Holley LS Fest 2024 Photos: More Car Show Photos From Beech Bend Raceway Park’s Biggest Event Of The Year! More Of The Cool, The Weird, The Awesome…

Here’s our seventh gallery from Holley’s LS Fest in Bowling Green. There were way too many cool cars, trucks, boats, and planes! I’ve been the voice of Holley’s LSFest since its inception...

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JUNKYARD TURBO LS-A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO BOOST. HOW TO PICK A MOTOR, A TURBO, HEADS, CAM AND INTAKE!

No matter how much info is out there on the web there still seem to a be lot of folks who are unsure about combinations for their rides. That is especially true when it comes to turbo LS combos as...

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DO GM 427 LSX CRATE MOTORS REALLY WORK? THIS 427 LS7 STROKER IS RATED AT 570 HP-WHAT DOES IT MAKE?

Once upon a time, when crate engines first became a thing, everyone was thrilled to be able to get engines that made real power with a warranty. And when they started being tested by all the...

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FREIBURGER’S LATEST VIDEO TALKS ABOUT STREET RACE, SPEED SHOP, and Van Nuys Cruising Locations in 1980s Los Angeles!

If you only visit the Los Angeles area, and SoCal in general, you really can’t understand the history and cool that is all around you. Seriously, there are so many cool spots that are either...

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1,000 MILE ROAD TRIP IN A 69 YEAR OLD CAR! What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Finnegan’s Blasphemi Is Getting Some 12 Volt Love Before Drag Week!

I’ve done dozens of drag and drive events. Dozens. And the number one thing that people find themselves fixing is usually electrical related. Some folks might argue that I’m wrong, citing...

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The Truth About Harbor Freight Hercules Battery Tools! Should You Buy Them? The Questionable Garage Puts Them To The Test

In this era of cordless battery powered tools, everyone always questions whether or not the low priced options like the Hercules brand from Harbor Freight, are worth owning. And the truth is that...

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Drag Action Gallery: The Outlaw Street Car Shootout – Cecil County Dragway

(Photos by Jim Colraine) – We’re not breaking any news here when we tell you that Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun, Maryland is a bad ass fast place and has been for decades. Races like...

The War Horse: A 1966 Straight Axle Mustang Fast Back That Punches All The Right BangShift Buttons!

(Photos by Charles Wickam and David Reese) – When Charles called and asked if we would be interested in doing a feature on a totally kick ass 1966 Mustang fastback done in the gasser style that...

J E Pistons NEW “Team JE” Supports Nostalgia Nitro Funny Cars With Cash And Discounts!

Our buddy Darr Hawthorne sent us this press release last night, confirming rumors we had heard within JE Pistons, about their increased support of Nostalgia Drag Racers. We knew it was only a matter...

Rare Clone: A Perfect Recreation Of Drag Racing’s Ultimate Misfit Nova

While rolling around the pits during the 2012 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green last summer something strange caught my eye. It actually caught my entire body as I executed a full...

Galleries: Photos, and More Photos from the 2012 March Meet in Bakersfield! We’re LIVE Thursday!

For 2012, the March Meet hds grown to four full days of racing action. Not only did that mean you got to watch even more FREE LIVE streaming video here at BangShift.com, but it also means an extra...

Event Coverage: PSCA Record Breaker Nationals Wheels Up Photos

Thanks to BangShifter Dave Stoltz, we’ve got some great photo coverage of the 2013 PSCA Record Breaker Nationals. Dave shot plenty of on track and pit shots all weekend, and this is our first...

Click Here To Watch A FREE LIVE Stream Of The PSCA Record Breaker Nationals And NHRA Pro Stock Testing Feb 9-10th. 9AM Sat, 10AM Sun

That’s right folks, it’s time for PSCA Racing action LIVE here at BangShift.com where for the second year in a row we’ll be broadcasting start to finish action at the PSCA Record...

Pro Mod Drivers and Team Owners Form Real Pro Mod Association (RPM)

In a move that gives NHRA Pro Mod Drivers and Team Owners some power in numbers, they have formed Real Pro Mod, aka RPM, in an effort to preserve and promote the future of Pro Mod Racing. Despite...

Video Highlights From The 2013 PRO Winter Warmup NHRA Top Fuel And Funny Car Test Session

If you missed BangShift.com’s exclusive LIVE broadcast from the 2013 PRO Winter Warmup Top Fuel and Funny Car test session, where all of NHRA’s top nitro teams made their first passes of...

BIG NEWS: All New COPO Camaros Will Be Holley Equipped! HP EFI Is Standard

We are huge fans of the new COPO Camaros around here, although I am still pissed that one of the COPO owners has not let me make some passes in one, so we were super excited when we got the press...

Chad Gets To Drive A Big Show NHRA Fuel Funny Car!

Chad Head that is. It was announced yesterday that Chad Head will be leaving Al-Anabi Racing to work at the Head family business and take over driving chores in the Head Racing Fuel Funny Car in NHRA...

Event Photos: Lions Drag Strip 40th Reunion At The NHRA Motorsports Museum

Last year the NHRA Wally Parks Motorsports Museum put on a panel discussion and event that marked the 39th year since the closing of famed Lions Dragstrip near Long Beach California. With 2012 being...

BS Barn Find Gallery: The Fortman and Kerr ’32 Ford – Winner At 1954 World Series of Drag Racing

(Words and Photos by Bob Chiluk) – Ok , we have all heard the stories  before. We heard of a guy, who knows a guy,that saw a guy, that knew this guy’s next door neighbors’ best...

SEMA 2012 Featurette: Don “The Snake” Prudhomme’s 1970 Hot Wheels ‘Cuda Funny Car

Of all the cars and trucks that filled the nearly one million square foot Las Vegas Convention Center last week during SEMA, the most historically significant race cars is this one. Don...