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OG SMALL TIRE RACING IN THE MOUNTAINS!!!! KILLER STREET AT ELK CREEK DRAGWAY JUNE 2026!!!!

Oooh yeah! Elk Creek Dragway is something special, and with racing like this we understand why. In this video you’ll see Killer Street 275/28 and more as the 5.30 and 6.30 index classes take...

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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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2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Full Race | Bommarito Automotive Group 500 from WWT Raceway

Just a couple of weekss after the famed Indy 500, the IndyCar Series was back at it for another weekend of racing. This time it was at the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 World Wide Technology Raceway...

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Finnegan’s 1961 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Drag Car Build Is Getting Closer! Interior At Home. Check It Out.

I talked to Mike the other day and he said that they are seriously working on the Cadillac to get it on the road this year. Sure, there is a lot to do, but they keep chipping away at it and in the...

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They CLOSED a Public Road for a Street Race and Heavy Hitters Came Out! Cash Days Street Racing Greatness!

We’ve livestreamed a few city sanctioned street race events over the years, and have heard of a few others, but it never gets old to hear that folks want to see Cash Days street races to go...

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New Right-Angle Impact Totally Resets the Scoreboard! These Aren’t Supposed To Be This Good!

Right angle impacts have really made a splash recently, and if you are like me and think they are just an over hyped cordless ratchet, you’d be wrong. Yes, I said it, I was wrong. I love me...

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Question of the Day: Do You Prefer Sleepers or In Your Face, High Zoot Cars?

With that hella cool L79 Nova eBay find we showed you earlier in the day came some thoughts about sleepers versus stuff like gasser look cars and pro street machines. While we like all three of those...

Driveway Tech: Engine Compartment Detailing, BangShift Style

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) – There are three things gearheads and even people with a mild interest in cars look at. The paint, the interior, and under the hood. The paint is obvious....

Event Gallery: The Brockway Trucks 100 Year Anniversary Celebration – Courtland, New York

(Photos by Jeremy George) – The Brockway Truck Company was in business from 1912 to 1977. The trucks were used all over the country and the world, by the US military, and nearly every industry...

eBay Find (That You Can’t Buy): A Perfectly Patina’d and Well Used 1966 L79 Nova – Factory Built Non-SS Sleeper!

This is the first time we have ever run an eBay Find on BangShift after the auction closed up, but gee whiz this car is worth it. Sold for the princely sum of $35,100, this 1966 Nova, which is a...

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Monday Evening Bonneville Report: We Talk To Jason Line, Almost Blow Away, And Watch Sicilio Run

Racing ended a little early on Monday thanks to some pretty nasty winds, but not matter what the weather, a Monday at Bonneville is way better than a Monday at work. We’ve got another batch of...

Bonneville Speed Week 2012: Jason Line Joins The 200mph Club, Speed Demon In Impound!

It’s been a crazy Monday here at Bonneville Speed Week 2012, and it’s only halfway over! We’ve got 100 more photos for you to check out, including photos of Jason Line who ran a...

Event Gallery: The 2012 Waupun Truck-N-Show – Big Rigs a Plenty and Chrome For Miles!

(Words and Photos by Greg Rourke) – This year was the 23rd year of the Waupun Truck-N-Show, held in Waupun, Wisconsin. Show trucks and working trucks from all over the US and Canada make the...

Watch Paul Dallenbach’s 1400hp Unlimited Pikes Peak Car Launch Off the Course With A Stuck Throttle – Driver Banged Up

Paul Dallenbach was driving one of the most hair raising machines at this year’s delayed Pike’s Peak Hill Climb. The 1,400hp open wheel car is a little larger than a go kart and packed...

Watch a Pikes Peak Racer Launch Their Car Over a Cliff, Suffer One of the Most Horrifying Wrecks We Have Ever Seen and Survive!

The footage you will see below is not an outtake from a movie or some specially altered special effects piece. This is footage of Pikes Peak racer Jeremy Foley and his co-driver launching their...

Late Sunday Bonneville Speed Week Update: Lots Of Speed, A Little Rain, and Plenty Of Carnage

Bonneville is the ultimate test of man and machine. The sun beats down on you no matter what you do, and being inside a car without air conditioning will make you question why driving is so much fun....

American Racing Legend Jerry Grant Has Died: First Man to Turn an Official 200mph Lap, Other Cool Accomplishments (Video)

Jerry Grant, who had a highly successful and diverse racing career during the 1960s and 1970s both nationally and internationally, has died. Grant was the first man to ever turn a racing competition...

Bonneville Speed Week Coverage: We’ve Dried Out And Are Hauling Ass!

Bonneville RULES! IT RULES! Seriously, it rules and you need to be out here with us. All the cool kids are doing it, and this is one time not to listen to your mother about peer pressure. The salts...

Bonneville Speed Week Coverage: It’s Damp, But Fast, And We Have More Photos!

With rain showers blowing through the Bonneville Salt Flats on Friday night, it made for a soupy morning on parts of Long Course One, and also on parts of the return and access roads, but that...

Bonneville Speed Week 2012 Starts NOW!!! Friday Nugget Car Show Photos. Racing Photos Tomorrow.

Bonneville Speed Week 2012 officially starts in a few hours! We’ve got stories galore that we are following, including our buddy Lee Sicilio’s quest for a 300 mph record in his just...