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A Weekend At The Drags with Joe Grippo: Racing, Photos, And Fun From Darana Raceway Park Maple Grove in Pennsylvania.

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Arguably the biggest bombshell news story that came out of last year’s PRI show was the legendary Pennsylvania drag strip Maple Grove Raceway being acquired by the...

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Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event Is The Father’s Day Car Show! We’ve Got Photos Right Here!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Making Fiberglass Doors Actually Fit, And Making The Steering Work Properly!

Doors that shut and wheels that turn might not sound super exciting, but they require fabrication and time in order to be right and that’s what we dig. This project has been fun to follow, and...

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PDRA Drag Racing Video: Pro Nitrous and Pro Boost Round 1 North vs South Shootout Qualifying from Maryland International Raceway

We’ve shared some live track testing going on at Maryland International Raceway where PDRA’s top teams were on hand to see what kind of improvements they can make as they got ready for this past...

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Extended Highlights from the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa | GT World Challenge powered by AWS 2026

We share all kinds of live racing action from the 24 Hours of SPA this weekend, but if you missed any of that we’ve got great highlight video below that shows the best racing action from the...

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IMSA 6-Hours of Watkins Glen Endurance Racing Highlight Video Is Right Here! Only The Best Racing Action!

Here we go again! The 2026 IMSA Racing season is in full swing and this weekend the series was visiting Watkins Glen in New York which is one of the most famous race tracks in the country! There was...

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Nitrous 101: Summit Racing Equipment’s Video Guide To Nitrous Systems For Cars (And Trucks Too!)

The guys over at OnAllCylinders.com have a bunch of cool tech videos, how to articles, and more that we are going to start sharing with all you BangShifters so you can get even smarter. That and so...

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Two Vastly Different But Totally Awesome Ford Roadsters To Debut At SEMA – Blue Steel and Double Down! Ford Powered Awesomeness

Hitting the SEMA show hard every year to bring you the newest in hot rodding innovation, the coolest new builds, and all the scoop from inside the industry is tough work, but we’re here for...

Project Violent Valiant Update: The Little Car Gets Blown Apart, Stripped, and Dipped – Cool Parts Start Arriving!

Listen, we told you that there would be no moss growing under the Project Violent Valiant stone and we weren’t kidding. After introducing you to the victim starting point of the project last...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Coolest Cop Or Law Enforcement Car/Truck From The TV Or Movies?

So after the story of the Maine state trooper stopping the Dukes of Hazzard replica police car yesterday, we thought it would be interesting to get your take on the coolest cop car or law enforcement...

Maine State Cops Pull Over Dukes Of Hazzard Replica Cop Car – JD Hogg Not Amused

Apparently the state police in Maine don’t have much knowledge of television history or much of a sense of humor. A 49-year old Dukes of Hazzard enthusiast was stopped by Maine troopers...

Great Read: Hot Rod Magazine Tracks Down An Elusive (And All Original) Dodge Dart In The Middle Of NYC And Comes Away With An Awesome Story

Last week, Elana Scherr from Hot Rod Magazine hung out in New York with all different kinds of car guys and girls. We’re sure that there will be lots of video and cool magazine stories coming...

Cruise Night Photos: So Cal’s Cruise Scene Is Alive And Well At Ruby’s Diner In Whittier

Those of us that live in Southern California really are spoiled when it comes to cruise nights. Each and every week from Spring through Fall we have multiple cruise nights and car shows to attend....

Jet Hot’s Awesome 1967 Nova Is Back In Action With Kurt Urban LS Power And Vastly Upgraded Suspension!

If you have attended any of the major pro touring autocross events across the country this season, no doubt that you’ve seen some of the fleet of “Jet Hot Test Cars” tearing around...

Hemi Powered Pro Street Perfection On eBay – This 1969 GTX Makes 1,200hp and Looks The Business As Well!

In the BangShift universe, we are fully behind the “go big or go home” philosophy and the dude who built this amazingly bad ass 1969 Plymouth GTX is on board with that as well. How do we...

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Ed Moore, Driver Of The Famed MOB Fuel Altered And Longtime Fuel Racer Passes – One Of The Great AA/FA Pilots In Drag Racing History

Ed Moore, the man who made so many runs between the pipes of the famous, “The MOB” AA/FA has passed on to the big strip in the sky. Not only was it one of the coolest named AA/FAs of the...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Car Did You Take Your Driver’s License Test In?

No matter how long ago it happened we all remember taking our license exam, passing, and then driving off on our own for the first time. It is one of the monumental days in the life of every gearhead...

More Dirt Track Action From Battleground Speedway! Wrecks, Passes, Flying Muck!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re back with a second and final installment of photos from Charles Wickam’s recent visit to Battleground Speedway in Texas. Other than having the...

COMP Performance Group Announces A Raft Of New Hardcore Products To Debut At SEMA 2013

Yesterday we told you that the SEMA 2013 news would be coming hot and very heavy this week and we weren’t kidding. Hot on the heels of Hedman announcing that they would be rolling some 350 new...

Pro Mod Racer Dennis Radford Crashes Scooter, Can’t Race Sunday In Vegas!

(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) Oregon Pro Mod racer Dennis Radford’s return to the NHRA Pro Mod wars after taking a one-year hiatus proved to be a successful, but took a bad turn Saturday...