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Drag Racing Photos: The PDRA Carolina Nationals 2026 Were Cold But The Action Was Hot! Check Out All Of Our Galleries Starting Right Here!

(Photos by David Whealon) – The PDRA Carolina Nationals from Darlington were cold and challenging, but we’ve got a bunch of photos from David Whealon showing just how cool the cars and...

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Tool Testing: Mustard vs Ketchup DeWALT says their 1st Right Angle Die Grinder is 1.5X As Powerful As Milwaukee!

We love tool tests around here, and while we know many of you out there are super loyal to mustard or ketchup, aka DeWalt or Milwaukee, we’re not really that particular. Yes I understand why...

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Super Stocker Feature: This Classic Tri-Five has been a 265ci powered Small Block Race Car Since 1972!

Old race cars are cool, but old race cars owned and raced by the same people for decades is even cooler. That is exactly what this cool 1955 Chevrolet is. Rene Garza is the man behind this great...

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2026 Virginia Motorsports Park IHRA Pro-Am Series Super Stock And Stock Eliminator Drag Racing

It’s time for some IHRA Stock and Super Stock video, this time from our friend Bobby Fazio at the IHRA Pro Am at Virginia Motorsports Park. We’ve shared other photos and video from the event...

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Influence And Impact Podcast: Rolling Art – Wheel History Part 3: Billet Wheels And Multiple Piece Aluminum Wheels

Wheels and tires make or break a car. When combined with the right stance, the wheels and tires on your ride can dramatically change the look, character, and feel of any car or truck. With one simple...

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Boots On The Ground: How To Actually Fill A Dragstrip In 2026

(Words By Darr Hawthorne) • Drag racing, and motorsports in general, has never been an easy sell. It wasn’t in 1965, it wasn’t in 1985, and it sure isn’t now. Somewhere along the way, we all...

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BS Photo Highlight Reel: Joe Grippo’s Favorite Images From 2012

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) – (Editor’s note: Joe Grippo was our very first photo contributor to BangShift. He’s OG as far as Chad and I are concerned!) I don’t remember...

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Best of 2012: Wild Video of a Funny Car Driver Getting Bathed In Boiling Hot Trans Fluid And Escaping

Driving a Funny Car, whether it is powered by a blown alky engine, a nitro mill, or even a gas motor takes real courage. This video is proof in living color. My pal Jon Wall owns and drives the...

BS Daily Tune Up: The Ramones – Go Lil’ Camaro Go!

The Ramones need no introduction. Loud, fast, gritty, and infamous, the band wasn’t a chart topping wonder during their time touring and releasing new albums but over the years their stature...

Tonight 6PM Pacific – 9PM Eastern — PowerShift LIVE With Brian and Chad – The BS Year In Review!

It’s Thursday so that means that once again it is BangShift PowerShift time! Brian and Chad’s LIVE weekly show will be back and rolling tonight at 6pm Pacific and 9pm eastern. We’ll...

eBay Find: A Turbine Powered 1984 Honda Magna Motorcycle – Runs And Drives…If You Dare!

We don’t know much about motorcycles, but we do know that this 1984 Honda Magna is way freaking cooler with a Boeing T50 turbine engine providing the power than it was with the twin or four...

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BS Photo Highlight Reel: Charles Wickam’s Favorite Shots From 2012 – Nitro, Autocross, Dirt and More!

(Words and Photos by Charles Wickam) -Looking back on the year, 2012 was a time of highs and lows for me in photography. The year started off pretty well with the purchase of a newer faster camera to...

BS Daily Tune-Up: Trophy Machine By The Rip Chords – Released 1964

The Southern California band known as the Rip Chords is known by most gearheads for their famous car jam Hey Little Cobra. The group cranked out a ton of great car songs during their heyday in the...

Best of BangShift 2012: The English Brothers With Their Jag and MG Drag Machines – Feature!

Few classes were weirder and wilder than the old NHRA Modified Sports Car ranks. The Modified Sports classes had their own rules which were similar to the gas classes and the resulting creations...

Craigslist Find: What Happens When A Geo Metro Mates With A Motorcycle In Wisconsin

BangShifter Kyle Odekirk must have been doing some late Christmas shopping on Craigslist or maybe figuring out how to spend his Christmas cash when he found this wild creation. What you are looking...

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BS Photo Highlight Reel: Dave Nutting’s Favorite Shots From 2012 – Racing, Shows, Thrashing, and More!

(Words and Photos by Dave Nutting) – 2012 was quite the year for me as a photographer in terms of new experiences. It is hard for me to believe, but I’ve only been shooting photos for these...

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Tech Video: Holley Power Valves Explained

We ran across this simple video from Holley that shows the basics of Holley Power Valves and know that for some reason Power Valves seem to have a lot of voodoo surrounding them. There...

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Video:Big Rig Burnout Video Counter Punch – A Working Mack Strikes Back Against The Aussies!

Chad’s video of the Bandag Bullet smoking tires is cute and all, but as he mentions in his blog item that truck is a specially built racing and tire frying machine. We’re not knocking it...

Burnout Video: This One May Be The Best Big Rig Burnout Ever

The Bandag Bullet is a 12 second big rig, which is super impressive, although I still think our own Thump Truck may be better just because it’s a 13 second fully functional and original weight...

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM BANGSHIFT.COM!

Merry Christmas! Brian and I, along with all our families and BangShift.com sponsors, would like to wish all of our friends and readers a very Merry Christmas. While we are frying up turkey here on...