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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Laris Motorsports Insurance $75K Livestream Starts With The THURSDAY WARM-UP

It’s time for more LIVE drag racing, and this time it is from the big money bracket races at Darana Raceway National Trail in Hebron Ohio as they Laris Motorsports Insurance $75,000 To Win race...

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Free Livestream: Check Out Big And Small Tire Testing At US131 As The Mid West Drag Racing Series And Radial Outlaws Prepare For The Weekend!

US 131 has been open for testing the past two days as both the Mid West Drag Racing Series and Radial Outlaws Racing Series prepare to take over the famed US 131 Motorsports Park. I’ve raced...

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Tool Tech: Mythbusting! Putting 20 Myths About Using An Impact To The Test! Which Do’s And Don’t Actually Matter?

Opinions are like belly buttons, meaning everyone’s got one, but that doesn’t mean they are based on facts. It is absolutely insane how many people have opinions on how to use a tool...

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It’s Got 1 Cylinder and 13 Horsepower! Is It Actually The Best City Car Out There? Here’s Why Jay Leno Thinks So!

If you are under the age of 20, you might not recognize this car, but otherwise you’ve probably seen a BMW Isseta before. Made famous again by the lovable and weird Steve Urkel character on...

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This Show is PACKED with RARE Muscle Cars & Cool Corvettes! It’s Corvette Expo And Chevys In The Smokies!

Tommy Lee Byrd, The Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it with another great video of some insanely rare and awesome muscle cars. These cars were all on hand at the Corvette Expo and Chevys in the Smokies...

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BluePrint Engines Tech: Compression Testing The Right Way. Check Out The Simple Tools And Techniques You Need!

Doing a compression test on an engine is pretty straight forward, and only requires a couple of tools. And only one of those is a “specialty” tool, and you can either rent one from your...

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NAPA Auto Parts Pulls Sponsorship From Michael Waltrip Racing As Fallout Continues For Richmond Incident

While we don’t follow a whole lot of NASCAR stuff here, the story of NAPA pulling the plug on a sponsor deal years early with Michael Waltrip Racing is certainly newsworthy in the land of...

Event Photos: NHRA Pro Mod Action Photos From Z-Max Dragway In Charlotte

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REST OF OUR CONTENT FROM TODAY If you like Pro Mods, you are going to love the great photos that Benoit Pigeon got from last weekend’s NHRA Carolina Nationals at Z-Max...

This GE Turbine Powered RZR Side By Side UTV Is 100% BangShift Approved! – Video Of The Build And Under Power!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REST OF OUR CONTENT FROM TODAY I don’t have a lot of experience with so called “side by sides” or UTV vehicles that originally were built for guys to use on...

Nostalgia Funny Car Pilot John Hale Talks To Us About Living The Dream In Pluegers NHRA Funny Car This Weekend In Texas!

John Hale is one of the good guys. You know, one of the guys you love to hang out with, even though he gets to drive a Fuel Funny Car and you don’t. Part of that could be his penchant for...

2013 NHRA New England Hot Rod Reunion – Our Final Gallery Of Bitchin’ Action Photos!

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – We’ve finally come to the end of our awesome photo coverage from the 2013 NHRA New England Hot Rod Reunion. Rich Pasley and Dave Nutting slayed the photo taking...

More Video Hilarity: Regular Car Reviews Answers All Of Your Questions About 1994 Lincoln Town Cars

Ok, the Regular Car Reviews YouTube channel has become an addiction. The other day we showed you the review of a mid-1990s Jeep Grand Cherokee and today we’re back in the middle 1990s but this...

The Fall Pigeon Forge Rod Run Photos! Thousands of Hot Rods Packed into a Tourist Town

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) -Earlier this year, Tommy Lee Byrd provided a gallery of photos from the Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run (formerly known as the Grand Run). The awesome turnout of hot...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Best Thrash You’ve Ever Been Involved With?

With Drag Week having just finished up some competitors have awesome stories of thrashing up until they had a couple days left to get their cars assembled and on the road to Bowling Green for opening...

Lambrecht Collection Auction Online Bidding Has Begun, Some Prices Already Insane

Are we the only ones that didn’t know the auction for the Lambrecht Collection has effectively begun with online bidding? The bad news for us is that they aren’t accepting gum and pocket...

Barnstormin’: Cruise Ships, Drag Races, And A Speed Obsessed Summer…..A Rant

This weekend I’ll be in Tulsa, Oklahoma yelling into a microphone at a big diesel truck drag race. It’ll be the sixth strip I’ve visited since September first and the umpteenth I...

Historic Trans Am And Racing Photos From Lime Rock – Iconic Machines On An Iconic Course!

(Photos by Glenn Perry) – When professional photographer Glenn Perry asked if we’d be interested in running a gallery of his photos from the Lime Rock historics weekend that included the...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Best Way To Sell An Old Car?

I was cruising down the road yesterday minding my own business when I spotted this cool old Buick Riviera for sale on the side of the road. The gigantic FOR SALE slathered across the windshield...

Hotchkis Unveils New Bolt In Suspension Upgrades For 1964-1966 Mustangs! No Excuses For Sloppy Handling Anymore!

The first generation Mustang is one of the most popular cars in the BangShifting universe, so when we got news that Hotchkis had developed a bolt in TVS suspension setup for them, we needed to share...

Drag Week 2013 Photos – Action Shots From The Last Day At Beech Bend Raceway In Bowling Green

(Photos by Justin Oney) – The last day of Hot Rod Drag Week is interesting every year. For the start of the session it is tense and potentially drama filled as guys make a last clean run to...