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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – Time Trial Tuesday

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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Martin Lundqvist Racing Fabrication Is Building A Bad Ass 1969 Camaro Drag and Drive Car In Sweden! Watch This!

I love new drag and drive builds, and because I’m going to Sweden this year for Street Week I am really excited that this new drag and drive build is being built at Auto Cut in Stockholm by...

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Dyno Testing Dual Plane Intake Manifolds: Made in the USA vs Cheap Import Knockoffs – How Do They Compare?

We’re all about made in the USA parts when they make sense, but I’m very well known for saying that crap is crap, regardless of where it comes from. The point being that you should buy...

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Is This Thing An ABOMINATION or GREATNESS? This Is A Small Block Chevy Powered Ford F100! Installing a HUGE Cam and Engine Refresh With Derek.

I know that some of you are screaming already, but the reality is that it’s not like you can’t replace the Chevy with a Ford in this F100 if you buy it and want to “save” it...

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British Auto Racing Club Action From Cadwell Park Means Some Cool British Machines Racing Wheel To Wheel and Door to Door!

The British Auto Racing Club is in full swing for the 2026 racing season as weather in the UK is getting nice. They put on races all over the UK and feature a ton of variety when it comes to race...

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Goodwood Racing Video: Here Are The 11 Wildest Moments From The 83rd Goodwood Members’ Meeting 2026 | Part 1

We’ve got more from the Goodwood Member’s Meet and this is the really exciting stuff. There were some pretty wild moments at this year’s race and we love that they are always...

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eBay Find: A Fantastic 1970 Mk1 Escort 1600GT – The Want Level Is High With This One

We all have a list, however short, of cars that we love and tell no one about because we’d probably be mocked by our pals. I have two cars on that list and this is one of them. I will some day...

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The Tale Of Two Mid-$8,000 Craigslist Finds: The Fake Lamborghini Murcielago Based On A Dodge Stratus (W/Video!)

We know what you’re thinking. You’re like, “Sure I’ve had a few beers this morning before work, but I thought that said a guy made a fake Lamborghini Murcielago out of a Dodge...

The Tale Of Two Mid-$8,000 Craigslist Finds: Part One – The Cool Ramp Truck

It isn’t often that we come across two “share” worthy Craigslist finds in a single day that are priced within just a couple of hundred dollars of one another. Channing Ivey has the...

Bitchin’ Gallery: 1980s USHRA Photos! Big Foot 1, Art Arfons, The Orange Blossom Special, More!

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – Growing up as dragstrip rats there was only three things my brother and I liked about the winter…going sledding at the golf course, the ISCA Custom Car...

Look Ma, No Blower! This 1970 Aussie Valiant Burnout Machine Has A 358ci Dodge NASCAR Engine For Power – Screaming Hell!

Daniel Blok’s 1970 Valiant is one of the neatest cars we have seen in an Aussie “power skid” video because there’s no huffer, four guys in the car, and he completes a two...

Watch DEI’s Titanium Turbo Shield Withstand 3,000-Degree Direct Heat – The Boss Of Heat Management

Design Engineering’s line of heat management products is vast. From their spark plug boot protectors through header wrap, and into their turbo shields, these guys know how to keep heat where it...

FREE Registration For Upcoming OPTIMA Search For The Ultimate Street Car Even At Laguna Seca!

That’s right folks, it pays to be a BangShifter! We are proud to announce that if 30 of you register for the upcoming Optima Batteries Search for the Ultimate Street Car event at Laguna Seca...

Action Video: Matt Farah Of /DRIVE Tears Down Highway 341 In A 500 HP Syclone!

Have you ever seen a vehicle online, on TV, or in person and immediately thought, “This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen…Man, why didn’t I think of building it?” Admittedly I...

Study Shows 88% Of Adults Would Be Worried About Riding In A Driverless Car. Would You?

When Google started showing off their “Driverless” car back in 2012, and then Michigan, California, Florida, and Nevada made them legal in 2013, these driverless or autonomous vehicles...

eBay Find: A 1966 Ford Total Performance Drag Racing Press Kit That Any Ford Lover Would Kill To Own

Hey, this is pretty neat! We got tipped off to the sale of a 1966 Ford Total Performance drag racing press kit on eBay by a reader. The hilarious thing is that the kit is being sold by our very oen...

This In Car Video Of A Dirt Modified Race Has Insane Action And Ends With The Most Gentle Roll Over In Racing History

This video is great for multiple reasons. The first is that we get a great view of the action INSIDE a dirt modified, which is something totally nuts in an of itself. Along with the action we get a...

Gallery: Straight Axle Drag Car Coolness All Up In Your Business

(Photos from the BangShift archive) – With today’s modern suspension technology, we’re seeing performances out of cars with tiny tires that really boggle the mind. From shocks made...

RHS LS Block + 20lbs Of Boost + Z06 Corvette + Redline Motorsports Built = 8.30s At 170 MPH With Plates!

When we stopped in at Redline Motorsports in Florida a couple weeks back, the Corvette you see here was in the shop. This is kind of their “house car” where modifications, parts, and...

Buddy Holly Was a Motorhead And He Died 55 Years Ago Today – We Remember Him BangShift Style!

Fifty-five years ago today, Buddy Holly’s plane crashed and claimed the lives of three of the most up-and-coming rock and roll musicians the world knew to that point. But before Buddy Holly...