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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Division 2 Divisional Lucas Oil Sportsman Drag Racing At South Georgia Motorsports Park – Friday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 2! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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First Drive Video: Westen Champlin’s Cummins Swapped Rolls Royce Is Something Special. Absurd, But Special.

I like a good Cummins as much as the next guy, but this is a bit over the top. Of course it won’t surprise you since it is coming from Westen Champlin, but at the same time it is taking the...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: IHRA Outlaw Nitro Racing Series Action From Virginia Motorsports Park

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie Virginia, where racers are going to be battling...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Wednesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) The Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina celebrated it’s 37th anniversary this year and as usual had a sellout crowd. This show sells out every year,...

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Wheels Up Video: Watch Mike Bilina’s Bitchin’ ’56 Chevy Yank Two Sky High Wheelstands On The Same Run!

Know what’s better than watching a gasser style ’56 Chevy yanking huge ass wheelstands? Watching a gasser style ’56 Chevy yanking huge ass wheelstands on a Friday! If this video (or...

Hemmings Find: The Raybestos Racing Giveaway GTO Is Already For Sale! Come On People!

Despite all the incorrect information in the ad, this car is super bad ass. It was built using all of Raybestos’ cool NASCAR race brakes, a kick ass 700 hp Chevy Performance LS454, a Tremec...

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Car Show Gallery: The 2013 Dayton, Tennessee Community Car Show – Mechanical Diversity Defined!

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – There’s one thing about a small town car show, especially one located in the South—you’re almost guaranteed to see some pretty cool stuff. Even if...

Would You Drive It: A Volkswagen Bus Bodied Studebaker Weasel

I know that the answer to this for Brian is a resounding “Hell Yes!”, because it is not only a tracked vehicle but also a Studebaker tracked vehicle which just makes it weird, and...

Big Oly Baja 1000 Truck For Sale: The Trophy Truck We Have Been Lusting Over For Years Could Be Yours

When Allen Frye sent us the tip that Big Oly was for sale on Ebay, I just about crapped myself. Once I realized it was the “new” version of Big Oly, my rectum calmed down but only a...

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Major Wreckage Video: 84-Year Old Willard Kinzer Wrecks His Awesome Twin Turbo Cobalt Hard In Atlanta

Willard Kinzer is a name you should know. The man is a certified 84-year old BangShift hero who races anywhere and virtually anything he can get his mitts on. We last saw him in person at the late...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Hot Rod Or Racing Stuff Are You Doing This Weekend?

It’s FRIDAY!!!!!! And that means it’s time for the weekend to get started. Don’t worry, we won’t tell your boss. Officially summer doesn’t start until June 21st, but the...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Road Runner – Bo Diddly (1960)

While not written about the actual Plymouth Road Runner, Bo Diddly’s tune that references the infamous cartoon character is a great listen and a fantastic driving song. The song has been...

Video: Car Jumps Through Travel Trailer At Speed. Makes It And Drives Away!

There is no good reason for any of this to have happened other than it looks like great fun. In fact, the car they use look perfectly nice. I often wonder how much drinking or smoking has to be done...

Drag Gallery: NHRA Division One Sportsman Action! From Nitro To Stock Eliminator HERE!

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – Memorial Day Weekend here in the Northeast is traditionally the weekend all the hitters from the NHRA Division 1 region come to duke it out at Maple Grove...

Project Buford T Justice Update: We Finally Give Our 1987 9C1 Caprice A Cheapo Nose Job!

Finally, our long national nightmare is over and we solved it for a shade more than $60! So I finally caved and fixed the missing bumper filler situation on the nose of the BangShift project Buford T...

eBay Greatness: The Rolling Chassis From A Factory Backed Chevette Funny Car! Seriously!

You think we’re making this up, but we really aren’t. Back in the early 1980s, Vauxhall (think English Chevrolet) actually commissioned the construction of two Chevette funny cars...

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PowerShift Is LIVE AND FREE Tonight At 6pm Pacific and 9pm Eastern – Money Back Guarantee!

Tune in right here tonight at 6pm Pacific/9 pm Eastern for PowerShift LIVE with Chad and Brian where we are going to talk about the new Camaro Hot Wheels Edition, Magnante’s Bad Seed, NASCAR,...

Major Improvements Continue At New England Dragway As NHRA National Event Looms Large In Just A Couple Of Weeks

Normally we have the crappy duty of reporting on when a drag strip closes, changes ownership, gets in trouble with local government, or runs afoul of their customers…not today. We’re here...