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Happy New Year 2026 From BANGshift.com! Here’s To A Happy, Healthy, And Fun New Year Full Of Horsepower, Tire Smoke, And More!

On behalf of the entire BANGshift Family, I want to thank you all for being a part of our 2025 and hope that your 2026 is even better! We are super thankful for such a great year of racing in 2025...

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More Big IHRA Moves: IHRA Purchases Rockingham Speedway and Shares Long-Term Vision for “The Rock”!

Well, we thought that the news about Heartland Park Topeka would be the last big IHRA announcement of 2025, but they squeaked another one in under the wire with a New Year’s Eve announcement...

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If You Could EV Swap An Old Ride For Cheap, Would You? This Mercury Comet Had One Donor Vehicle And Cost Less Than $6,000

I know everyone likes to bash on electric vehicles, and I’m clearly not the market they are aiming for, but there is something kind of cool about guys doing EV swaps on certain rides. Sure, I...

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Drag Racing HISTORY: The Hot Rod Hoarder’s Best Vintage Drag Cars of 2025 Are All Right Here!

We love all the folks that we regularly showcase here on BANGshift.com and one of our favorites is Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder. He hits great events, features some great historical race cars...

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Build Your Own Magnetic Clamping Table! This Magnetic Lifter Shop Hack Is A Game Changer for Grinding Or Sanding Sheet Metal!

Clamping stuff to the workbench so you can grind or sand on it is a pain sometimes. And if you are having to move and flip and rotate your part to grind on multiple surfaces, it can really take some...

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IHRA Acquires Heartland Motorsports Park In A Move To Resurrect Yet Another Abandoned Race Track!

The International Hot Rod Association has been making huge waves in the drag racing community with some pretty unbelievable announcements and purchases over the past year and there is no sign of them...

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Morning Symphony: Round One Of Lone Star Drift’s 2016 Season!

You know what drifting is all about…the skills of a driver that is sticking a toe or two over the line of car control while laughing about it all. Slip angles, power application, steering...

Classic YouTube: Behold, The Granborghini! Whipping The Snot Out Of A Nissan Skyline R33 With A Riding Scooter!

A Nissan Skyline R33 can hustle, even if it is the GTS-T and not the GT-R model. Your average riding scooter does not. Not even if a horse jockey who might blow away in a slight breeze is riding on...

Question Of The Day: Can Fans Of A Dead Brand Keep The Memory Of The Company Alive? If So, For How Long?

Out of all of the brands that have fallen by the wayside in recent years, none may be missed more than Pontiac. Mercury, Oldsmobile, Eagle and Plymouth died because their parent brands didn’t...

Bounty Hunters No Prep Shootout Coverage – More Bits From The Pits And Craziness From The Track

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – When it comes to the two most rapidly exploding parts of the drag racing world, especially on social media you need look no further than No Time racing and No Prep...

New NHRA Pro Mod Record Set On Mickey Thompson Tires – Big Hook, Big Speed, Low ET!

In one of the few instances that the hype actually matched the performance on the track, the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod show in Gainesville was amazing. From close racing and fast qualifying to the...

Petrolicious Catches Up With The Lucky Owner Of Renault’s Little Rally Monster, The R5 Turbo!

Bring up Renault in America, and the imagery is enough to make most gearheads sick: the dysfunctional marriage to American Motors. The Renault Alliance, Fuego, and “Le Car”. Renault had...

Shut Up And Take Our Money: This 1976 Dodge Has A 440, Four Wheel Drive, And Perfect Paint

Sometimes simple is good and in the case of this 1976 Dodge truck, simple is GREAT. The jet black truck has seemingly perfect paint, a mild 440ci big block under the hood, and a 2″ lift along...

This 468-cubic-inch Chevrolet Cavalier Is A High-School Hot Rod Sketch Come To Life!

The moment I laid eyes on this Chevrolet Cavalier, I had a flashback: I was sitting in Ms. Jameson’s math class, first thing in the morning, bored out of my skull. In lieu of revisiting the...

Watch This Ferrari F355 Berlinetta On The Autocross, But Better Yet Listen To It. Epic.

The sounds that come from some cars are spectacular. Arguably as good as watching them. Others not so much. One make that has pretty much always nailed it on sound is Ferrari. They know that all your...

BangShift Test Drive: What We Think Of The 2016 Ram 1500 Limited Crew Cab Eco Diesel

Despite what market factors, the economy, environmentalists, and even the automakers themselves want the public to believe, Americans love and crave trucks. We buy them like no other country on...

Violent Alcohol Funny Car Wheelstand! Wheelie Bar Breaks On Starting Line.

It’s not often you see an Alcohol Funny Car standing on the bumper, but that’s exactly what happened here when the wheelie bar breaks on the Crossroads Racing Alcohol Funny Car in...

No Prep Nastiness From Texas: Pit And Track Action From The Bounty Hunters No Prep Shootout – San Antonio

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – A couple of weeks ago the richest no-prep drag race in the history of the sport was held at San Antonio Raceway in San Antonio, Texas. The Bounty Hunters No Prep...

TX2K16 Coverage – More Photos And Cool Cars From The Wild Texas Weekend

(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – Some of you may have already caught some of our TX2K16 racing coverage earlier this week. But what really makes this event so special is the sheer...

Winner Of The Aeromotive Stealth Tank Giveaway During Muscle Cars At The Strip Announced Here!

When they announced that the company was going to be getting into the Mopar with with a new Aeromotive Stealth Tank line, Chrysler fans across the globe rejoiced. With the ability to bolt in a...