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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing – Sunday

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 at Beech Bend Raceway Park – Sunday

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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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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FREE Big Money Bracket Racing LIVESTREAM: The SuperBucks Showdown Presented by Get’M Performance Saturday $20,000

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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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got More 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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Donk Snob Is The Internet’s Greatest And Most Curious Ghost Ship – Also, That Is A Crown Vic With A Toilet In The Back

McTaggart tried to be cute today and pose a donk related question to you, the valued readers of BangShift. Hours after he put that item in our magical blog machine (a 1959 Kelvinator model) I was...

It’s Porsche Vs. GT-R In An Epic Runway Drag Race. Who Will Win? The Audience…Watch This Fail!

This has all the makings of a good race. Open runway, a Nissan GT-R on one side and a late-model Porsche 911 on the other. Ok, so it’s not the kind of drag racing we’re all used to, but...

Ebay Find: This Dart-blocked Monte Carlo Is A Hustler, Ready To Go

When I typed “pro street” into the search bar, I was expecting fully tubbed-out fairground cruisers with blowers that with a little tweak here and there, could become something heroic. I...

187-Ton Heavy Haul Load Stopped Dead In Its Tracks By Mother Nature, Broken Axles – Heavy Loads Is Hard

BangShifter Jake Salmonson shot us the link on this pretty neat story that came from the Duluth, Minnesota area and centers around the troubles that a heavy haul team was having with moving a 187-ton...

Guy Drives $75 Dollar Truck To Work For 38 Years, Right Up To The Day He Retires – BangShifty Hero!

As a 20 something year old kid, Minnesota resident Bob Sportel needed a truck to get to work but he had a pretty tight budget. After seeing an old farmer come to his place of employment in a rusty...

2014 Throwback: The Sleeper Chevy W/T From LS Fest

I had forgotten about this ragged-out Chevy 1500 W/T from LS Fest this summer. Peeling paint, bashed-in bed, forgettable aftermarket wheels and no exhaust note to speak of, it looked like just about...

Would You Rather: It’s All About The Altitude For This One, Lowrider Vs. Donk

Stance is everything in practically every section of the automotive hobby. But two particular sections take how your car sits and makes it the focal point unlike any other: low riders and hi-risers,...

42-Acre Remains Of Former Marlboro Motor Raceway Up For Lease In Maryland – Full On Ghost Track (Bonus: Historic Video!)

From 1962 to 1969 the Marlboro Motor Raceway was a premier destination for circle track and road racing enthusiasts on the east coast. Notable performers like Roger Penske got their starts at this...

Is It Wrong To Like This? Check Out A 1957 Chevy Rat Rod Wagon Cruising the Streets And Sounding Really Mean In The Process

Some of you will undoubtedly blow a gasket when you see this 1957 Chevy rat rod wagon in the video below. You’ll freak out because some real 1957 Chevy steel was cut up and bent and welded and...

This Is The Weirdest 1985 Pontiac Sunbird Ever – S10 Frame, Flip Nose, 350, Rear Wheel Drive!

Todd Aldridge gets the tipster credit on this one but we’re not sure we should be giving it to him. After all, how did he find it? Was he searching for S10 (normal)? Or was he searching for...

Watch 103 Cars Burnout At Once In Australia – The Aussies Have Taken The Guinness Burnout Record Back As Of Yesterday!

The Guinness Record for the world’s largest burnout was resting comfortably in American hands until New Year’s Day in Australia when 103 cars at the Street Machine Summernationals 28...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: New Year, New Warranty Claims

You would think that within a year’s timeframe, that I would’ve seen it all, right? That nothing could surprise me any more inside the walls of a parts store than what I’d already...

Historically Significant Corvette SR-2 Is For Sale – The Opening Bid Is A Little Steep For Us, But Probably Not For You

BangShift photo contributor Justin Oney is a man of incredible personal wealth. I didn’t know that until he sent me the link to the eBay auction of the 1956 Corvette SR-2, which is the first...

You Want A Pretty, High-Dollar Corvette? How About The One Of The Three Handbuilt Scaglietti Corvettes?

The 1956 SR-2 Corvette…well played, Brian and Justin. It’s very hard to knock a Corvette that had the backing of Zora Arkus-Duntov and Harley Earl…wait a minute. Something sounds...