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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got 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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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing– Thursday

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 – Thursday

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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FREE Big Money Bracket Racing LIVESTREAM: The SuperBucks Showdown Presented by Get’M Performance All Run Thursday Warmup $5k

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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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! More Day 1 Racing at Darana Raceway National Trail in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 1, when the driver’s...

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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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This Honda S2000 Is A Screamer! 7.17@192 MPH In The Quarter With The Four-Banger!

Honda is a strange company. On one hand, they make perfectly safe, sane, reliable and unbelievably boring four-wheeled transportation. On the other hand, their powersports division has made some of...

This Sinister Ford Galaxie Looks Ready For A Starring Role As An Evil Villain’s Ride!

Big, black, low and nasty…all words that come to mind seeing this 1972 Ford Galaxie two-door. There isn’t much that the ad does say about this nearly monochromatic coupe –...

This 1951 Chevy Ramp Truck Is A Duramax Powered Luxury Hauler We’d Kill To Own

Haulers come in all different shapes, sizes, and varieties. From the humble pickup truck based units to old wedge died machines that have been dragged from barns, to stuff like this 1951 Chevy shown...

Top 11: Our Christmas Wish List From The Mecum Kissimmee 2016 Auction

Dear Santa, It has been a long year filled with hard work. We have travelled across the land, putting in the hours, staying up late to finish our chores. We even managed to exercise restraint when we...

Aqua-Grunt: This Tow Boat Uses 20,000 Cubic Inches Of Power To Move Barges – Here’s The Scoop

(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – The ability to transport goods is what opened up the middle portion of the United States. Before railroads, we had the Illinois and Michigan Canal, where...

This 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 XL Is A 427 Powered Clone That Looks And Thunders The Part

The factory drag wars of the early 1960s sometimes get lost in the historical mix among fans who are transfixed in the stuff that happened from 1965 forward. That’s too bad because Detroit was...

BREAKING NEWS: Steve Morris Engines Has Unleashed Their In-House Built V-16 Engine For The Upcoming Devel Sixteen Hypercar: 3000 HP On Pump Gas, 4500 HP On C-16!

Sweet mother of overkill, we have a winner. Steve Morris Engines just dropped a bombshell, unveiling an in-house built V-16 with quad turbochargers that is slated to appear in the much-hyped and...

Speed Shop Shenanigans: Watch As Australia’s “FarmUte” Holden Repaves The Lot At Castlemaine Rod Shop!

The Drag Challenge is Australia’s take on Drag Week, and as much as we’ve been able to learn from our counterparts on the other side of the Pacific, it’s pretty much a...

Watch As This Audi Quattro And Lancia Delta S4 Cut Loose At The Monza Rally Show – Group B Gone Wild!

If you ever wanted to know what would happen if we ever managed to get our hands on any Group B rally car, this video would show you exactly what would happen. Highly pressurized rally cars wound...

This 1977 Ford LTD II Trar Is Ready To Handle Whatever Winter Throws At You This Year!

It’s December, which means that winter is just about to set upon us in earnest. That isn’t something we look forward to…the cold weather does not help our aching bones, the sun...

What In The…?! We Weigh In With Our Opinions On This 1986 Ford Ranger That Has Been Converted Into A Lincoln Pickup!

What does it take to shock the guys behind the keyboard here at BangShift? Find something we have never seen before and would have never, ever thought of, even at our most intoxicated moments, and...

Toasty! Ford Everest SUV Self-Immolates During Press Drive, Ford Australia Looking Into The Cause

When we are lucky enough to get our hands on a brand-new vehicle to test out, we may be looking for issues, but we aren’t expecting to find anything that can’t be written off as either...

SEMA Drag Race! Finnegan, Fred, Jessi And A Guy From Super Street Take To The Tarmac In An All-Nissan Battle!

Hopefully seeing “Nissan” in the title isn’t enough for you to ignore this, because there are four good reasons for checking out this video. Since Nissan sponsored The TEN...

Bruce Larson Open House 2015: Our Final Fresh Coverage From The Gearhead Event

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Well we have finally come to the end of Joe Grippo’s great photos from the 2015 Bruce Larson open house in Pennsylvania. While the photos concentrated on the...