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A Weekend At The Drags with Joe Grippo: Racing, Photos, And Fun From Darana Raceway Park Maple Grove in Pennsylvania.

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Arguably the biggest bombshell news story that came out of last year’s PRI show was the legendary Pennsylvania drag strip Maple Grove Raceway being acquired by the...

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Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event Is The Father’s Day Car Show! We’ve Got Photos Right Here!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Making Fiberglass Doors Actually Fit, And Making The Steering Work Properly!

Doors that shut and wheels that turn might not sound super exciting, but they require fabrication and time in order to be right and that’s what we dig. This project has been fun to follow, and...

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PDRA Drag Racing Video: Pro Nitrous and Pro Boost Round 1 North vs South Shootout Qualifying from Maryland International Raceway

We’ve shared some live track testing going on at Maryland International Raceway where PDRA’s top teams were on hand to see what kind of improvements they can make as they got ready for this past...

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Extended Highlights from the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa | GT World Challenge powered by AWS 2026

We share all kinds of live racing action from the 24 Hours of SPA this weekend, but if you missed any of that we’ve got great highlight video below that shows the best racing action from the...

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IMSA 6-Hours of Watkins Glen Endurance Racing Highlight Video Is Right Here! Only The Best Racing Action!

Here we go again! The 2026 IMSA Racing season is in full swing and this weekend the series was visiting Watkins Glen in New York which is one of the most famous race tracks in the country! There was...

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SCTA El Mirage Final Meet Of 2015: More Photos From The Dry Lake Bed!

(Photos: Zane McNary) With the situation at the Bonneville Salt Flats becoming more and more questionable, El Mirage is looking more and more stable for land speed racing fans and competitors. With...

The PRI Show Is Like Toys R Us And Disneyland For Hard Core Racing Fanatics, And We’ve Got Photos

I’ve been going to the SEMA Show for 15 years and it’s awesome, but when I went to the PRI Show for the first time a few years ago I felt like I had died and gone to race car guy heaven....

Classic YouTube: Breaking In The New Dyno By Running A Nitrous-Sniffing Lawnmower On The Rollers!

You wake up early in the morning and prepare yourself for a long day of work. It will be worth it, you tell yourself. The new DynoJet will be done today. You will get all of your friends together,...

Rally Gallery: The Inaugural Northwest RallySprint At DirtFish Rally School In Snoqualmie, Washington!

(Photos: Tedrick Mealy via OpenPaddock.net) Winter doesn’t mean that every form of motorsports shuts down and returns to the garage until spring. The off-roaders have been romping in the fall...

Rough Start, International Edition: A Clean Chevrolet Opala From Mexico That Is Almost Cheap Enough For A Rough Start!

I’ll admit right off of the bat that I was way off of the deep end when I found myself pawing through Mercado Libre for cars. If you aren’t familiar with the site, it’s essentially...

This Is The New NHRA Pro Stock Induction System For 2016. Are They Doing It Wrong?

This is how most NHRA Pro Stock teams are going to be handling their induction systems for 2016, since they are now converting to EFI, but could they be leaving things on the table? Are they thinking...

Drag Racing Action Shots Part Deux From Mooneyes X-Mas Party And Drags 2015

Gassers, hot rods, customs, oh my! We saw it all going down the track at the 2015 Mooneyes X-Mas Party 2015. And the crowd was nuts. It always is, as they pack the grandstands for drag racing,...

Engine Masters Takes On One Of The Biggest Arguments In The Game: Carb or EFI?

With the last carbureted cars in the United States falling under Model Year 1990, it would seem that fuel injection should have a stronger presence in the aftermarket. Yet often we hear of the...

Digging In To China: This Dodge Tow Truck Literally Sank To The Axles In A Muddy Pasture

It’s one thing to go off-roading and get stuck. It’s part of the fun…you and your buddies work to free your four-by-four from whatever impeded forward progress and you move on, no...

Chadmouth: If You Can’t Drive One Backwards You Have No Business Driving One Forwards!

So Ford came out with this new Pro Trailer Backup feature for the 2016 F-150 and all I have to say is “Thanks an F’ing Lot Ford!”. As if there weren’t enough lame ass...

More Photos From The SCTA El Mirage Meet: Flat-Out On The Lakebed To End The Year!

(Photos: Zane McNary) Nothing quite killed the LSR buzz like having Bonneville shut down for the second year running, but at least there are locations like El Mirage to make up for the loss. With six...

Craigslist Find: It’s One Part Ford, One Part Deuce And A Half, And Completely Awesome!

Yesterday’s “bug out” Chevrolet Express van didn’t quite go over as well as we’d thought it would, but the reasoning is pretty sound: van guys have been tricking out the...

Gates Auto Salvage Tour: More Haunting Visions From The Past In The Yard In Vermont

When Brian told me about Gates Salvage Yard and how he and Craig Fitzgerald were making a run north to check it out, I was dying to go with them. Hey, for $500 per car, maybe luck would pan out,...

Carnage Video: Doug Garrison’s Drag Week Pontiac GTO Hits The Barrier At Cecil County

Long-time readers of BangShift and Drag Week fans will know this Pontiac GTO. It belongs to Doug Garrison, and a couple of days ago it broke an axle while at Cecil County Dragway in Maryland, sending...