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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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EASILY Bend Rubber Hoses Without Kinking Them! Does The Hot Water Trick Actually Work Or Not?

I’ve heard about this trick a few times, but have never actually tried to form my own molded rubber hose using it. But this guy seems to suggest it is not only possible, but very very...

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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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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’s HELLA 2026! COURSE 3 RACING ACTION

If you are new around there then you might not know that we seriously dig Formula Off-Road racing here at BANGshift.com. This is high flying, loud, and intense racing that involves what look to be...

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The Sad Tale Of DeLorean Motor Company, From Start To Finish: See How The Workers Rode The Stainless-Steel Rollercoaster

The view from the Titanic Museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland as I stood outside the front door was, in a word, miserable: rain poured down by the ton as the clouds all but obscured the view out into...

Video: Larry Larson Runs 6.043 at 242.67 MPH: Quickest and Fastest Street Legal Vehicle Ever

UPDATE: Since running the 6.058 earlier Friday, we went out on Friday evening and ran 6.043 at 242.67 mph. That is the exact same ET as Fast Freddy out of Sweden, and our mph is more than 10mph...

New BangShift LIVE Broadcast Sponsors! Welcome Racepak and MAHLE To The Party!

BangShift.com is proud to announce that Racepak and MAHLE have joined the fold here at BangShift.com, and will be BangShift LIVE Broadcast Sponsors in 2015! As if we didn’t already have the...

BangShifty Stuff At The 2014 LA Auto Show – We Skipped All The Boring Junk

The 2014 LA Auto Show is in full swing and we sent an operative deep inside the caverns of Kias, Mazdas, Aluminum Ford trucks, champagne press parties, and people in comfortable shoes to find some...

The Return Part 3: It’s Time For Father And Son To Finally Run The Car They Brought Back To Life

This week we’ve been running a series of videos about a father and son, Jim and Ryan, who found and bought back an old racecar they had built years before, dragged it home, put a new engine...

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Happy Birthday To US! BangShift.com Turns Six Years Old Today!

…and they said it wouldn’t last! That’s right everyone, BangShift.com celebrates its sixth birthday today and we couldn’t be happier. On November 21, 2008 Freiburger made the...

Amazing – Smokey Yunick’s 1978 Luv Truck Is For Sale On Craigslist – It Even Has Experimental Tires On it!

BangShift tipster BigDad gets all the credit on this incredible Craigslist find. What is it? How about the personal shop truck of Smokey Yunick! That’s right, the “Best Damned Garage In...

Mini-Feature: The Steve Korney Stone-Woods-Cooke 1969 Corvette Blown Gasser

Before there were pro mods, before there were X275 cars, before anyone knew or cared what a 10.5 tire was there were gassers. All the stuff that you will see this weekend on our live broadcast of the...

Watch Rick Snavley Suffer A Massive Crash At The 2011 Street Car Super Nationals – He Was Banged Up But OK

While we cannot possibly predict anything about the performances at the 2014 Street Car Super Nationals we car certainly use history as a guide to tell you that there will likely be some insanely...

Reason #8: “Never Count Out Larry Larson” We Unveil Larry Larson’s Potentially 5-Second Barrier Smashing Street Legal S10

  (Editor’s note: Because this weekend is the “reintroduction” party for Larry Larson’s S-10 to the world and maybe a sort of introduction party to the rest of the...

Goodguys Southwest Nationals Autocross Action Photos – Cones Fly and Champions Are Crowned At The Last Hurrah In 2014

(Photos by Jason Brady and Dan Ballard/RideTech) – If you have ever attended an “end of season” event of any kind you know that there is a certain feel to the whole thing...

This 2000 Qvale Mangusta Is A Really Rare, Pretty Expensive, Modular Ford Powered Italian That You Can Own

It was Wes Tarkington who sent me the link to the ebay listing for this car and he and I bantered about regarding the potential coolness of this 2000 Qvale Mangusta with the right upgrades like...

Ride Along With Captain Jack McClure Rocket Go Kart As He Blasts Down The Track At SGMP – Amazing Footage

Well we told you he was going to do it and he did it! One of our all time heroes is back in action officially after making a couple of eighth mile blasts at South Georgia Motorsports Park last...

The Lingenfelter Collection: A Quartet Of Quintessentially Cool Pontiacs From Our Visit

(Photos by Criag Fitzgerald and the author) – You may remember that we spent a full day inside the vast and amazing Lingenfelter Collection of Ken Lingenfelter last winter. Well as it turned...