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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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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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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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New Product: AFCO Unveils New Heat Exchanger For Mustang Cobras

A few weeks ago we announced that AFCO was going to be hiring a bunch of new people at their headquarters in Boonville, Indiana, and today we are showing you one of their newest parts. If you own a...

Video: Champion Speed Shop Front Engine Dragster Wins Pepsi Night Fire Nationals In Boise

Les Mayhew does some great video work, and is another one of the great supporters of Nostalgia Drag Racing. We weren’t able to make it to the Pepsi Night Fire Nationals in Boise last month, but...

Ebay Find: 2013 Drag Week Chevette Ready For You To Finish

When Tim Reed came out on Drag Week last year and tickled the 7 second barrier. For all the Chevy dudes that want to see a Chevrolet Econobox make a statement on Drag Week, here is your shot....

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Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2012 Update: The Carnage Monster Attacks In Texas!

Well it was certainly an interesting day at the Texas Motorplex on Tuesday as a couple of Drag Week fields were decimated by carnage both on a off the track. There were some heroic runs, monster...

Hot Rod Drag Week 2012 – Today’s Track: Thunder Road Raceway – Gilliam, Louisiana

After two intense days of competition at Tulsa Raceway Park and the Texas Motorplex, 2012 Hot Rod Drag Week competitors will be laying the lumber to the quarter mile at Thunder Road Raceway Park in...

Racing Junk Find: BangShift Needs A Monster Truck!

We want a Monster Truck bad. Really bad. I love them. I want to drive one. I want to jump one and do slap wheelies and all that. I want to yell and scream when I get out of it after winning freestyle...

Video: On The Bumper! In, On, And Outside Ray Litz X275 Car At Holley’s LSFest

BangShifter Brian Wagner was at LSFest this weekend with us, and unfortunately we didn’t have any time to hang out since I was running around in an attempt to reach Olympic Athlete status. But,...

Chadmouth: Why Are So Many Racers IDIOTS When It Comes To Racecar Safety?

As usual this edition of Chadmouth will probably cause some controversy, but before I get started, let me assure you that if you have read the title of this edition of Chadmouth and are immediately...

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Top 11 List BangShifter Submission Edition: The Eleven Worst “Performance” Packages Courtesy Of Matt Cramer

Normally Brian and I come up with the Top 11 lists here at BangShift.com although on occasion we’ll ask for a few “regular” BangShifters to put their thinking caps on if we need to...

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Drag Week 2012: Today’s Track – The Texas Motorplex – Ennis, Texas

Today Drag Week heads to one of the country’s finest drag strips, the Texas Motorplex. There’s been lots of modern drag racing history made at this track and many of us are salivating at...

Drag Week Update: Nuclear Drag War in Oklahoma – Larson, Lutz, Barry All Crest 200mph!

Let it be known, Monday was the quickest and fastest Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week competition day in the history of the event, which is now in its eighth running. Three cars crested the two hundred...

Event Coverage: Holley’s LS Fest In Bowling Green Was Bigger and Badder Than Ever. Check Out Our After Dark Drag Racing Action.

Announcing LSFest should qualify me for an Olympic Medal. Seriously, Michael Phelps, LeBron James, and Missy Franklin can suck it. They wouldn’t be able to keep up. And as much as that sucks...

eBay Find: A 1934 Chevy That’s Built To The Hilt – But Is It Too Much?

You can find lots of Pro Street style hot rods for sale on eBay. Most look the part, but don’t have all that much in the suds department. Then there’s the select few cars like this 1934...

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Drag Week 2012 – What You Need to Know About Today’s Track – Tulsa Raceway Park

Today is the first official day of Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2012 presented by Gear Vendors. We’re at Tulsa Raceway Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Since you’re there and we’re here, we...