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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(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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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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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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OUCH! Racing at Goodwood Doesn’t Always Go To Plan… This 1964 AC Cobra Found Out The Hard Way At The 83rd Members’ Meeting

If you think that historic races like the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Revival, and Members Meet are just for show, think again. I once talked to Vic and Cammie Edelbrock about their vintage road...

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Drag Week Reader Build: Gary Putnam’s Chevy Powered Fox Mustang Is A Multi-Year, Killer Project

Last week we put out the call for those racers who had managed to wedge themselves into the tiny eight minute window of Drag Week registration to send us photos and information about the cars that...

Gallery: Speedfest at the Classic Motorsports Mitty Provides Awesome Vintage Road Racing Action

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Vintage road racing is beyond cool. The racers are typically guys with deep enough pockets to take priceless historic racecars and beat them mercilessly...

Wheels Up Stock And Super Stock Action Photos From The 2014 NHRA O’Reilly Spring Nationals

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It was a great weekend of drag racing in Texas just a couple days back as the NHRA tour swung though Royal Purple Raceway and fans flooded in from all over the...

We’re Hot In The Midst Of Muscle Car Engine Month So Let’s Celebrate The 429 Ford on 4/29!

It sure has been a busy week of “displacement days” here at BangShift. We screwed the pooch on 426 but we’ve made a valiant attempt to recover with stuff on 4/27, multiple posts on...

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Viva Las Vegas 2014 – 52 Cars With Exceptionally Great Paint

Last week, we ran a collection of cars from the 2014 Viva Las Vegas car show that featured patina and old worn paint. The reaction was interesting because some people were into it and lots of others...

PSCA Drag Racing Finally Returns To AutoClub Dragway In Fontana And We’ve Got Photos!

The look of satisfaction on the faces of the Ray Wilkings, General Manager of Auto Club Speedway, Tracy Fischle, Track Manager at Auto Club Dragway, and Mel Roth, President of the Pacific Street Car...

High Flying, Dirt Throwing, Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Trucks In Action From Elsinore

This past weekend was Round 3 and 4 of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, and all the high flying Pro Lite, Pro 2, and Pro 4 trucks you love to see flying through the air were on hand at Lake...

Monday Shopper: 1977 Chevrolet El Camino – Mecum Kansas City, 2014

Auctions have changed over the years. They used to be places where you’d go to get a good deal. Now, thanks to the hot TV lights of Barrett-Jackson on a Saturday night, auctions seem to be a...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: There’s No Such Thing As Infinite Patience, Here’s Why

Did you know that there is a magazine for parts counter people? Don’t lie…I didn’t either until this week. Counterman magazine chronicles the business world of slinging automotive parts…and...

Kris Krabill Wins Nitro Funny Car at 44th Annual Ignitor

Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne It was a difficult weekend for racers and spectators at the 44th annual Ignitor at Firebird Raceway near Boise, Idaho.  Fans of the oldest professional racing...

Event Coverage: The 10th Annual Old School Mini-Bike Show – Ann Arbor, Michigan

(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – Because of crazed maniacs like Bob Chiluk, Chad Reynolds, and others there’s a huge retro mini-bike scene these days. What were once seen as a cool gift to give...

2014 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals – Alcohol Funny Car and Top Alcohol Dragster Gallery and Results

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Californian Shane Westerfield and Kansas racer Randy Meyer took home the hardware in the Top Alcohol Funny Car and Top Alcohol Dragster classes respectively at the...

Viva Las Vegas 2014: Patina And Aged Paint From The Huge Show Out West

Our seemingly unending stream of coverage from Viva Las Vegas 2014 continues with this gallery which features about 50 cars you have not yet seen from the show. The theme of this gallery is patina...

Final Eliminations Set for 44th Annual NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor

Final Eliminations Set for 44th Annual NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne Reigning Boise Bakersfield Blitz champ Dan Horan, driving his “Patriot” 1966 Mustang from Sylmar,...