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A Weekend At The Drags with Joe Grippo: Racing, Photos, And Fun From Darana Raceway Park Maple Grove in Pennsylvania.

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Arguably the biggest bombshell news story that came out of last year’s PRI show was the legendary Pennsylvania drag strip Maple Grove Raceway being acquired by the...

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Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event Is The Father’s Day Car Show! We’ve Got Photos Right Here!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Making Fiberglass Doors Actually Fit, And Making The Steering Work Properly!

Doors that shut and wheels that turn might not sound super exciting, but they require fabrication and time in order to be right and that’s what we dig. This project has been fun to follow, and...

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PDRA Drag Racing Video: Pro Nitrous and Pro Boost Round 1 North vs South Shootout Qualifying from Maryland International Raceway

We’ve shared some live track testing going on at Maryland International Raceway where PDRA’s top teams were on hand to see what kind of improvements they can make as they got ready for this past...

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Extended Highlights from the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa | GT World Challenge powered by AWS 2026

We share all kinds of live racing action from the 24 Hours of SPA this weekend, but if you missed any of that we’ve got great highlight video below that shows the best racing action from the...

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IMSA 6-Hours of Watkins Glen Endurance Racing Highlight Video Is Right Here! Only The Best Racing Action!

Here we go again! The 2026 IMSA Racing season is in full swing and this weekend the series was visiting Watkins Glen in New York which is one of the most famous race tracks in the country! There was...

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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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Video: Watch A Chevelle Wagon That Looks Hammered Totally Haul Around the Autocross Course – Sleeper!

Sleepers rule in all of their many forms. From the unassuming pieces that can rocket down a drag strip and leave jaws hanging, to cars like the Chevelle wagon featured in this video that look as...

Drag Gallery: Fords At the 2012 NHRA Dutch Classic

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Joe Grippo appreciates cool iron of all shapes, sizes, and brand identity, but we know he’s a Ford loving dude deep down. There were lots of Cobra Jets on the...

More Free LIVE Streaming Video: The Million Dollar Race At Montgomery Motorsports Park

“The Million” as it’s come to be known is in it’s 17th year, and brings bracket racers from all over the country who want their shot at the largest single day drag race payout...

The Answer To Yesterday’s Test Of Your Gearhead Knowledge and a Few Extra Photos You’ll Want To See!

Once again, the BangShift readership nailed the gearhead challenge we threw down yesterday cold. After the weirdo Lincoln engine, the old Model A block, and the Willys Jeep engine, a famous V8...

VIDEO REMINDER: LIVE STREAM OF THE NHRA CALIFORNIA HOT ROD REUNION TOMORROW! NOW AVAILABLE ON MOBILE DEVICES!

TOMORROW! Yes, like the day after today, the 21st NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion will be streaming here on BangShift LIVE and FREE for your viewing enjoyment. We’re excited to announce that...

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Caption This Bitchin’ Photo: Bill Mitchell, The Thunderbug, and An Unknown Set of Legs

(Photo by Martyn Schorr) – These days most people know Bill Mitchell because he runs a Top Fuel dragster, operates World Products and Bill Mitchell Hardcore Racing Products but back in the...

Drag Gallery: Mighty Mopars At The 2012 NHRA Dutch Classic

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we showed you a gallery that featured just COPO Camaros and Mustang Cobra Jets. We got some hate mail from the Mopar crowd that we didn’t put the Drag...

Big News!!! Mike Galimi, One Of The Coolest Dudes In The Racing Media, Is Now Race Pages Editor

I met Mike Galimi in a dive bar near Milan Dragway a few years ago now and, despite his Yankee accent, thought he was  pretty cool dude from the get go. He knew how to drink, played pool okay, and...

Easy Bolt-In For Chevy II: American Powertrain’s New Trans Swap Crossmember Makes It Simple

The dudes at American Powertrain just keep coming up with more and more cool products. And since we’re in the middle of building an engine for a ’66 Chevy II, we thought this one was...

Chadmouth: More Travel Woes… Some People Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Fly…

Almost exactly a year ago I wrote a Chadmouth titled “Travel Rookies Suck”, that got a lot of interest and resulted in lots of comments, emails, and phone calls. If you didn’t catch...

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Ebay Find: All Fiberglass ’69 Camaro On A G-Body Chassis… Weird? Cool? Hmmmmm

Scott Payton, one of the geeks that keeps BangShift.com up and running on the web, sent us this one yesterday and we have to say it shocked us. We had never heard of Corbin Rods all fiberglass...

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Another Test of Your Gearhead Knowledge – Yesterday’s Answer and Today’s Challenge!

Once again, there was no stumping the BangShift readership as Jim Forbes knocked it out of the park yesterday nailing the little four cylinder block we showed as an old Ford ‘banger out of a...

Drag Gallery: COPO Camaros and Mustang Cobra Jets At The 2012 Dutch Classic

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we brought you the wheelstands and today we’re going to bring you some of the most modern muscle that attacked the strip at Maple Grove last weekend...