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A Memorial Day Message From BangShift.com – Let Us Remember What Is Truly Important

Today is Memorial Day, an important day of remembrance for our country that honors the people who have spilled their blood in order to defend our way of life. Memorial Day is dedicated to remembering...

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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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Felix Rosenquist And David Malukas Battle For The Closest Finish In Indy 500 History! Watch The Finish And Race Highlights Right Here!

If you didn’t catch the entire Indy 500 on TV yesterday, you missed some drama for sure. With rain effecting the race, but officials, fans and racers sticking it out, there was no shortage of...

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The American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is now LIVE! Save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit May 18-26!

That’s right folks, the American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is on now through Tuesday the 26th, so if you want to save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit use the link below and tell them we sent...

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Chaos Supernationals Video: Nitro Qualifying Round 1 and 2, Plus Eliminations Rounds From Summit Motorsports Park In Norwalk, Ohio.

The Chaos Series was at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk Ohio, and did everything they could to put on a hell of a show, even if Mother Nature wasn’t helping out much. Thanks to our friend...

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IHRA F1 Powerboats Livestream: Round 3 From The Red River Rumble F1 Powerboat Showdown – Saturday and Sunday

Boat racing is on! If you aren’t familiar with F1 boat racing, you’re in for a treat. This is side by side racing, “door handle to door handle” so to speak, and these drivers are giving it...

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Bar Raising Trar? This Four Wheel Drive Camaro Isn’t Fully Hill-Jack – There’s Merit To This One

Even in the land of the trar there’s a hierarchy. You know what we’re talking about. There’s a difference between a bottom rung trar and what you see in the photos below. This thing...

Craigslist Find: A Cheap Former SCCA Third Gen Camaro That’s Begging For Some Track Time!

Last week, we asked you what you thought the automotive equivalent of a mullet is.  A good number of you responded by proclaiming that the Third Generation Camaro was in fact a Tennessee Mud Flap...

One Of A Kind: This Big-Block 1971 Dodge Van/Truck Combination Is Bitchin’!

At this price, there is absolutely no way that this Dodge will be online by the time this story will publish. If it is, someone needs to go get it like RIGHT FREAKING NOW. Why do we say that? Easy:...

Craigslist Find: 1967 Camaro + Vega Station Wagon Ass = Chad Is Going To Kill Me – Viva Las Vegas!

Chad is the resident Camaro expert and lover around here. I am pretty sure when he sees this thing, his heart will cry and then he will fly into a blind rage, smashing stuff around his house. Either...

Watch This Fiat 600 Pull Such A Violent Wheelstand It Ends Up On Its Side!

Events like Byron Dragways World Power Wheelstand Championships have long rewarded cars for doing the most extreme wheelstands possible. But at other events they just “happen” and when...

NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Coverage: Double The Lanes, Noise, and Insanity!

(Photos by David Whealon – DW-photos.net) – In many ways it is the most controversial race on the entire NHRA Mello Yello drag racing tour. The NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by...

Project Hay Hauler: Junkyard Crawling For Upgrades To Our 1967 GMC C1500

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) In our first episode on the Project Hay Hauler ’67 GMC C1500 pickup, I went over how the truck was when I bought it in August 2014. Almost immediately, I...

Ok, LS Haters: Tell Us What Engine You’d Rather See In This 1985 Chevrolet Chevette!

I’m expecting it like I expect the sun to rise in the east in the morning: Someone, somewhere, is going to lay out why a 1985 Chevrolet Chevette should have any other engine besides an LS1 V8...

Here’s A Good Idea: Driving A Clapped-Out Beater Point-To-Point Through Death Valley! The 24 Hours Of LeMons Is Going Rallying…You In?

(Lead Photo: Mark A. Johns, who owns the sweet Imperial) You know about the 24 Hours of LeMons, the race that pits $500 beaters with racing brakes and safety gear against each other. It’s fun,...

All-JDM Restomod! This 1,000 Horsepower 2JZ-powered 1975 Toyota Celica Is Brutal!

Sweet, sweet overkill…that’s what this 1975 Toyota Celica coupe is all about. They are neat little cars on their own merit, but this particular car, built by Speed Warehouse, is just...

The Night That Stevie Jackson Broke Their Backs – Watch The Historic 3.70s Radial Runs From Texas Here

(Video Credit: TheRacingVids YouTube channel) – We were there when it happened. Maybe you were watching our live stream to see it happen, but there’s no doubt that it did happen. Stevie...

eBay Find: This 1963 Ex-Military Dodge Power Wagon Ambulance Could Make For A Neat Homebuilt R.V.

We are still kind of surprised that mid-1960s Dodge trucks are enjoying the kind of popularity that they have right now. They aren’t what you would call pretty, or luxurious, or rust-proof, yet...

This 1964 Falcon Futura Convertible Walks The Line Between Something That Should Be Driven As Is Or Hot Rodded

We realize at some point there will come a day when there are no more really cool old cars lurking in barns and garages just waiting to be discovered. We feel as though that we’re a long way...

Take A Ride In Jay Leno’s Ford Festiva Shogun – America’s Take On The Group B Rally Psycho-Hatch!

This 1989 Ford Festiva Shogun is often seen in the background of Jay Leno’s car videos, and has been featured before. Purchased new in 1989, Leno had to have one after he was shown the initial...