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FREE LIVE Drag Racing From The 11th Annual New Year Nationals At Bradenton Motorsports Park – Saturday

There are only a couple of races happening before the clock strikes midnight on Sunday to ring in the new year and while we’re sure 2026 is going to be awesome, 2025 isn’t done yet! Our last big...

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OLD SCHOOL Dodge 1 TON TOW TRUCK Gets Repairs and Paint Work! A Vice Grip Garage Roadworthy Rescue Christmas Bonus Episode Not To Be Missed.

In honor of the Christmas holiday, Derek has been putting out a few extra Vice Grip Garage videos the past week and we dig them. Some of them are a bit of Behind the Scenes coverage, some combine a...

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Swapping SRT4 TURBO POWER Into A MINT 1985 Dodge Minivan!! Building an EPIC Family Hauler With A Crusty SRT4.

This one here is something special. Sure, there have been plenty of turbo 4 cylinder Dodge Caravans and Plymouth Voyagers over the years, but this van is so mint that it defies description. Just wait...

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2025’s Wildest World Rally Championship Stages: Dirt, Tarmac, Rain, Snow, And More! It Was An Exciting Year Of Racing!

The 2025 World Rally Championship season was something special and like any good WRC event, the drama and action were plentiful. We’re excited to see the season ending highlights that all the...

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IHRA Acquires Historic Memphis Motorsports Park In Millington Tennessee. Big Race Weekend’s Planned For 2026!

Well folks, the rumors that someone is buying Memphis are finally true! For the last 15 years I’ve heard rumor after rumor that someone was coming in to buy the race track formerly known as...

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Merry Christmas From BANGshift! We Hope You Enjoy Christmas With Your Loved Ones And That Santa Is Good To All Of You!

Every year the message is pretty similar, and on behalf of the Reynolds family, along with our amazing BangShift.com sponsors, I’d like to wish all of our friends and readers a very Merry...

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Black Friday May Be Over, But It’s Not Too Late To Get A Great Deal! Check Out The Deals At Ridetech

Until the last few years, w never remember seeing ads from aftermarket companies giving Black Friday or Christmas Deals. Sure Jegs and Summit have free shipping promotions, but not like all the...

The 2013 Mooneyes X-Mas Party Show And Drags Rocked Despite The Rain

As most of you know, the rain kept us from having drag racing at the 2013 Mooneyes X-Mas Show and Drags, but that didn’t keep a jillion people from partying like rock stars at what we believe...

Lutz Race Cars To Debut New Drag Week ’57 Chevy At PRI Show – Car Reportedly Half A Ton Lighter Than Original — SPY PHOTOS!

Just when you thought it was safe to go outside….this happens! Lutz Race Cars has released some sneak peek photos of a brand new 1957 Chevrolet that will become the new Drag Week steed for Jeff...

Craigslist Find: This 2JZ Powered 1965 El Camino Is One Polarizing Machine – What Do You Think?

We were sent this Craigslist link by about 15 people so giving credit to all the fine tipsters would read like a phone book, so thanks for sending this to us. Some of you won’t be so thankful...

Reports: Holden To Kill Aussie Plants By 2016, Will Join Ford Abandoning Operations In Country

Back in May we told you about Ford’s announcement that they planned on stopping domestic production for Australian cars by 2016. At the time we wondered aloud how that decision would shape the...

Three Way Drag Race: A Modified Porsche, A King Of The Hammers Truck, And A Coyote Powered ’70 Mustang Get After It!

We’ll start your Monday with some good old fashioned straight line battle…with a twist. Instead of a “normal” drag race between similar cars, Mike Finnegan, Fred Williams, and...

Car Feature: One Ultra Bitchin, Kick Ass, 1930 Model A Ford We Want Bad!

Bad ass, bitchin, rad, cool, awesome… Not one of these conveys how bad assedly bitchin the Lafferty’s awesome, rad, and cool, 1930 Ford Model A really is. And before you get your panties...

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Video: A Rear Tire Explodes During A Fuel Altered Run and The Driver Saves The Car!

Like we always say, great drag racing drivers are the guys who know what to do instinctively when the crap hits the fan. Such was the case recently at North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas during an...

Crazed Drag Racing Video: Out of Control and Going the Wrong Way Up the Strip

Imagine a drag race where car launch from the top end area and speed up the track, using the starting line of the strip as their shut down area. This is footage from such a race, called King of the...

Video: Watch A Rock Buggy Climb A Near Vertical Cliff, Cheat Death, And Actually Make It Over The Top!

You don’t have to like rock buggies, trucks, off roading, or nature to appreciate the sheer levels of massive balls and complete insanity you’ll see in this two minute video. Quick...

LIVE STREAMING VIDEO This Saturday From The 2013 Mooneyes X-Mas Party And Drags!

That’s right folks, BangShift.com is going to bring some So Cal weather your way with FREE Live Streaming Video from the 2013 Mooneyes X-Mas Party and Drags at Irwindale this Saturday! While a...

Best of BangShift 2012: A Titanic Nitrous Exposion From The Yas Marina Drag Strip in Abu Dhabi

We’re re-running some of our favorite content today because we’re thinking that the junk weather in CA is going to put the kabosh on the Mooneyes Christmas parts. Roast your chestnuts on...

The Top 11: Most Important and Influential Gassers of All Time

Being that this is a Saturday and we’re freaked that the Mooneyes race may rain out, we’re rerunning some of our favorite content. This Top 11 list of gasser is near the top of the list!...

Destruction Video: AM General M151 Crash Test Results In Big Carnage

This looks like it must have been an official government test from some time in the early 1970s. In case you’re alarmed at the human carnage in the photo, don’t worry, those are crash...