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The Lake Effect Showdown at Kuhnle Motorsports Park Is Small Tire Drag Racing Greatness! Lil Gangstas, Small Tire

The Lake Effect Showdown brings the excitement of small tire racing to Lil Gangstas’ racing to Kuhnle Motorsports Park on Saturday June 13th, 2026! This unique event will be a first for the area on...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: STREAMING VIDEO From The 21st Annual Ultimate 64 Bracket Race From Darana Kil-Kare Raceway – Saturday

Kil-Kare Raceway is home to some awesome events, including the 21st annual Ultimate 64 Big Money Bracket Races this weekend. This is one of the older events in the mid west and racers flock to this...

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FREE Bracket Racing Livestream: 8th Annual Spring King Of The Creek Bracket Racing Is LIVE Right Here – Saturday

Maryland International Raceway is home to the King of the Creek, and this weekend’s spring event is as big and competitive as always. With classes for everyone, and some of the Mid-Atlantic’s...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Sportsman Nationals At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Sportsman, Nostalgia Classes, and More!

Enjoy all the racing action from Santa Pod’s Sportsman Nationals this weekend, as Nostalgia Drag Racing and National Championship drag racing competitors battle it out head to head to see...

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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Continues Today as We are Heading for The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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The Hot Rod Hoarder Gasser Henry J Project Part 8: Putting a HISTORIC Gasser Back on the Track Feels Oh So Good!

Tommy and the kids are back at it, and it’s a runner! They are hitting the dragstrip to bring this project full circle, so check it out. The big block should be fun with all the new parts that...

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BangShift Daily Tune Up: East Bound and Down – Jerry Reed (1977)

Jerry Reed is probably better known as an actor now than as a musician but the dude was all over the place in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He and Burt Reynolds were an acting tandem in several...

Car Chase Movie Sunday: The Violent And Bad Ass Cigarette Truck Chase From Beverly Hills Cop

Here’s our last one of the day and it is a favorite. This is the great cigarette truck chase scene from the original Beverly Hills Cop. Eddie Murphy is stuck in the back of the big truck (and...

Car Chase Movie Sunday: A Trans Am Takes On A Hot Rod Chevy Pickup In 1978’s The Driver

I guess I have Pontiacs on the brain today but seeing as this is another 1970s movie and it features another 1970s Pontiac in a car chase I guess it is fair to say that Poncho was the only brand out...

Car Chase Movie Sunday: Steven Segal In A Classic Chevy Pickup Versus An Evil Mack!

Steven Segal owned the schlocky action genre for a time in the 1990s and then became a dominant player in the “straight to DVD” market. He’s now a real life law enforcement officer...

Jump Video Extravaganza! Part Four: Dukes Of Hazzard, Starsky And Hutch, And More

This is a montage of television and film greatness! All the high flying action you wish they still had on tv, plus some great movie stuff too. And it’s all set to great ’80s music. The...

Jump Video Extravaganza! Part Three: A Big Ramp, A Big Truck, and Small IQ Make For Carnage

Take one part falling apart early ’90s Chevy Truck, one part giant long ass ramp, one part just as big landing ramp, separate by 2.5 truck lengths, shake driver until he’s reached single...

Jump Video Extravaganza! Part Two: Jeep Sand Dune Fail, That Isn’t A Jeep, Extra Fail

There are like 4 jillion postings of this video on YouTube, but the one we grabbed is a double fail, because not only does this dude fail miserably at landing his dune jump, but despite the title...

Jump Video Extravaganza! Part One: Farm Truck, Snow, Steep Ramp, Big Air, BIIIIGGGG Landing

Every time we mention that we want to jump a car or truck, Brian and I immediately get emails and texts from our Lawyer or Accountant telling us that we’ll get sued or kill ourselves or...

FREE LIVE STREAMING VIDEO: The IHRA Summit Racing PRO-AM Feb 2nd and 3rd.

Two races, 1 weekend, it’s the IHRA Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Series, and our buddy Mark Walter is live on location in Immokalee Florida bringing you all the action. Racing starts Saturday...

LAST CHANCE TO VOTE: The BangShift.com Facebook Photo Contest Ends Today!

Okay gang, here it is! All the entries in the first BangShift.com Facebook Photo Contest can be seen by clicking the contest graphic  below. You have until Friday February 1st at 5pm Pacific...

10% OFF: Auto Meter Custom Shop Anniversary Sale. 10% Off On Your Own Custom Designed Gauges

The Auto Meter Custom Shop is celebrating it’s First Anniversary, and in celebration they are giving us all a gift. If you go into the Auto Meter Custom Shop during the month of February and...

American Powertrain Is Having A Super Bowl Sale! February 1st-4th. Order NOW!

American Powertrain has really embraced the sale promotions over the past 6 months or so and their customers are loving it. BangShifters have been buying APT parts like mad, and we’re glad they...

Video: Watch An Evo Pop On The Dyno And Firehose The Cell (Including the Camera)

We’re not running this video as a goof on a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution as we think those cars are pretty tough little customers. The 2.0L four cylinder engines in them can make huge power with...

BangShift Question of the Day: Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Horsepower?

Just like an airplane pilot would tell you that there’s not such thing as too much altitude or too many engines, most hot rodders would tell you that there’s no such thing as too much...