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Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest and NMRA’s World Finals: Is This The End?!

Yep, we’ve come to the end of our coverage from Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest and the NMRA’s World Finals event at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. We went into the...

NDRL Fall Classic 2019 Gallery: Classic Action As The Leaves Fall In Kentucky

It seems that the autumn season is making up for some lost time here in Western Kentucky. We’ve been enjoying a prolonged summer-like feeling right up until yesterday morning, when the clouds...

Okay, That’s Legit: The Nastiest Cobalt SS In Existence Lives In Brazil!

Let me tell you a story. Three friends each bought brand-new (to them) cars in 2005. One traded in a pickup truck for a Buick Regal when gasoline went over $2.00 a gallon and he panicked about fuel...

Sniper EFI Releases Race Series Hemi Intakes & Fabricated Hemi Intakes – Serious Performance On A Budget

There are not that many products out there that deliver strong performance, strong looks, and all of it on a budget. The Sniper EFI fabricated intake manifold line have been doing that for Fords and...

Video: Mendy Fry Locks Up 2019 NHRA Heritage Series Top Fuel Title In Tulsa – Emotional Victory For Team

When Tom Shelar died unexpectedly a few weeks ago, many wondered what would become of the High Speed Motorsports top fuel team. They had been dominating the 2019 season, they were the 2018 series...

Free LIVE Streaming Video From The Throwdown In T-Town. Pro Mods, Pro Street, X275, And More 10 AM Saturday.

It is one of our favorite drag racing events, and lucky for us they put it on TWICE each year. We’re talking about the Throwdown in T-Town, held in the spring and fall at Osage Casino Tulsa...

Project Bottle Rocket: Uncle Tony’s Street-Sweeper Coronet Is Alive And Moving!

Is there such a thing as “professional jealousy”? Because I think I’m suffering from it right now. Or maybe it’s the sharp pang from my memories of a car long since gone....

Nova Monster: Steve Spiess Has A 565ci, Twin-Turbo Ford Boss Engine In His Chevy And It Flies – Drag Week Car!

Steve Spiess is a bad ass. In the event you do not know who tis guy is, he’s knocked down championships in the world of IHRA mountain motor pro stock, he has started, grown, and sold companies,...

Big News: Alexis DeJoria Set to Return to NHRA Funny Car Competition – Full Time In 2020

In news that took the drag racing world by surprise yesterday, Alexis DeJoria announced that she would be making a return to full time NHRA nitro funny car competition with her own team in 2020. The...

NHRA Insider Podcast: Bob Tasca III and Austin Prock Talk About Being 79 Points Out of First, Drag Racing’s Future, and More

This week’s NHRA Insider podcast is a good one. I called it The -79 Club because the guests are Austin Prock and Bob Tasca III who are both 79 points out of first in their respective categories...

OPGI’s Pre-Columbus Day Sale Means That You Can Save 15% Off Thousands Of Parts!

We’re back with more good news from OPGI. These guys and girls are all about making deals and helping you save money. Welp, with their Pre-Columbus Day sale that’s raging at the moment,...

Historic Charge: Watch Dean Marinis Make The First Nitrous Pro Mod Run Into The 5.50s! 5.57/255 – Insane

We have talked about Dean Marinis here at BangShift plenty over the years. The guy has been an absolute killer in a multitude of drag racing classes, most famously X275 with his orange Mustang, but...

2019 Syracuse Nationals Photo Coverage: Our Final Photo Pile From New York’s Most Massive Gathering Of Cool Stuff

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We’re here with more great photos from the 2019 Syracuse Nationals as shot by Mike Brooks. This is a massive show that has huge history and following to it. Guys...

Redline Rebuild: Watch A Model A Ford Four Banger Get The Full Rebuild Treatment!

We have loved every single iteration of the Hagerty Redline Rebuild series of engine restorations that the guys have done so far and this one is no exception. The most recent engine in the series is...