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The Winners: Watch Beckman, Torrence, Savoie, and Hartford Close The Deal At Dallas!

It was one of the most “normal” feeling races of the 2020 NHRA Camping World drag racing season last weekend as the tour arrived at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis for the AAA Texas NHRA...

Quick Six: This Video Shows The Six Quickest Laps At The 2020 Goodwood Timed Shootout

Because 2020 has made everything weird and strange, Goodwood is no different. Instead of running up the hill as has been the tradition, the performance aspects of the event were moved to the Goodwood...

Recipe For Fun: Civic Body, Minivan Engine, Big-Ass Turbo And An Open Airstrip – 189 Miles An Hour!

When I was coming out of high school and into the real world, any Honda Civic that was anything other than stock was immediately the target of full criticism: “rice rockets”, the fart-can...

Watch This Supercharged V12 Powered Mercedes W124 Drift Wagon Get Fast And Loose On A Road Course

We’re reasonably sure that over the course of the last few years we have showed you this cool Mercedes W124 drift wagon in action. What we have not seen, though is the current power plant in...

Watch Scott Palmer Decimate The Ozark Raceway Park Track Record In His Top Fuel Dragster And Run Studezilla

If there is one thing that we know and love about Scott Palmer it’s that the guy ain’t scared…of anything. We have not seen Scott out much on the NHRA tour in 2020 but that...

Drag Strip Time Machine: Watch The 1989 NHRA Fall Nationals From Dallas Right Here

This weekend the NHRA Mello Yello drag racing series tour lands in Ennis, Texas at the fabled Texas Motorplex. This event has been part of the NHRA landscape for many years and the 1989 race was one...

Morning Symphony: One Highly Pissed Off Honda S2000

Remember when these things came out? RWD Honda roadster was a cool thought…would give the Mazda Miata guys something to chew on for a minute, and it would be neat to see what a Honda mill could...

This Ford Model A Mud Dragger Is Ferocious: 650-cube Big Block And Under 3,000 Pounds!

When the Ford Model A debuted in 1928, the standard engine was a 201 cubic inch four cylinder that made all of forty horsepower. With over three times the engine capacity, and well over 1100...

The Fall Throwdown In T-Town Goes LIVE This Afternoon! FREE Livestreaming Drag Racing Right Here Friday and Saturday!

The Throwdown in T-Town races at Tulsa Raceway Park are some of our favorite events of the year, because not only do they celebrate everything that is awesome in the drag racing world, but they do it...

Cool Suspension Video: Ride UNDER A 1988 Thunderbird As It Attacks The Autocross

We have not run a good “under car” suspension video for a while now and frankly, we’re sorry. The goal is to make up for lost time with this one, though. We’ll be riding under...

Mad Mike Whiddett And His 4-Rotor Mazda Wants To Rip Your Face Off – Listen To The Racket This Thing Makes

We have featured Mad Mike Whiddett’s antics here on BangShift before. The Aussie drifter has had a string of pretty angry rotary powered Mazdas and the car he brought to Goodwood in 2018 was no...

The Fuel Finals: Watch Tommy Johnson Jr and Doug Kalitta Score Victories At The NHRA Midwest Nationals

Yesterday we told you about the insanity that was Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway and the Mopar Expresslane NHRA Midwest Nationals. Today we’re going to show you the final round runs of...

Put Up Or Shut Up: Watch The Full Episode Featuring Top Fuel Dirt Motorcycle Racing!

When we were scheming ideas up about what we should do for the second season of Put Up or Shut Up, I pitched the idea of a top fuel dirt motorcycle drag racing episode. After people figured out I was...

Rough Day At The Office: Wreckage, Carnage, and Downright Insanity At The NHRA Midwest Nationals

It was one of the most carnage filled days of drag racing that I’ve ever personally witnessed. From Leah Pruett’s top fuel dragster breaking in half at 270+ mph to Alexis DeJoria...