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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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It’s Time For Buckeye Skips 2026! We’ve Got Photos Starting With Day 0 Right Here! Who Showed Up, and Who Are The Favorites?

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 0, when everyone shows up...

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More Car Show Photos From Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event! The 2026 Father’s Day Car Show!

(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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Australian Drag and Drive Machine! This 1400hp HQ Ute was Built to Survive Drag Challenge. Street and Strip Greatness!

The Aussies are something special when it comes to hot rods, race cars, and especially their street strip machines. With all the restrictions they have on what you can do to a car or truck over...

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John Jackson visits Squeeg’s Kustoms: Shop Tour, Projects, an insane Dodge A100, and photographing the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster!

After missing it for a couple of years, it was good to be back at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona in 2025. It was especially cool because the field of cars that were in contention for...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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Craigslist Find: A 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 With A Cummins, A Stick…..And A 13-Foot Long Bed

Scott Brown gets the credit for finding this interesting creation lurking on the Dallas, Georgia Craigslist listings. When viewed from certain angles, this 1999 Dodge looks like every other one ton...

Barnstormin’: Professional Drag Racing’s Performance Clubs Are Closed…And The Thrill Is Gone

(Editor’s note: TWO ‘Stormins in one week?! Yeah, I had to get this off my chest!) Over the last couple of days BS has had stories up about the quickest AA/FA pass in history and the...

In Car Video: Ride Along On The Fastest 10.5 Inch Tire Pass In Drag Racing History!

The guys at Moits Racing down in Australia officially lay claim to the fastest 10.5 quarter mile drag race car in the world. Their twin turbocharged Mustang sprinted down the 440-yard course at...

New Product: Ridetech’s All New C10 Front And Rear Suspension Available Now!

With the ever growing popularity of Chevy’s 1963-1972 C10 truck platform, especially in the handling arena, Ridetech has been doing some pretty extensive R&D and testing in order to bring...

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...