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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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Going Down In Flames, Part II: Holden Making One Violent Ute As A Farewell

Australia’s auto manufacturing scene is in it’s death rattle phase, and it sucks out loud. Here in America, when a car brand is about to be killed, they suck the fun out of the models...

Caption This! All Not Quite Aboard…The Military Version!

A HMMWV and a freight train, a match made in hell. Trust me, I know. Quite often it’s easier for a military unit to ship their vehicles via train to a depot close to a training facility rather...

Car Feature: Bob Johnson’s ’55 Chevy – The 202mph Shoebox!

(Editor’s note: This car feature on one of our favorite cars we have ever seen on the salt, Bob Johnson’s incredible 1955 Chevy. After this story was written Bob ended up running 202 in...

Copart Cadavers: A Look Into Big Rig Morgues All Over The Country – Incredible Destruction

We’re sure that you’ve heard of Copart before. The massive network of wrecking yards started by Willis Johnson from very humble beginnings and has grown into a behemoth. Copart was one of...

Ever Thought About Putting A VW Body On A Modified S10 Frame? Stop Thinking And Buy This “Mostly Done” Version

There are things that even we can’t get our heads around here and that’s mostly because Chad and I have massive heads that are in no way malleable. That being said, there was some...

NHRA Wild Rides Part One Takes A High Definition, Slow Motion Look At Some Of The Craziest Stuff That Has Happened This Year

In my experience on the NHRA trail during the 2014 season, I have seen some crazy stuff. From the bone-chilling wreck Antron Brown had at Atlanta to the crazy explosions and wrecks out of the pro mod...

The Parting Shift: How to Run 350mph at Bonneville in the Spectre Performance Speedliner

The Spectre Speedliner turned in some huge numbers at SCTA/BNI Bonneville Speed Week 2010. Company owner and ‘liner driver Amir Rosenbaum does a great job of narrating this multi-angle footage...

Prolong Twilight Cruise Coverage: Another Blast Of Cool SoCal Iron At The NHRA Museum

Yesterday we brought you the first of two photo galleries from the Prolong Super Lubricants Twilight cruise which is held at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California on the first...

This IROC-Z Is A Turbo Buick Powered Monster In Disguise – The Car Chevy Should Have Built

This one has really been flying around the internet for the last few days and deservedly so. The car is a nice, clean third generation Camaro of the IROC-Z variety that is packing a hot rodded Buick...

New Product: MSD Performance Launches Line Of Performance Spark Plugs

Consistency is key on racing and it is also key in high performance engines. The folks at MSD know that, hence the reason that the company has designed and brought to market a line of high...

Sleeper Video: Watch The Most Ragged Looking 11-Second Truck In America Waste A Corvette!

We’ve certainly showed you some ragged looking sleepers here on BangShift over the years but this one may be the best yet. Hell, even though it is slower than the now well known “farm...

Here’s All Of Our Bonneville Speed Week 2013 Photos From The Track, The Pits, And More.

(Editor’s note: To whet your whistle for what’s hopefully coming this weekend and into next week, we’re going to show you all of our 2013 photo coverage from Speed Week. All the...

Prolong Twilight Cruise Coverage: A Beautiful Night At The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum

On the first Wednesday of every month Prolong Super Lubricants hosts a Twlight Cruise at the NHRA Wally Parks Motorsports Museum. These events have been going on for years and they have becomes a...

2014 NSRA Street Rod Nationals Coverage: Photos From One Of The USA’s Biggest Shows 45th Year

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This was one of the best events ever in terms of the diversity and quality of cars although the event started off with a bit of bummer.  There was a...