’d rather see a stock...

This Ford GT Ran 293.60 MPH At The Texas Mile!

293.60 MPH is fast as hell no matter where you are, but in a standing mile?!? Holy crap, this sucker was hauling ass. And thanks to great video by the team we have not only a cool video about the car...

Car Feature: The Blown, Hemi Powered Charland Deuce Is BangShifty To Its Core

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – 1932 Fords.  Often referred to as a ‘deuce’.  I’ve heard some in recent years some say they are tired of them because more exist today than were...

Car Feature: Joe Hall’s Street Driven, 9-Second 1967 Chevelle Is Seeing Red With A Sprayed Small Block

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Magazines and online blogs might have some of you believing street-driven nine-second cars are around every turn.  Legitimate, streetable 9-second cars...