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US Street Nationals Testing: LIVE Testing Action From Bradenton Motorsports Park. It’s Time For The Drag Illustrated Winter Series!

It’s time for the Drag Illustrated Winter Series in Florida to continue! The US Street Nationals are on this weekend, and while the rest of the easter half of the country will be freezing, the...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: More Of The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Here’s Photo Gallery #2 from Joe Grippo, as we’ve got even more to share from his Best Of 2025. Check them out below and if you missed the first gallery, we’ve got a link below to...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 IMSA Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup at Daytona International Speedway | Race 1 | Daytona Beach, Florida

There is so much racing that is going on in Daytona this week, leading up to the famed Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona which starts on Saturday. There have been a full week of races and practice so far,...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! The Livestream Starts With This View Of Hammertown Coming Together LIVE From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Joe Grippo is one of BANGshift’s longest running contributors and has covered everything from junkyards to car shows and drag races to drag and drives, and so much more. He drags his lovely...

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IHRA ANNOUNCES THE LEASING AND OPERATIONS OF THE PULASKI COUNTY MOTORSPORTS PARK, FORMERLY THE MOTOR MILE SPEEDWAY

It feels like forever since IHRA announced a new track purchase, but they haven’t been sitting around twiddling their thumbs. Nope, yesterday they made the announcement that they had signed a...

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One Heartbeat Away: This Amazing Film Profiles The 1973 Indy 500 From The Inside Out

McLaren’s involvement in the Indy 500 has been interesting over the last few years. In 2019 they had an awful re-launch at the race but things really came around in 2020 and 2021. We mention...

We Drive It: The 2024 Dodge Hornet GT Plus Blacktop AWD -Brotherhood Of Muscle Where Art Thou?

It was an era we all knew was eventually going to end but when it did, it still felt crummy. The discontinuation of the last generation Charger and Challenger left a gaping hole in the domestic...

It Might Look Like A Restored Rolls Royce, But This Ring Brothers Build Is All That And So Much More!

We’ve talked about Ring Brothers builds before, and Jay Leno has featured a few of them on his channel, but this one here is something really special. I mean who takes a classic Rolls Royce and...

Dennis Anderson Invited Newbern And Cotten To Come Thrash Their Jeep Against Grave Digger’s Tough Truck Track

I sure hope Newbern and Cotten bolted the body on good, because when they swapped the chassis underneath his 1972 Postal Jeep I’m not sure they understood just how tough this track was going to...

Classic Wreckage Video: This 1992 Monster Truck, Pulling, and Mud Bog Crash Compilation Is A Whammy Bar Good Time

Let’s be kids again, shall we? This trip back to 1992 is great because we don’t just see the biggest names of the monster truck world engaged in battle, we see the top pullers, and the...

Underwhelmed: This Review Of The Hotly Anticipated 1989 Chrysler TC by Maserati Tells A Sad Tale

Lee Iacocca didn’t miss much over the course of his career, but no one’s perfect. The dude battled for the Mustang, implemented the mini-van concept, championed the K-car that saved...

This Newsreel Footage From The First Indy 500 Shows How Much Of An Insane Calamity It Was

There are times that I think living in the early 1900s would have been pretty incredible. From a mechanical standpoint you had the birth of the auto industry, the birth of powered aviation, the start...

Watch And Hear The Amazing Moto Guzzi V8 Grand Prix Motorcycle At Full Song – 500cc V8 Engine

Go easy on me motorcycle guys. I honestly had no idea that this machine ever existed before just a couple of days ago. I don’t even really know how I found the videos that inspired me to look...

Featured Product: New S550/S650 Mustang Coilover And Air Suspensions Now Available From Ridetech

Ridetech is pleased to announce the release of their S550/S650 (2015-current) Mustang air and coilover suspension systems. When it comes to negotiating corners with scalpel precision, these Mustang...

Did You Know You Can Convert A 1967 Mustang Notchback To A Fastback? Here’s How To Do It In Just Three Days.

Okay, this is pretty cool right here. I’m a Chevrolet guy to the core, but my favorite body style of Mustang is the fastback and particularly the 1967 and 1968 models. So when I saw this video...

Event Video: The 11th Annual LoneStar Deluxe – Historic Texas City Texas Hosts One Epic HotRod and Music Festival.

I’m glad that John Jackson was on hand to cover the Lonestar Deluxe show in Texas City, because I’ve always heard that this one is something special. In its 11th year, the following...

Can Paint Be Too Old To Polish? Or Can You Actually Shine Up A 1950’s Car With Original Paint? Dan From DD Speed Shop Gives It A Try!

When folks hear that a muscle car, classic, or classic truck has original paint it is usually a good thing. But we sometimes assume that original paint is still shiny and at least pretty good...

Barn Find 1968 Dodge Charger In A 5 Way Dirt Track Race! Finnegan And The Gang Punish The Death Metal Charger!

I know that people are always claiming things are the best, most fun, or most exciting whenever they post a YouTube video, but when Finnegan says this is the most fun he’s had in a car in a...

Wiring Problem Solver: Simplify Your Sniper 2 Install & Clean Up The Engine Bay With a Sniper EFI Power Distribution Module

When you ask folks what they are most hesitant about when it comes to an EFI installation, they usually say something about wiring and about tuning. Now that self tuning EFI systems are the norm,...