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Speedway Motors and the Museum of American Speed Cars And Coffee Photos During Motor City to Wheel Hub LIVE!

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) Speedway Motors headquarters in Lincoln, NE is right across the parking lot from the Museum Of American Speed. Together, they put on a cars and coffee gathering...

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NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, And Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

(Photos by Richard Pasley) – When the NHRA brought National Event Drag Racing back to the northeast a few years ago, the crowds at the New England Nationals in Epping were off the hook. More...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Big Money Bracket Racing From The EAST COAST TRIPLE $50K at Virginia Motorsports Park- $50,000 Sunday

It’s time for more big money bracket racing as we’re right in the thick of summer racing season. We’ve got nearly a half dozen livestreams to share today as this is the hot and...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: We’ve Got NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing From Division 1 Maryland International Raceway – Sunday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 1! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 3 At Summit Motorsports Park – Sunday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 3! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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IHRA Triple Crown Eliminations LIVE: Teams Hit IHRA Darana National Trail Raceway For IHRA’s Triple Creown Weekend!

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Triple Crown, you are not alone! This weekend promises to be full of great racing action from Darana Raceway National Trail! We’ll have all the...

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OMG!!! This 1962 Ford Short Bus Could Be The Coolest Bus Motorhome Conversion Ever

Okay, we know this 1962 Ford Short Bus is not “pretty”, but like your mom always told you, it’s what’s on the inside that matters. LOL We know that everyone at the local KOA...

Mopar Mini Nationals Photos: Cudas, Belvederes, And Mopars Oh My!

(Words and Photos by Kaleb Kelly) Some people try to stay unbiased when it comes to the big 3 from Detroit. “I love them all,” they say. No matter what they say, everybody has a slight bias...

We Want This 1941 Dodge WC 10 Carryall! What Would You Do With It!

When our buddy Jay sent this bad boy in, I started drooling and immediately sent the link over to Brian so he could check it out. This 1941 Dodge WC 10 Carryall is one awesome looking piece, and the...

When One Guy Has An Engine, And One Guy Has A Nostalgia Dragster, It’s Amazing What Two Minutes Can Do. Watch This!

Brad Shaw sent us this cool video from one hell of a fun thrash to put an engine into a Nostalgia Dragster. The front engine dragster belongs to Tony Lee, who had the dragster sitting around with no...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Does “Stock” Mean Anymore? Does Anyone Really Care?

Remember when guys used to actually have Stock cars and trucks? I’m talking off the showroom floor, not doodads, no performance parts, nothing. Stock. We’ve heard a lot of discussion...

Unhinged: The Great American Roadtrip

I always have had a strong predilection for travel. I can’t explain the “why” part well, I’ve just always loved to find a set of wheels and take off to somewhere new. When I was a teenager I...

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Ebay Find: This 1972 Ford LTD Is Pure Seventies Perfection

It’s become Big Car Week here at BangShift, if purely by accident. First we get a snotty Oldsmobile whipping donuts, then I threw some love to the Mopar crowd with some C-bodies getting rowdy....

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Using An Air Tanker For The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: STUPID. Yet, Someone Did It…

I read the story, then I had to do a Google hunt to find other stories to make sure this wasn’t a joke. Surely, nobody was dumb enough to commission a freaking air tanker to dump a load of...

I..uh..what? Calling All BangShifters: What Is This Thing?

Tom Klockau, a member of The Brougham Society on Facebook, posted this picture on the wall with a question: “What in the world is going on here?” For the sake of keeping BangShift a...

Physics Video: A Cement Truck And A Sharp Incline Do Not Mix

“I fought the law, and the law won”, the lyrics say. And when the law is gravity, you better believe that law was destined to win in the first place. Unless you have a parachute on your...

A Caprice, A Camper, And One Huge Jump. Sounds Like A Good Time To Us!

I can tell that my YouTube feeds have been influenced by my research for BangShift stuff when videos like this one pop up in my list. This came from the 2010 Day of Destruction event at Beech Ridge...

Big Cars, Big Blocks, And Big Smoke: The Mopar Edition

The 1973 Oldsmobile whipping donuts with a thumper of a big-block woke a lot of y’all up, as it better: There is something about a big-ass boulevard cruiser at full scream that is just awesome....

The WTF? Files: Somebody Turned A Chevrolet SSR Into A Reptile

It’s hard to like the Chevy SSR. It’s a cynical mashup of a 1950 Chevy pickup, an El Camino, a Corvette, a TrailBlazer, and a Chrysler Sebring convertible: Individually, they were all...

Elephants At INDY, Charlie Wescott Jr. Leads The Herd At Mopar HEMI Challenge

For many of us, the sound of a pair of mid-60’s Chrysler Hemi’s is music and these rare, high dollar racecars always put on a killer show with twenty-six of them towing into Indy for the 60th US...