IHRA Donates $10,000,000 To St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital And Vows Continued Support And Collaboration!

Now this is some special news. While all of IHRA’s recent announcements about new series, new track associations, and new track purchases are great, this one here is truly amazing. IHRA just...

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2026 New Year’s Backside No Prep Drag Racing at Maple Grove Raceway! They Ain’t Scared Of No Cold!

We already told you that BANGshifter extraordinaire Joe Grippo was at it again this New Year’s Day for Maple Grove Raceway’s annual New Year’s No Prep where they run both frontside and backside...

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Finnegan’s Body-Dropped 1961 Caddy Coupe DeVille Got Custom Seats and More Rollcage Bars!

Finnegan’s Caddy is one of the more talked about projects from the Finnegan’s Garage channel, and is also one of the projects he’s most looking forward to. The plan is for this...

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More Ai Lies? The FACTS about 0W-20 vs 5W-30 With Actual Evidence! Social Media Claims Are Worthless!

In 2025, with more information available to us than ever in history, it has become harder and harder to differentiate good information from bad. The truth is that most of it is our own fault because...

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2026 New Year’s No Prep Drag Racing at Maple Grove Raceway! Cold Temps Don’t Scare Racers Ready For 2026!

BANGshifter extraordinaire Joe Grippo was at it again this New Year’s Day for Maple Grove Raceway’s annual New Year’s No Prep where they run both frontside and backside no prep...

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Cameron Johnson’s Next Giveaway Engine, PLUS A Harrell Engine And Dyno Giveaway! These Engines Could Be Yours!

Wanna win a cool S10 that is HED powered? How about just winning an HED engine for your ride? How about both! Yep, you can win multiple engines, and one S10 truck, with the new HED engine giveaway...

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This 1962 Buick Invicta Custom Estate Wagon Is The Perfect Cruiser And Slingshot Push Car

If you had yourself a dragster in the middle to late 1960s, chances are strong that you had a wagon like this one to drag the thing to the track and then push start it. Sure, some of the fancy tracks...

2015 Orange Drag Strip Reunion: The Coolest Rods, Trucks, Muscle Cars, and…Vans?!

(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – It was a heck of a weekend at Sterling Airport during the 2015 Orange Drag Strip Reunion. Steve Magnante was announcing the action, hundreds of the coolest...

HUGE NEWS: BangShift To Provide LIVE Streaming Coverage Of 10th Annual NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl!

From July 30th through August 2nd BangShift.com will provide live streaming video coverage of the 10th annual NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing. This is a race that combines the...

Battle Of The Titans! The 800HP AWD Cutlass Meets An 800HP Jeep SRT-8

Brian King’s AWD Hurst/Olds is a beast. Running an 800hp 6.6L ProCharged LS engine and all-wheel-drive, the G-body Cutlass is capable of not only handling itself at a race, but handing plenty...

Grand Plans: $1000 Tubbed Project That Could Be A Riot For CHEAP!

Ever just search Craigslist and eBay for cars or trucks that cost $1000? Well if not, we’re sorry for suggesting it. It’s amazing what you can find for a cool grand, and this tubbed RX7...

This 10.68-Second Toyota Starlet Is One Wicked Little Tic-Tac! Getting It Done With 1.5 Liters!

It isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, for sure, but if you can’t look at this Toyota Starlet and at least appreciate the engineering and build that propels this 2,055 pound hatchback,...

This Pro Street 1949 Willys Panel Truck Has A Hot Small Block And A Unique Look That We’re Loving

Panel trucks are cool in and unto themselves. In the decades before vans became a thing, the panel truck acted in much the same way although they offered less space and that’s why they all but...

Hodgson Racing Debuts Awesome New Camaro Nitro Funny Car

Successful businessman and Canadian Hall of Fame drag racer Ron Hodgson teamed up with his son Ryan a few years ago to field their own family alcohol funny car.  Now the Hodgson family has stepped...

Kalitta Motorsports Continues New Growth With New Sponsor

Team Kalitta is pleased to announce its newest multi-year associate partnership with Autodesk, Inc. Beginning this weekend at the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio, Autodesk branding...

Mendy Fry Takes First Funny Car Win at Saturday Night Nitro

Auto Club Famoso Raceway has built one of the best nitro shows on the west coast with their Good Vibrations Saturday Night Nitro series.  The Bowser family has nurtured this event to become a hub...

How To Screw Up At The Tree And Save Your Reputation In One Easy Step! (VIDEO)

“A picture is worth a thousand words” never fit so well than right here. Last yellow bulb on the tree has come down and the owner of this late-model Mustang has made a sincerely poor...

Third Qualifying Session Added To California Hot Rod Reunion! Darr Loses His Mind!

Darr Hawthorne has been beating the drum like a mad man, trying to convince everyone that will listen that having a third qualifying session, rather than just two, for the nitro cars at the...

NHRA Names Peter Clifford As New President – New Era At The Top Of Drag Racing’s Largest Sanctioning Body

(Photo credit: NHRA) – Yesterday it was announced that the NHRA had promoted Peter Clifford to the role of the organization’s president. Previous to this promotion, Clifford was the...

Ryan Milliken’s Duramax-Powered 1941 Willys Is A Serious Piece – Meet The Batmobile!

“In testing” my left foot…we first saw the evil black Willys at the TS Performance Diesel Drags earlier this year, and if they are still tuning and tweaking that car, we’re...