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IHRA Names Dustin Farthing New President Of The International Hot Rod Association

IHRA Names Dustin Farthing President of the International Hot Rod Association FAIRFIELD, OHIO — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is proud to announce the appointment of Dustin Farthing...

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Remembering Our Friend Kyle Loftis – The Man Behind 1320video Will Be Missed More Than He Ever Realized

It has taken me several days to be able to post something like this on BANGshift. Posting it the day we found out about the loss of our great friend would have been the smart thing for page views and...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Indy 500 Testing And Qualifying Is On! Watch It All Live Here! INDYCAR SERIES

We’ve got a few days until the start of the Indy 500, but there is plenty of practice and qualifying action to watch until then! We’ve got live streaming video from the Indianapolis Motor...

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Camden Murphy Sets Monster Truck World Speed Record at Monster Jam at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Monster Trucks are awesome machines, and the things they are capable of doing are mind boggling at times. But as fast, and crazy, and high flying as they are, top speed is not the thing you think of...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 3 of 5 – What’s Wizardry Is Going Into This Beast? The Science Behind Better Handling

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In this video...

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Check Out The Action From The Frontside NO-PREP Shootout at Darana Dragway, Milan MI – May 16th 2026

We were at Darana Dragway Milan last fall for the IHRA $125,000 to win Pro Mod Shootout and man is that track fun. I hadn’t been to Milan in years, and they have definitely added some nice...

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Iconic Bodies Gallery: The Drag Machines Stir The Soul And The Gearhead Passions In All Of Us

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Call them historic or iconic or whatever – this kind of stuff represents some of the best to ever take a lap down the track. How about a pro stock...

In Memoriam: Buddy Baker, NASCAR’s “Gentle Giant” And Racing Great

On July 7, 2015, during his stint on Sirius XM’s NASCAR Radio channel, Buddy Baker told the listening audience that effective immediately, he was leaving the channel. He had been told by...

Pomona Swap Meet Coverage: More Cool, Ragged, Interesting, And Totally For Sale Stuff!

We’re back with another installment of photos from the August 2015 Pomona Swap Meet. Again this time we are going to concentrate on the cars and trucks that were for sale in the car corral...

Dyno Shootout Coverage: The Mopar Muscle Magazine Dyno Contest Was Fun!

With Bonneville cancelled and having already removed myself from the NHRA Seattle announcing staff with the expectation of being on the salt, I was expecting to be home last weekend. The bullpen...

Watch The 12 Cool, Fun, And Bizarre Pairs That Decided The NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl

(Video credit: VictoryRedColorado-YouTube) – We have showed you some cool individual videos from the NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl competition in Chicago but this is the full monte, every one of the 12...

eBay Find: This 1978 Ford C-Series Fire Truck Turned Wrecker Is Cool!

The Ford C-series of medium and heavy duty trucks is kind of legendary. Produced from the late 1950s into the 1990s only the W900 Kenworth and Mack R-Model have been produced longer than these...

Crashes, Projects, Welding, And More! See What Extras Are On APEX, 1320, And XL This Week!

In case you missed the memo, we put up exclusive content on our BangShift.com Specialty Subsites that you won’t see on the main homepage. That’s BangShift SS for those of you paying...

Event Gallery: Our First Round Of Photos From NSRA’s 46th Annual Street Rod Nationals In Louisville, Kentucky

The 46th annual National Street Rod Association’s Street Rod Nationals is one of the biggest shows I’ve attended. Encompassing all of the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville,...

Pomona Swap Meet Coverage: Cool Cars And Trucks For Sale In SoCal

The Pomona Swap Meet is one of those gearhead gatherings that LA area guys take for granted and the rest of the country makes a vacation destination. Seriously, we know people who have traveled to...

Watch Alexis DeJoria Suffer A Massive Funny Car Explosion At NHRA Seattle – She’s Fine

It takes a special kind of person to strap themselves into a nitro funny car. The shame is that too many people think that it is an easy business and they are wrong. Alexis DeJoria knows this as she...

This 1970 Oldsmobile Toronado GT Camper Van Is Right Up Chad’s Alley

Recreational vehicles come in three flavors, in my eyes: creeper van/meth lab, engine donor, and super-awesome massive three-axle diesel pusher that costs as much as a private island and is three...

Epic Drag Race: This Snowmobile Takes On Two Different Ferraris!

A Ferrari is not the end-all, be-all king of racing, contrary to what Enzo thought of his racing machines. They could be taken down, but you had better be the top tier to challenge anything that came...

The Only Thing We Know About A Swincar Is That We Want One. Now.

It’s called the “Swincar.” It’s made in France by a company called Mecanroc, who constantly refer to the car as a “spider on wheels”. Ok, fine. It’s all...

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Roadside Find: This 1968 FWD Tractioneer Is Being Road Tripped By Its New Owner…Slowly

(Photos and words by Greg Rourke) – You never know what you might find around town. For example, this 1968 FWD Tractioneer plow truck. Never heard of FWD? If you live outside the snow belt, you...