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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Starts Today And Will Hit 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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Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two Video | Great Bend, KS to Kearney, NE | Kearney Raceway Park

Here’s the Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two video and boy is it a fun one. We’re talking on the road, on the track and more! It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and...

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The $5,000 LS Swap Challenge: Is a Budget LS swap Still Possible? We’ll Find Out, as Hagerty is Building the Ultimate Sleeper Barn Find!

The $250 LS engine. It sparked a movement that has out paced even the experts biggest expectations, and has created an entire group of new companies in the automotive aftermarket. On top of that, it...

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Touring Car Icons Reunited for the Heritage Touring Cup Round 1 at the Spa Classic by Peter Auto Le Mans Classic

Every spring, the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit becomes what they call “a living theater of automotive history.”Classic cars, classic engines, and some of the finest historic and vintage car...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 3!

It’s alive! Here’s the Part 3 video in the series, and that means actual driving! Yes, this thing is going down the road in this one and showing off all the bits underneath. I love donor...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Sheet Metal Madness – The FJ Gets A Glove Box, Floor Mods And Doghouse Fab

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the roof and dash coming along, as well as the pedals and steering in a second video. There is a lot more going on as well, but that’s the fab...

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Cruise Gallery: The Mass Cruisers Association Bass Pro Shops Cruise – Foxboro, Massachusetts

It was a fine end to the cruising season here in New England last week as the Mass. Cruisers Association held their final massive get together at the Bass Pro Shops store located at Patriot’s...

2012 NHRA CHRR: Pit and People Photos From Bakersfield

(Photos by Zane McNary) – While the cars provide the thrills and chills on the track, the major reason that we and so many other people love the sport of drag racing is because of the people....

2012 NHRA CHRR: All Of Our Dragster and Altered Action Photos!

(Photos by Zane McNary) – The most specialized vehicles in the sport of drag racing are the aptly named dragsters. They do not turn well, they do not stop well, they do not provide a...

2012 NHRA CHRR Photos: All of Our Doorslammer Action Photos!

(Photos by Zane McNary) – While the Funny Cars get lots of love from everyone, it is the cars with doors that make up the true foundation of events the like the 2012 NHRA CHRR. From the slower...

2012 CHRR Photos: All Of Our Photos From The Killer Car Show At The Patch

Along with the awesome drag racing action at the 2012 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion, a section of the pits at Famoso is cut out to host a car show which fills up with lots of clean, cool, unique,...

2012 CHRR Photo Galleries: ALL OF OUR FUNNY CAR PHOTOS FROM BAKERSFIELD!

(Photos by Zane McNary) – There’s no doubt that the hottest class in nostalgia drag racing is the Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car category. With more than 30 of these 5-second nitro swilling...

CHRR Photos: The Cacklefest Gallery

(Photos by Zane McNary) – We’re going to be recapping a fantastic weekend at the 2012 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion today blow by blow, starting with the coolness that Zane McNary...

2012 CHRR GALLERIES – ALL OF OUR AWESOME PHOTOS! CACKLEFEST AND EVERYTHING ELSE!

We know you’ve been watching our live video from the 2012 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion and here’s another dimension to our coverage, fantastic still photos. We have a couple of dudes...

ON-DEMAND: CHRR HOT ROD REUNION & THROWDOWN IN T-TOWN REPLAY

Starting this Friday morning, BangShift will be streaming video LIVE AND FREE from the 2012 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion. This race will feature tons of great sportsman action along with the...

Retro Galleries: Photos From The 2011 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion

Depending on what part of the world you are in, BangShift is already LIVE STREAMING the 2012 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion from Bakersfield — CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FREE LIVE STREAM –...

eBay Find: A Soviet Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engine That Would Be Fun To Use Until We Killed Ourselves With It

If nothing else, the fact that this Soviet Cold War era liquid rocket engine, originally designed to power a cruise missile, showed up on eBay illustrates the fact that not even the craziest among us...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Best Roadtrip Food?

We’re getting ready to start our road trip up to the California Hot Rod Reunion today, and it made us think. What is the best roadtrip food? It could be your favorite thing to munch on while...

Drag Gallery: Chevy, Buick, Pontiac and Olds Race Cars From the 2012 NHRA Dutch Classic!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – You GM fans have been patient while we rolled out the galleries to the Ford and Mopar crowds. Now it is your turn and you can take solace that it is the biggest one of...

Join In The Fun! It’s Tipsy Trickster Time For The California Hot Rod Reunion

In addition to BangShift’s FREE LIVE Streaming Video, here are a couple other ways of experiencing the California Hot Rod Reunion XXI this weekend, even if you can’t make it to the...

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