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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing – Sunday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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LIVE: LARIS Motorsports Insurance $100K Presented by Vintage at Beech Bend Raceway Park – Sunday

Watch the Motormania LIVE Coverage from the TB Promotions Laris Insurance $100k at Bowling Green. This is going to be some great racing with a $25K race, two $50k races, and the big $100,000...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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FREE Big Money Bracket Racing LIVESTREAM: The SuperBucks Showdown Presented by Get’M Performance Saturday $20,000

More big money bracket racing coming to you live! It’s Thursday at the SuperBucks Showdown presented by Get’M Performance and that means there is $5,000 on the line to warm up everyone for two...

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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got More Dan Grippo Photos Right Here!

(Words by Joe Grippo, photos by Dan Grippo) We hauled the race cars up to picturesque Beaver Springs Dragway the other weekend for the annual All Ford Race and Car Show. Sunshine, blue skies, and...

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Our Scottsdale Barrett-Jackson Auction Coverage Keeps On Keeping On

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Just when you thought there was no way we could have more photos, we show up with even more. For some reason these bonus photos from Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale last month...

Nitro Vette! Randy Merrick’s Corvette Doorslammer Runs 3s With A Blown Nitro Burning Engine

Now THIS is BangShift approved! You are about to watch a video featuring the nitro fueled, blown Corvette of Randy Merrick as it attacks the track in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This is effectively a pro...

Show Photos: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (and more!) The Piston Powered Auto-Rama is the largest indoor show on the planet!

(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – One of the shows at the top of my list each year is an insanely huge indoor show in Cleveland OH. The Summit Racing Equipment I-X Piston Powered Auto-Rama...

Funny Carnage: The 2018 Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals Were A Festival Of Flopper Destruction

The historical record will tell us that Jack Beckman won the 2018 Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals but it won’t tell us the full story of an insane weekend in the funny car category. From John...

Backwoods Luxury Cruiser: This Chevy Dually Limo Is Long, Lovely, and Likely Does Not Smell Like A Dream

There’s pro street, there’s pro luxury, there’s professional, and then there’s whatever you can figure to call a dually limo. We’re calling it a backwoods luxury cruiser...

Rough Start: How About A 1972 Chevrolet Flatbed That Will Be A Bit More Affordable Than That Fast And Furious Truck?

I don’t mean to post two of the same vehicle on the same day, but this 1972 Chevrolet was just too good to pass up. I’m on a bit of a truck kick and you just can’t go wrong with a...

The Cure For A Bad Day: Banger Racing At It’s Most Violent…European Cars Against A Cadillac Limo!

The only way you know what is good is to experience the bad. That’s something that was instilled in me years ago. If you only knew good, how would you know what “good” really was?...

Money No Object: The Monster 1967 Chevrolet Flatbed From Fast And Furious Is Going Up For Auction

I may not appreciate the plot or the acting in the Fast and Furious franchise, but I will say that part four, 2009’s Fast and Furious, was the film that finally got me interested in the cars....

BangShift Project Files: A Barn-Find 1979 Pontiac Trans Am That Is Being Brought Back To Life

Sitting in a barn, covered in dust…yeah, the barn find dream is nice, isn’t it? We’ve seen the pictures of the GTO left in the barn, the Superbird parked out back, or the Mach 1...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Should There Be An Age Cutoff For Road-Registered Vehicles?

Before anybody steps in to rake me over the coals, know for a fact that I do not and will not ever support an age cutoff for vehicles. Ever. Ok, comments sections? I’m not supporting this idea,...

Watch The Insane Robert Hight, Matt Hagan Double Explosion Run From The 2018 NHRA Gatornationals – Both Walked Away

This is something that even the most salty, grizzled, drag racing veterans at the Gatornationals had never seen before. Two funny cars exploding on the same run within a second of each other. Below...

The Minivan We’d Take: This 1992 Chevy Astro Is Clean, AWD, And Has Been V8 Swapped!

For the 1980s and into the 1990s, the vehicle of choice was the minivan. Thanks to the foresight of Lee Iacocca, the idea of shrinking down the cargo van into something the average family could use...

Big Vicky: Check Out This Lifted, Gambler-Tested Crown Victoria!

Events like the Gambler 500 series of events and the LeMons Rallies have encouraged people to just get their beaters up and running well enough to drive and enjoy, and then encourages the owners to...

Lancha Gigante: This 1961 Chrysler Newport Is A Road Rally Beast That Needs A New Home!

Once it turns a tire in anger, any race car worth it’s weight will show signs of it’s use. It’s just a fact…no race car should be a concours-restored, picture perfect machine....