Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Wednesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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Our Final Gallery Of IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT!

Here’s our final gallery of IHRA Outlaw Nitro photos from Galot, but if you missed any of the previous photos we’ve got a link to them below. (Photos by David Whealon) If you live under...

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SHADYSIDE OUTLAWS APRIL 2026: THIS OUTLAW SMALL TIRE SHOOTOUT SETS THE LIST! SEE WHO MAKES THE CUT!

Shadyside Outlaws is back for 2026 and that means it is time to set the list for Outlaw Small Tire, and that means it is shootout time. Check out the video from our friends at Spoold Media and let us...

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1972 Chevrolet Crash Test Video: Watch A 1972 Chevrolet Vega Crash Head On Into A 1972 Chevrolet Impala For Science

Everyone thinks of a Vega as being super small, because it was a compact car back in the day, and that an Impala is super huge because at the time they really were and especially when compared to a...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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They Race What? Snowmobile Drag-Racing Footage From National Trail Raceway In Ohio

Spring has appeared. Cute baby animals are checking out their home planet for the first time. Lawn-mowing season is here, and the smell of freshly cut grass permeates the neighborhood air. Flowers...

Let’s Go Racing: ECTA Season Opens This Weekend At The OHIO MILE! Weather Looks Great For LSR Action!

As you read this, my wife and I are hammer down, heading due west to scenic and beautiful Wilmington, Ohio for the first race of the 2014 ECTA Ohio Mile season. As is tradition with the ECTA, this...

High Flying Stock and Super Stock Action Photos From The NHRA O’Reily Auto Parts Spring Nationals In Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Here’s a little inside baseball for you. All the announcers usually fight for the mic when stockers and super stockers are coming up. Why? You know why....

Watch This Hellcat Challenger Literally Destroy Its Brakes And A Set Of Tires At The MSD Desert Dust Up Burnout Contest

While I was in Texas messing around with the NHRA and Chad was in Las Vegas filming an OUSCI television show, the guys at MSD Performance were hosting their first ever Desert Dust-Up. This was a drag...

NHRA Houston Pro Mod Action Photos – Some Of The Nation’s Best Getting After It At The O’Reily Spring Nationals

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It was another great weekend of J&A Services Pro Mod action at the 2015 NHRA O’Reily Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. Pro...

This 427 Powered 1968 Baldwin-Motion Camaro Tribute Is The Perfect Gift To Yourself – Buy It Now!

While it may seem like we are going too hard on the Ford 427ci displacement engines on this date, we’re going to balance the universe out with this amazingly cool Camaro that is currently for...

Mopar Find! These Five Cars Were Found In A Garage, Are Original, And Need New Homes – Super Bee, ‘Cuda, More!

It is cool when someone finds a car hiding in the corner of a garage and gets their mitts on it, it is beyond cool when a couple cars are found, and when five cool Mopars are located and put up for...

WATCH DRAG RACING: SPRING FLING LAS VEGAS LIVE AT 7:45 AM PACIFIC!! — The Big Finish!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE 2015 SPRING FLING!   REMINDER: The Spring Fling Las Vegas Starts Wednesday folks, right here at BangShift.com! And Wednesday’s race is worth $50,000! Yeah, fifty...

It’s True! YOU Can Win One Million Dollars By Winning The K&N Spring Fling Drag Race In 2016!

We are so F’ing excited about this that we can hardly stand it! You thought $100k was a lot of money to win at one bracket race, and it is, but you can win One Million Dollars by winning the...

John Force Back In Form At NHRA Las Vegas Nationals

Photos by Mike Burghardt – Words by NHRA Media Department John Force, the winningest driver in NHRA history, claimed his 142nd Funny Car victory and jumped from No. 13 to No. 6 in NHRA points...

Land Speed Racing Video: Make A 177mph Blast At El Mirage On The Wing Of This AA/Fuel Modified Roadster

I’m in a land speed racing kind of mood as the ECTA season opens in just a couple of weekends out in Wilmington, Ohio and we’re in final prep ode for the race. I went hunting for some...

The Parting Shift: Cruise The Neighborhood In a Lenco Equipped, 584ci, 8-Second, Street Legal, 1964 Fairlane

There are few more pleasurable things to do in your car than strike out on a beautiful day and cruise around. The lack of a destination is typically part of the fun because a free form drive will...

Rough Stuff: Two Major League Wrecks From The IHRA Pro-Am At Richmond Dragway In Virginia

If you have been around the sport of drag racing for any length of time in either the spectator or racer capacity, you know that one of “those weekends” is bound to come up here and...

Changed! 2015 Hot Rod Drag Week Registration Is Saturday May 2nd Be Ready Or Be Left Out!

At 9:00AM Pacific Time on Saturday May 2nd, Hot Rod will post the registration link on their website and the electronic gold rush will take place again to fill the 350 open spots that the magazine...