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US Street Nationals Testing: LIVE Testing Action From Bradenton Motorsports Park. It’s Time For The Drag Illustrated Winter Series!

It’s time for the Drag Illustrated Winter Series in Florida to continue! The US Street Nationals are on this weekend, and while the rest of the easter half of the country will be freezing, the...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: More Of The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Here’s Photo Gallery #2 from Joe Grippo, as we’ve got even more to share from his Best Of 2025. Check them out below and if you missed the first gallery, we’ve got a link below to...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 IMSA Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup at Daytona International Speedway | Race 1 | Daytona Beach, Florida

There is so much racing that is going on in Daytona this week, leading up to the famed Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona which starts on Saturday. There have been a full week of races and practice so far,...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! The Livestream Starts With This View Of Hammertown Coming Together LIVE From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Joe Grippo is one of BANGshift’s longest running contributors and has covered everything from junkyards to car shows and drag races to drag and drives, and so much more. He drags his lovely...

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IHRA ANNOUNCES THE LEASING AND OPERATIONS OF THE PULASKI COUNTY MOTORSPORTS PARK, FORMERLY THE MOTOR MILE SPEEDWAY

It feels like forever since IHRA announced a new track purchase, but they haven’t been sitting around twiddling their thumbs. Nope, yesterday they made the announcement that they had signed a...

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Galleries:Our Photos From the PSCA’s Street Car Supernationals VIII – Door Slammer Action!

(Photos by Rob Kinnan) – If you missed our live streaming broadcast of the 2012 PSCA Street Car Supernationals you failed to see one of the great door slammer drag races of all time. ET records...

Video Replay: The 2012 Street Car Super Nationals

That’s right folks, it’s time for the biggest battle of East vs. West in Pro Street, Outlaw 10.5, Drag Radial and more, and we’ll have it all live from Las Vegas where Street Car...

Video: Watch The Greatest 8-Second Sleeper In America Lay Down A Lap At Atco

There’s nothing better than a great sleeper and the 1967 Chevelle in this video is better than great, it is sublime. The car goes by the name, “Honk If Parts Fall Off” and it sure...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Bizarro Part Identified and Today’s Challenge Introduced!

Unstoppable and all-knowing are the two words that I’d use to describe the throngs of people checking on our daily “Test Your Gearhead Knowledge” blog items. As usual, you guys got...

eBay Find: A Mint 1975 GMC Motorhome – Is The New BangShift Mobile Command Center – It Has An Air Raid Siren!

Chad and I have long joked that we need a BangShift mobile command center. We need a vehicle capable of serving as our live broadcast station, living quarters when Daphne and Kerri get pissed at us...

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eBay Find: A 1966 Charger Body From The Dawn Of The Funny Car Era – Vintage Perfection

Today’s modern funny cars are cool with their 300+mph speeds, 8,000hp engines, and big league sponsorships. Nostaliga nitro funny cars incorporate the feel of the old days with some new tech...

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Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Ancient Behemoth And Today’s Weirdo Component

I went full on weirdo with yesterday’s engine because I was hoping to cause the BS readership to throw up a goose egg in the guess department, but no, you went ahead and nailed it. The engine...

Photos: Action and Bits From The Pits At The NMCA Drag Week Shootout In Houston

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It was an Unlimited Drag Week reunion of sorts last weekend in Houston, Texas as the NMCA invited a load of the heaviest hitters that competed at Drag Week 2012 to...

Vintage Coolness: Another Collection Of Ads From The 1964 New York International Auto Show

It has been a while since we delved into our treasure trove of ads from the program of the 1964 New York International Auto Show. We’re jumping back in with both feet today with a neat...

Gallery: The SCTA El Mirage November Meet – LSR Action In The California Dirt!

(Photos by Zane McNary) – The SCTA held their final meet of the season at the famed El Mirage dry lake last weekend and as is normally the case, the action was fast and dusty. BangShift’s...

Help Hurricane Sandy Victims, and Yourself, With 40% Off Superwinch Promotion!

We just got word from the guys and gals at Superwinch that they have started a special promotion that is going to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy get back on their feet again while also saving...

FREE LIVE VIDEO: The 5-Day Bracket Championships LIVE NOW From Palm Beach International Raceway

Mark Walter is once again on site bring you guys great drag racing, and this weekend it is the PBIR 5-Day Bracket Championships. One of the most revered races in the bracket racing world, it is also...

Epic Video: Les Mayhew’s 2012 California Hot Rod Reunion Video Right Here

While we are standing on the scaffolding bringing you all the live nostalgia drag racing coverage you have come to love here at BangShift.com, Les Mayhew is on the ground shooting his ass off getting...

Buy Now: Summit Racing Equipment Is Taking Orders For MSD Atomic LS EFI System

When MSD Announced the Atomic LS EFI System at SEMA a couple weeks ago, we told you it was going to be a big deal. And it is. Summit Racing Equipment knows it’s a big deal too, and has them up...