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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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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...

1969 Camaro Dragged From Bottom Of Oklahoma Lake Full Of Corpses – 1950 Chevy As Well! Creepy News!

CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE REST OF OUR CONTENT FOR TODAY! In a news story that seems to come right of the screen of a Wes Craven movie, police in Oklahoma discovered two cars submerged at the bottom...

2013 NHRA New England Hot Rod Reunion – More Great Wheels Up Photos!

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – We told you yesterday that seemingly every car on the grounds of New England Dragway at the 2013 NHRA New England Hot Rod Reunion was capable of yanking huge...

Brian Darwas Turns The Camera On Himself – Here’s The Trailer To His Newest Film Called “Livin’ It”

We’ve long been fans of Brian Darwas and both his hot rods and his films. He’s documented some cool stuff like cars cruising across the country to Bonneville, ancient motorcycles racing...

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Regular Car Review: This Is The Most Hilarious Video You Will See All Day!

Every once in a while, a reader tips us off to a true gem and thanks to Jeremy, we have fallen into the rabbit hole known as the “Regular Car Review Channel” on YouTube. The dude who runs...

Watch An Old Fuel Dragster Suffer A Blower Explosion During A Burnout And Shoot Shrapnel Everywhere – Nitro = Danger!

Chad and I both love nostalgia drag racing very much. Some would say too much, but that is another story for another day. One of the things that is both cool and really freaking dangerous at...

Tom Bailey’s 6.83 Drag Week Average Is The Biggest Drag Racing Feat In Decades – Here’s Why

(Photos by John Gatliff) – While Tom Bailey’s mind-blowing 6.83 average upon completion of Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2013 is most certainly the single greatest accomplishment for a...