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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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FREE Big Money Bracket Racing LIVESTREAM: The SuperBucks Showdown Presented by Get’M Performance Saturday $20,000

More big money bracket racing coming to you live! It’s Thursday at the SuperBucks Showdown presented by Get’M Performance and that means there is $5,000 on the line to warm up everyone for two...

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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing – Saturday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got More Dan Grippo Photos Right Here!

(Words by Joe Grippo, photos by Dan Grippo) We hauled the race cars up to picturesque Beaver Springs Dragway the other weekend for the annual All Ford Race and Car Show. Sunshine, blue skies, and...

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BANGshift.com Would Like To Wish All Of You A Happy And Safe Independence Day! We Hope You Enjoy The Celebration This 4th of July!

On behalf of myself, all our great BANGshift.com contributors, and all our families, BANGshift.com would like to wish you all a happy, healthy, and safe Independence Day. Happy Birthday to the United...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our Final Day 1 Racing Gallery from Darana Raceway National Trail in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 1, when the driver’s...

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The Top 11: Worst Classic Car Name Revivals

(By Matt Cramer) – Few automakers can deliver a string of unbroken hits, but fewer still can retire a nameplate after one generation and resist the urge to dust off the names of some of their...

Drag Gallery: The Massive 2012 AMC Day at Mason-Dixon Dragway – AMC Hotness Abounds!

(Photos by John Button and Victor Santiago) – This is a well timed gallery because I have had AMCs on the brain lately. Having been at the strip announcing the last couple of weekend, I have...

“Broadway” Bob Metzler – Drag Racing Legend, Hall of Famer, and American Original – Dead at 83

Another giant in the world of drag racing has left this mortal coil. “Broadway” Bob Metzler the man who opened Great Lakes Dragaway in 1955 and built it into one of the most famed and...

Muscle Car and American Iron Junkyard Gallery: Fox Wrecker Service – Harrison, Michigan

(Photos by Chris Chenlo) – There’s something uniquely cool about the galleries we get from guys who have gone trolling through junkyards across America. Chris Chenlo was recently at Fox...

Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Pro 2 Videos: Watch Round 7 Of The 2012 Season Sunday At 1pm EST On CBS

If you are like us, then trucks driving fast on dirt, sometimes on 4 wheels, usually on at least two, flying through the air, landing on top of each other, and sometimes flipping over, is really...

Busted: Seven Arrested in Australia For Stealing 140 LS Engines and 175 Transmissions From Holden Plant

A theft ring in Australia has been discovered and shut down by police, but only after they managed to steal 140 Holden V8 engines (LS motors) and 175 of the corresponding transmissions. According to...

Wreckage Video: Another Angle of the Massive Buick Wheelie and Crash

Earlier this week we showed you a couple angles of Jeff Wild’s massive wheelstand and crash at Cedar Falls Raceway last weekend. Wild and a couple of pals were making exhibition passes a la...

Shop Tour Gallery: High Speed Welding – Westmont, Illinois – They Have Grumpy’s Toy X!

(Words and Photos by Greg Rourke) – Dennis Spal, owner of High Speed Welding in Westmont, Il. says business is booming. He has a shop full of projects to keep him and his employee busy. He has...

Camaros Come To Nascar: Chevy Joins Ford and Mopar In Roundtrack!

We’ve always thought that Mustangs and Challengers running in the NASCAR Nationwide Series was weird. I mean these are pony cars after all. But since Ford and Mopar got their pony cars into the...

Racing Head Service Pro Action Cathedral Port LS Heads: Fully Assembled As Cast or CNC Ported Up To 250cc!

Sure you can go to the wrecking yard and get an LS engine and throw it together with minimal parts and pieces and make good power. But if you are serious about really having a hot rod LS engine then...

Craigslist Find: A Trike Project With LOTS of Torque (when completed)

It is always weird when I get a tip on the hotline and it is from my own local area. Take this semi-completed trike that is powered by the engine and transmission from an Olds Toronado. Yeah,...

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Watch the Hotchkis E-Max and the Killer 1970 Satellite 4-Door Autocross Taxi In Action at the Carlisle Mopar Nationals

The All-Chrysler Nationals at Carlisle is one of the biggest shows of the year at the fabled PA-venue. The men and women of Hotchkis Sport Suspension were on the grounds with their E-Max Challenger...

BangShift Question of the Day: Who is the biggest Villain in Racing History?

After following up on the Evan Knoll story yesterday and getting to thinking about”bad guys” in the world of racing, we started coming up with a pretty decent mental list. From devious...

Evan Knoll Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges – Faces 70 Years in Prison, 100-Million in Fines

Evan Knoll, the one time drag racing magnate plead guilty today to Federal charges that have the potential to send him to prison for 70 years and cost him upwards of $100-million in fines. That sound...