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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Main Event At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Top Fuel, FIA Championship Drags, And More!

One of the biggest drag racing events in Europe is on this weekend and you can watch it right here, live! The event is the kickoff for the 2026 FIA Championship drag racing season and it is also...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Indy 500 Driver’s Meeting! With All This Qualifying And Practice Done It’s Almost Time To Race! Watch It All Live Here! INDYCAR SERIES

We’ve got a few days until the start of the Indy 500, but there is plenty of practice and qualifying action to watch until then! We’ve got live streaming video from the Indianapolis Motor...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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Saturday $20,000 Race AND Wheelie Contest! Wasting Fuel Productions Coal Rush $20ks Big Money Bracket Racing Weekend LIVE!

It’s time for more LIVE big money bracket racing. This weekend’s Coal Rush 20s start now and promise tight racing and big payouts. With other races being cancelled this weekend due to...

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Building The Rearend and Custom Race Steering Wheel For The Martin Lundqvist Racing Street Week Sweden Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project!

Project 508 is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple videos to share below and will be bringing you more in the coming weeks as...

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FREE Drag Racing Livestream: 9th Annual Strange Engineering Ronnie Buff Memorial Friday

There is soooo much going on at the 9th Annual Ronnie Buff Memorial race at Shadyside this weekend! No matter what kind of racing you are into, there is going to be something here for you to enjoy....

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Drag Gallery: Gassers At Greer Dragway – Period Correct, Gear Jamming Greatness! Must See!

(Photos by Daron Gray) – Recently, the grounds of Greer Dragway in Greer, South Carolina served as the backdrop for one hell of a nostalgia drag race featuring 12 of the baddest ass period...

Sneak Peek Gallery: The 2012 Houston Autorama – Load In Night

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Early next week we’re going to have some boss hoss coverage of the 2012 Houston Autorama from our own Charles Wickam. The other night Charles donned his his...

Video: AMX-Cess Featured on Big Muscle – Watch This Pro Touring Machine Carve Up the Canyons!

Both Chad and I are friendly with Jimi Day the owner of the car featured in this video, an AMX he has dubbed AMX-cess. The car is really neat with a full boogie Ridetech Suspension, a large but...

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Show Gallery: Jalopyrama 2012 – Gallery 2 — Cool Rod, Racers, Customs, and More!

(Photos by Dan Grippo) – A few days back we brought you the first half of the photo pule Dan Grippo shared with us from Jalopyrama 2012, held in Annapolis, Maryland. The show is open to...

Gallery: The 2012 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals – Gallery Two!

(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – Here’s another great batch of photos from Greg and Bob documenting their visit to the 2012 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals show outside of...

Best of BangShift: EPIC CARNAGE PHOTO FROM ROGER RICHARDS – ONE MANGLED HEMI!

Roger Richards is one of the great modern day drag racing photographers. He’s been shooting races for years and has amassed an amazing library of images. He’s also one heck of a nice guy...

Best of BangShift – Insane Engine: A 12-Rotor – Twin-Turbo – 5,000 Plus Horsepower Monster

Over the coming days, you’ll see some stuff you have probably never seen before but few things will make your jaw drop like this thing. We caught up with the guys from Smith Power this morning...

Best of BangShift – Roadside Find: A 1947 GMC Suburban Carryall That Andy Dufresne Would Hate

While we’re full-blown car dweebs here at BangShift, we’re also minor league movie dweebs as well. That’s why we nearly drove off the road on a recent family day trip to York,...

BangShift Mini-Feature: Yannick Sire’s Insane Twin-Engine Speed Buggy

Yannick Sire’s self-built, twin engine, speed buggy is one of the coolest hot rods to hit the world in our memory. It has rightfully received loads of media attention and there are near riots...

Evan Knoll Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison

Drag racing’s long national nightmare is over. Today, Evan Knoll was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison that will be followed by a five year period of supervised probation. Knoll was also...

Craigslist Find: The Krispy Kritter Jet Powered 1967 Mustang – Vintage Jet Machine With Little Documented History and Lots of Mystery!

It isn’t often when an old drag car hits the interwebs and leaves more questions than answers, but such is the case with the Krispy Kritter jet 1967 Mustang. The car has lived its entire life...

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Bonus Gallery: More Killer Photos From The 2012 Bruce Larson USA-1 Dragfest

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we brought you the first of two galleries captured by Joe Grippo at Bruce Larson’s USA-1 Dragfest 2012. Today we’re throwing the second one all up...

Cool Gallery: Photos From Ken Cox BangShift’s Newest Photo Contributor!

(Photos by Ken Cox) – One of the neatest things about BangShift is that we’ve got a literal network of talented lensmen (and women!) spread clear across the USA, Canada, England, and even...

Test Your Gearhead Knowlegde: A Mea Culpa, Yesterday’s Answer, and Today’s Challenging Part!

First off, an apology. The other day I totally screwed the pooch and identified a 1929 Dodge flatead four banger as a Crosley mill. Gino Ofria had sent the photos over and I screwed up the order when...