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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Method Race Wheels 58th SCORE BAJA 500 RACE DAY – TT Spec, Class 1, 2WD, Legends, Unlimited

Desert off-road racing is some of my favorite off-road action, and having been to Ensenada for the BAJA 1000, the BAJA 500 is near and dear to my heart as well. If you dig desert off-road racing as...

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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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FREE LIVESTREAM IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Series: The “Show Me” Shootout – Qualifying from Lake Lucas Indiana

I love drag boat racing, and this weekend is the second race of the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing series at Lake Lucas in Indiana. If you like big power, and big speed, on the water then you want...

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The Inaugural Fendt High Stakes Pulling Event Kicks Off This Weekend! Night 1 and 2 – Dragway 42

Truck and Tractor pulling, like most racing formats, have advanced dramatically in the last few years and that has made the competition at events even closer and closer. This weekend the first, of...

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FREE DRAG RACING DOWN UNDER: The Gulf Western Oil Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway Australia Right Here!

The Aussies are as ate up with drag racing as we are, and this weekend’s Gulf Western Oil Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway prove it. This is a great race track with great crowds and great...

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IHRA Pro Mod Mania Invades Milan Michigan’s Darana Dragway! Huge Purse, Killer Pro Mod and Sportsman Action!

This weekend the International Hot Rod Association visits Milan Michigan for Pro Mod Mania at Darana Dragway which features an insane purse and tons of great racing action. With a total purse of...

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NHRA Pro Stock Star Jason Line to Race Wayne Jesel’s Truck at Bonneville Speed Week – Pro Stock DRCE Mill to Power Pickup For A/MP Record Attempts

The more we learn about Jason Line, the more we like the guy. He is one of the more interesting dudes to ever dominate NHRA competition. With his background as a NASCAR engine guru at the Joe Gibbs...

Caption This Photo: Look at this Mess, What the Hell is Wrong With Dad?

Last night I ventured out in Brutus the wrecker with the kids to a local cruise night. While it is just a big old lumbering tow truck, I still wanted it to look its best for the local dudes and...

Car Show Coverage: The 9th Annual Cruisin’ Back to the 50’s Car Show – Culver City, California

The 9th Annual Cruisin’ Back to the 50’s Car Show that is hosted by George Barris in downtown Culver City blew away last year’s by far with record number of show entries and the...

RacingJunk Find: A Laid Out 1968 Impala Wagon That We Want Badly!

We love wagons and we love big cars. Combine the two things and you’ve got a recipe for pure mechanical magic, which this 1968 Impala wagon is. Rolling around on some pretty big hoops and...

Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Colin Chapman

This week we head across the pond to England for Gearhead Guys You Should Know. Colin Chapman was the founder of Lotus Cars and without question one of the most brilliant car guys of the 20th...

NEW SPONSOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Rocket Racing Wheels Joins the BangShift Family…Instantly our Prettiest Sponsor Yet

You’ve undoubtedly noticed that we’ve had a recent addition here at BangShift.com in the sponsor department. Their new ads are bitchin’, and the dog is pretty cool too, but...

eBay Find: A Bizarre and Wickedly Cool 1966 Ford Custom Cop Car – Did the Factory Really Put a 410ci Merc Engine in This Car?

We have to thank BangShift reader Zombie289 for the tip on this really bizarre but totally cool 1966 Ford Custom. The seller claims that the car is an ex-Virginia state police cruiser and that it...

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Barnstormin’: Squeezing a Fistful of Sand

The last couple of weeks have been abnormally busy around eastern BangShift world HQ and for very sucky reasons. Four major league all stars in the world of hot rodding left this mortal coil and...

Watch Freiburger and Finnegan (and a pit bull) Swap the Motor in a 1969 El Camino in Summit Racing’s Parking Lot

Freiburger and Finnegan are back with another episode of “Roadkill” their off-kilter adventure show where they do neat and humorous car stuff. Essentially we revel in their pain and...

Carroll Shelby, American Racing and Sports Car Titan is Dead

News is just breaking that Carroll Shelby, one of the largest figures in American racing history and high performance American cars has died. We have heard for a couple of weeks that Shelby was in...

Question of the Day: What Brand or Model of Car Has the Most Rabidly Devoted (WEIRD) Owners?

This question came to me when I was driving and a Corvette pulled up along side of me. Inside the car was a man wearing a Corvette hat, Corvette jacket, and he had adorned the car with both a...

Watch John Hall’s Massive and Scary Pro Mod Crash From NMRA Bradenton Earlier This Year

Back in March, Pro Mod racer John Hall suffered a massive wreck during the NMRA race in Bradenton, Florida. Hall was there testing his nitrous Camaro in preparation for the then upcoming ADRL season...

Turbo LS Chevy Sleeper Van For Sale – Runs 12s and Looks Bone Stock

BangShift contributing photographer Bob Chiluk tipped us off to the fact that the legendary Las Vegas based sleeper van is for sale. This is the full sized Chevy van you have seen eating up...

Watch Jim Oddy Fire Up the Blown 392 Hemi in The Actual Austin Gasser He Raced More Than 40 Years Ago!

Some videos aren’t cool because of trick camera work, killer sound, or zooty stuff like that. Take this one for example. It shows drag racing legend Jim Oddy firing up the very Austin gasser he...