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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Main Event At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Top Fuel, FIA Championship Drags, And More!

One of the biggest drag racing events in Europe is on this weekend and you can watch it right here, live! The event is the kickoff for the 2026 FIA Championship drag racing season and it is also...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Indy 500 Driver’s Meeting! With All This Qualifying And Practice Done It’s Almost Time To Race! Watch It All Live Here! INDYCAR SERIES

We’ve got a few days until the start of the Indy 500, but there is plenty of practice and qualifying action to watch until then! We’ve got live streaming video from the Indianapolis Motor...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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Saturday $20,000 Race AND Wheelie Contest! Wasting Fuel Productions Coal Rush $20ks Big Money Bracket Racing Weekend LIVE!

It’s time for more LIVE big money bracket racing. This weekend’s Coal Rush 20s start now and promise tight racing and big payouts. With other races being cancelled this weekend due to...

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Building The Rearend and Custom Race Steering Wheel For The Martin Lundqvist Racing Street Week Sweden Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project!

Project 508 is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple videos to share below and will be bringing you more in the coming weeks as...

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FREE Drag Racing Livestream: 9th Annual Strange Engineering Ronnie Buff Memorial Friday

There is soooo much going on at the 9th Annual Ronnie Buff Memorial race at Shadyside this weekend! No matter what kind of racing you are into, there is going to be something here for you to enjoy....

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MAHLE Motorsport Expands PowerPak Piston Kits Available in 2618 Aluminum Alloy

When it comes to getting the job done in the world of pistons, understanding every aspect of their construction is key. For many people knowing if a piston is forged or cast is basic stuff but taking...

Bonneville Speed Week 2019: A Quick Tuesday Afternoon Peek Into The Pits

(Photos by the author) – If things are going according to plan at this moment, cars are streaking down the Bonneville Salt Flats as part of the long delayed start of Speed Week 2019. Officials...

More Photos From Bonneville! Speed Week 2019 Is In Full Effect And We’re Shooting All The Cars!

Here we go again. We told you we’d have more photos up today and we weren’t kidding. In fact, we’ll have even more photos going in later tonight and we’ll be bombarding you...

This 1976 Cosworth Vega Has Only 27,000 Miles On It And Is Only $3,995! And It Isn’t A Pile!

We get content submissions here at BANGshift.com ALL THE TIME. And we LOVE them, because they are usually interesting and cool and something we want to share with other readers. One of our readers,...

Money No Object: 1967 Buick Riviera GS – If You’re Picking Just One Car, Have A Buick!

I may be forever endeared to the unloved, the unwanted, the questionable choices of the automotive world, but I dare anyone to pick apart this choice. I love musclecars, I love land yachts, I love...

No Prep Means Big Power: Watch Alex Laughlin Run His Camaro On The Hub Dyno!

No Prep drag racing has evolved swiftly over the last few years. What was once a scene that appeared at small tracks across the country has crossed into the mainstream of the sport in a major way....

Classic YouTube: The Many Faces Of The Significant Other On A Ride-Along!

Árón Smith is one of those guys who can drive whatever he’s put into. From his karting days when he was a teenager to his Renault Clio Cup time, his British Touring Car Championship years,...

Dream Workhorse: This M-715 Dump Truck Needs To Be In Our Driveway Now!

As I type, both Brian and Chad are out at Bonneville, doing their best impression of pretzels. Not the whole yoga-pose thing, just the fact that they are hot and covered in salt. Meanwhile, I’m...

2019 Mecum Harrisburg Coverage: The Todd Werner Collection Part 2

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’re back with more photos of the Todd Werner collection at the 2019 Mecum Harrisburg auction. This was a collection of muscle cars and race cars that...

2019 Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals: Simple And Straightforward, To The Roots

You would think that it’s kind of difficult to keep writing words on the three years of Chevrolet cars that have billions of words written about them already. To a degree, you’re right....

Bonneville Speed Week 2019: Idle Engines On The Bonneville Salt Flats

(Photos by the author) – An interesting day on the Bonneville Salt Flats yesterday as Chad and I strolled the pits and chatted with racers who are about ready to chew through a leather belt...

Our Bonneville Speed Week Coverage Starts Right Here With Photos From The Pits

Torrential rains on Thursday night delayed the start of the 71st running of Bonneville Speed Week as flooded pits, tracks, and return roads meant a dry out was in order. After assessing the...

2019 Mecum Harrisburg Coverage: The Incredible Todd Werner Collection – Race and Muscle Cars 1

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Generally speaking, car collections are all pretty incredible. They tend to have themes or eras, or some sort of thread running through them to create some language...

This 2017 Ford Mustang Shelby FP350S Is A Road Racing Monster Still In The Plastic Wrapping

Having driven the road going version of this car, the 2017 Shelby GT350R, I can tell you from experience that the actual race-only version has to be an animal beyond your ability to conceptualize....