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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Starts Today And Will Hit 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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Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two Video | Great Bend, KS to Kearney, NE | Kearney Raceway Park

Here’s the Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two video and boy is it a fun one. We’re talking on the road, on the track and more! It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and...

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The $5,000 LS Swap Challenge: Is a Budget LS swap Still Possible? We’ll Find Out, as Hagerty is Building the Ultimate Sleeper Barn Find!

The $250 LS engine. It sparked a movement that has out paced even the experts biggest expectations, and has created an entire group of new companies in the automotive aftermarket. On top of that, it...

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Touring Car Icons Reunited for the Heritage Touring Cup Round 1 at the Spa Classic by Peter Auto Le Mans Classic

Every spring, the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit becomes what they call “a living theater of automotive history.”Classic cars, classic engines, and some of the finest historic and vintage car...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 3!

It’s alive! Here’s the Part 3 video in the series, and that means actual driving! Yes, this thing is going down the road in this one and showing off all the bits underneath. I love donor...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Sheet Metal Madness – The FJ Gets A Glove Box, Floor Mods And Doghouse Fab

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the roof and dash coming along, as well as the pedals and steering in a second video. There is a lot more going on as well, but that’s the fab...

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Pomona Swap Meet Weekend! We’ve Got Photos Of Parts, Cars, And More!

The final Pomona Swap Meet of 2013 was yesterday at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, and my son Cole and I decided we were going to go and walk the swap meet with our friends Crosby and...

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!...