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Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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First Drive Video: Westen Champlin’s Cummins Swapped Rolls Royce Is Something Special. Absurd, But Special.

I like a good Cummins as much as the next guy, but this is a bit over the top. Of course it won’t surprise you since it is coming from Westen Champlin, but at the same time it is taking the...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Wednesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) The Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina celebrated it’s 37th anniversary this year and as usual had a sellout crowd. This show sells out every year,...

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Our Final Gallery Of IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT!

Here’s our final gallery of IHRA Outlaw Nitro photos from Galot, but if you missed any of the previous photos we’ve got a link to them below. (Photos by David Whealon) If you live under...

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How to Start a 1990s Formula 1 Engine: You Mean You Don’t Just Pump It Twice And Then Turn The Key?

I’ve been fortunate enough to be around a lot of cool race engines over the years, and a handful of them have had very particular startup procedures. A Dodge NASCAR R5P7 for example that came...

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Nostalgia Drags Gallery: Meet the Legends Nostalgia Drags – Sealy, Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – While we were broadcasting the March Meet from Bakersfield last weekend, Texas photo contributor Charles Wickam was at another killer nostalgia event in Sealy,...

Chris Alston’s Chassisworks Joins the BangShift Family of Sponsors

We are proud to announce that Chris Alston’s Chassisworks has joined BangShift as a sponsor! Chris Alston’s Chassisworks has been in business for more than 35 years and in that time have...

Holy Smokes Video: Watch an Aussie Holden Monaro Unleash a Shuttle Launch Burnout

Normally when we talk about Australia and burnouts we’re talking about some lunatic frying the hides off the back of his blown street machine while busting out donuts and figure eights in a...

Barnstormin’: The Chevy Volt is Nearing Modern Edsel Status With Production Halt

GM’s recent announcement that they are going to stop Chevy Volt production for five weeks in order to manage inventory levels is the latest piece of bad news to beset one of the most highly...

2012 March Meet Gallery: Awesome Artistic Photos From Liam Garrity

(Photos by Liam Garrity) – By now, we’ve showed you the 2012 March Meet from many different perspectives and angles. From the broadcast tower where we shot our live video, to the top end...

Denver Schutz Drives a Front Engine Top Fueler Up a Wall and Down Again Without Flipping

Today at the 2012 March Meet Top Fuel racer Denver Schutz appeared to suffer a crash on the top end of the race track. In actuality, he pulled off one of the most incredible front engine dragster...

Crazy Bumper Dragging, Lane Crossing, Shoebox Chevy Wheelstand Photo Sequence!

Of all the awesome wheelstands we have captured during the 2012 March Meet, this one, featuring a big tire equipped shoebox Chevy takes the cake by a mile! In this sequence of 15 photos you can see...

Young, Boychuk Notch 2012 March Meet Victories to Cap Incredible Weekend at Bakersfield

The winners of the premier categories at 2012 March Meet were from the unlikely cities of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Salem, Wisconsin. Tim Boychuk drove his Canadian based 1977 Pontiac Firebird to...

BangShift LIVE FREE Streaming Video Coverage of the 2012 March Meet

BangShift is proud to announce that we will once again be providing FREE LIVE streaming coverage of the historic March Meet at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California starting this Thursday at...

BangShift is Proud to Announce Comp Cams and FAST Have Joined our Family of Sponsors!

Chad and I are very proud to announce that Comp Cams and FAST have joined the BangShift family of sponsors. As two of the aftermarket’s leading companies, Comp Cams and FAST deliver high...

EFI Video: Watch Holley’s Self Learning EFI Tune Itself on an Engine Dyno

Holley’s Avenger, HP, and Dominator EFI systems all have self learning capabilities, meaning that once you install the hard parts, you can literally fire the engine up, drive around, and the...

Aeromotive to Sponsor the Cobra Jet Challenge Class on the Fun Ford Weekend Series Tour

It was recently announced that Aeromotive will be the title sponsor of the Cobra Jet Challenge class for 2012 on the Fun Ford Weekend series tour. This class, which is run on an index basis is open...

BangShift Exclusive: This Photo Plumbs the Depths of Human Automotive Stupidity

The photo below has not been edited, changed, retouched, or altered in any way. I got this from my father in law, who got it from his buddy Bob, whose daughter actually took the shot herself. The...

The 2012 Motorama – Photo Gallery 2

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – Yesterday we brought you the first of two galleries from the 2012 Motorama which was held in Harrisburg, PA. The event was a wide open show with big trucks, hot...