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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million’s Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – Tuesday

It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring Fling Million. We love this event...

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IHRA Acquires Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School, Preserving a Legendary Legacy While Expanding the Future of Driver Development

FAIRFIELD, OH — March 31, 2026 — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) today announced the acquisition of Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School, one of the most respected and influential...

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Where’s Larry? Exploring Late Night Car Culture in Tokyo with The Nissan Party at 7 Eleven

The Nissan Party at 7/11 kind of reminds me of our meetups at Taco Bell or Circle K back in my street racing days, but when you first hear it you certainly don’t think this is a MUST STOP place...

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Daily Junkyard Crawl With Steve Magnante: A Real Deal 1970 Boss 302 Mustang! Trans Am Racing Greatness Right Here!

The Boss 302 Mustangs and Z28 Camaros, battled it out on road courses all over in the late 1960s and put on a hell of a show while doing it. With seriously under rated 302 cubic inch V8 engines,...

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EFI Tech: Here’s How To Use Holley’s Built In Output Testing Feature For Terminator X, HP, Dominator ECUs

Unless you are a professional EFI tuner, you probably don’t know all the features that are included in one of the new ECUs that are available today. Hell, even if you are a professional you...

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Restore & Protect vs Deposits (500,000 Mile Engine Tear Down Reveals All) Does This Oil Really Work?

If Lake says it’s good, I believe him. I just wanted to start off with that. Lake Speed Jr. is one of the smartest folks in the automotive aftermarket, is a real life oil analyst and engineer,...

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Race Photos: The PSRA Invades Thunder Valley Oklahoma

(Words and Photos by Brad Klaasen) Once again Thunder Valley Raceway Park, Noble, Oklahoma held their monthly Pro Street Racing Association event with both drag cars and fans turning out in droves...

Video: Incredible Footage Of A Pickup Truck Flying Off The Highway Between Bridges!

Thanks to a tip from BangShift reader Brad Jerew, we have the story and footage behind one of the wildest traffic accidents we’ve ever seen. The Vine video below shows a Nissan truck, pulling a...

Video: Saturday Night Nitro From Les Mayhew’s Nitro America

As usual Les has knocked it out of the park with his latest video. This one is from Famoso Raceway’s Saturday Night Nitro event earlier this summer. We haven’t been able to make it to one...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Coolest/Weirdest Car You’ve Seen at a Local Show?

Last weekend we walked into a local car show and spotted a nice looking S10 with wheelie bars on it. Just as we were about to snicker to ourselves we noticed the 500ci Cadillac engine mounted in the...

More Good Strip News: Work Underway At Arizona’s Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park

(Photo: Arizona Auto Scene) – The dudes over at Arizona Auto Scene have been the leading source of news and information about the closure, rebirth and renovation of what was formerly known as...

Video: This Bad Ass Video Of Mike Ryan Wrestling His Freightliner Up Pikes Peak Set Our Hearts A Flutter

A-flutter you say? You’re damned right a-flutter. What else would watching a huge Freightliner truck powered by a supercharged and turbocharged Gale Banks built mondo diesel flying up the side...

BREAKING NEWS:Panic Time? Castrol Announces End Of Force Sponsorship At Close Of 2014 Season

(Charles Wickam photo) – In news that we hinted at HERE it was announced today that Castrol will end its near 30 year sponsorship of John Force at the close of the 2014 season. This is the...

Tom Motry’s Drastic Plastic Resets All Time Fuel Altered Record With 5.286/275 MPH Blast – Video And Full Story HERE!

There are certain drag racing truths that I tend to hold as self evident. One of them was that Ron Fassl was going to own the record for the quickest AA/FA pass of all time until the end of time. Can...

Drag Racing Photos: The H.A.M.B. Drags Once Again Invade MoKan Dragway

If you are a fan of Nostalgia Drag Racing, and like more than just Nostalgia Funny Cars, then you have to love the H.A.M.B. Drags. Held at MoKan Dragway, one of the most original 1950’s and...

Wally’s World GTO Project Update: The New Pedders Suspension Is Installed, And Our Butts Will Be Cool!

What in the hell are we talking about? Well, this update is going to be all about the newly installed Pedders Front Suspension on the Wally’s World GTO, but we would be remiss if we...

Gallery: Giant Steam Tractors From the 57th Sycamore, Illinois Threshing Bee – Living, Chuffing History!

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – Last week we showed you some of Greg Rourke’s awesome photos from the 57th Sycamore, Illinois Threshing Bee. His . Well, truth be told we were hanging onto the...

eBay Find: The Famous Kenny Bernstein/Dale Armstrong “Batmobile” Buick LeSabre Body!

A little while back we showed you the Kenny Bernstein Ford Tempo body that the Darrell Gwynn foundation was auctioning off to raise money for their awesome cause of getting folks into wheelchairs...

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We Drive The 2014 Mustang GT – Coyote Power, Six Speed Stick, No Roof And Lotsa Green!

Over the last couple of months, I pestered the fine people at Ford so much and so often about getting my mitts on a Mustang GT with a 5.0L engine and stick shift transmission, I was left with two...

Gallery: The 2013 Impala SS Club Of America Nationals – Big B-Bodies On Parade!

(Photos courtesy of Impala SS Club of America) – While Chad and I were at Bonneville, the Impala SS Club of America was having their national meet at Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina....