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OG SMALL TIRE RACING IN THE MOUNTAINS!!!! KILLER STREET AT ELK CREEK DRAGWAY JUNE 2026!!!!

Oooh yeah! Elk Creek Dragway is something special, and with racing like this we understand why. In this video you’ll see Killer Street 275/28 and more as the 5.30 and 6.30 index classes take...

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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Continues Today as We are Heading for The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Full Race | Bommarito Automotive Group 500 from WWT Raceway

Just a couple of weekss after the famed Indy 500, the IndyCar Series was back at it for another weekend of racing. This time it was at the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 World Wide Technology Raceway...

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Finnegan’s 1961 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Drag Car Build Is Getting Closer! Interior At Home. Check It Out.

I talked to Mike the other day and he said that they are seriously working on the Cadillac to get it on the road this year. Sure, there is a lot to do, but they keep chipping away at it and in the...

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They CLOSED a Public Road for a Street Race and Heavy Hitters Came Out! Cash Days Street Racing Greatness!

We’ve livestreamed a few city sanctioned street race events over the years, and have heard of a few others, but it never gets old to hear that folks want to see Cash Days street races to go...

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New Right-Angle Impact Totally Resets the Scoreboard! These Aren’t Supposed To Be This Good!

Right angle impacts have really made a splash recently, and if you are like me and think they are just an over hyped cordless ratchet, you’d be wrong. Yes, I said it, I was wrong. I love me...

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Launch Pad Photos: Cool Cars Ripping Down The Strip At The 2015 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – As much as everyone loves a good burnout – wheelies seem to stick in our memories more. Perhaps it’s the power needed to actually get the nose up or...

NCM Motorsports Park Avoids Citation For Continuing With Construction, But The Track Still Has A Fight On Their Hands

The National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky is currently trying to work with the Warren County, Kentucky City-County Planning Commission over issues stemming from noise...

Hotchkis Rolls Out All New TVS Handling System For 1963-1972 GM Trucks – Make Your Rig Turn And Burn!

If there is one element of the pro touring market that has surprised us over the years it is the way that trucks came onto the scene and actually had staying power. It was a little freaky at first to...

This 1988 Pierce Hook and Ladder Fire Truck Could Save Your Marriage – Just Buy It And Trust Us…You’ll See

For those of you defeatist jerks out there who read the headline and said, “No you moron, it would END my marriage,” I am honestly disappointed in you. Not as disappointed as the time you...

Gas-Tastic! Photos Of The Neatest And Best Running Gassers At The Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion In Bowling Green

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – What we have here is a collection of gasser-ishness in the form of 50s and 60s cars.  There were a lot more of these things rolling around than what we...

Summoning The Beast: Listen To Danny Thompson And The Challenger II Crew Fire Up The Streamliner

With Bonneville rapidly approaching (only a month away!) land speed racing teams are making their final preparations, entering the final phases of their thrash, and sorting our cars of all shapes and...

Cars and Coffee Coverage: The Indy Cars And Coffee Was Packed With Stuff From Every Aspect Of The Automotive World

(Photos by Jacob Marshall) – When our main man in Indy, Jacob Marshall told us he was hitting the local Cars and Coffee get together we were interested to see what his photos would depict. Was...

Everybody’s Going Nuts Over The Miami Vice Ferrari That Mecum Is Selling, But Here’s Some Other Cars From The Auction We’d Rather Blow Our Non-Existant Money On!

If you’ve been paying attention to news feeds or your favorite automotive sites besides us, then you’d know that the white 1986 Ferrari Testarossa from Miami Vice is going to cross the...

Question Of The Day: ECTO-1 Got An Update, Do You Care?

If you are a fan of the Ghostbusters franchise, then either you’re waiting with anticipation or dread for the 2016 version to hit theaters. Honestly, if you ask me personally, I was never into...

Even More Way-Too-Close Footage From Rally Poland – You Can Almost See The Whites Of Their Eyes!

One overly enthusiastic rally fan with their phone on a selfie stick might not completely convince you that the fans at Rally Poland were getting way too close to the cars for comfort. It’s one...

Reaction Video! Watch As A Couple Of Gearheads From Isreal Meet Insanity Racing’s Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8!

The side of me with the twisted humor loves these reaction videos: plant some sucker into the passenger seat of a car that has unholy amounts of power and train a camera onto their face. Then take...

Intake Tech: Edelbrock Drops The Knowledge On Single VS Dual Plane, What May Be Best For You

While we all fantasize about building some full-kill engine that can swallow all of the competition whole, ordering your parts by using the “bottom of the page” method of decision making...

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A Legend Returns: Tommi Mäkinen To Head Up Toyota’s World Rally Team

(Photos: wrc.com) Tommi Mäkinen’s reputation in World Rally Championship racing is set in stone. The man has four WRC titles under his belt (1996-1999) that he earned while throwing Mitsubishi...

Ebay Find: This 1973 AMC Matador Is The Perfect Big-Blocked Plain Brown Box

We’ve looked at plenty of AMC products here at BangShift, but if there is one model that we don’t pay much attention to, it’s the Matador. Unless you are a die-hard fan of Adam...