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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: THE WORLD SUPER PRO CHALLENGE AT MID MICHIGAN – $10,000 To Win Thursday!

It’s free drag racing time baby! Our friends at Drag Racer TV are bringing us free live streaming video all weekend from the World Super Pro Challenge at Mid Michigan Motorplex, and it starts today...

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NHRA Division 6 Divisional Drag Racing Livestream: Catch All The Racing Action LIVE From Woodburn

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 6! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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2026 Pro Pulling League Tractor Pulling Action From The Elkhart County 4-H Fair – Pull Session 1 and 2

Pro Pulling League Bad Ass Multi-Engine tractors hauling big weight and going big distances baby! Four Pro-Mod engines worth of power right here! Plus Pro Stock, Diesel Trucks, and much more....

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From Home-Grown to Factory-Spec: Here Are Larry Chen’s Favorite Cars That Raced at Pikes Peak in 2026

Pike’s Peak International Hillclimb is one of the most famous, and longest running, races in the United States and with good reason. The first one was heald 110 years ago, in August of 1916 and...

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This Thing Isn’t Pretty! See What Dylan McCool Thinks About REVIVING This Abandoned Dodge Coronet V8 4 Speed They Call Cornbread

Sometimes the ugly ones get passed up when it comes to project cars, and sometimes those ugly ones are the ones that really matter in the end. They are sometimes the very best car to restore, even if...

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Alaska has some Unexpectedly FAST CARS! Alaska’s ONLY Dragstrip Puts On A Summer Street Car Shootout!

While Alaska may not have many drag strips, in fact jus this one at Alaska Raceway Park, what they lack in quantity they more than make up for in scenery. Everyone that has been there says it’s...

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Tune In: Chad to Appear on Speed Scene Live Tonight at 6PM Pacific!

Tonight night at 6PM Pacific, Chad will be appearing as an in-studio guest on the coolest motorsports web TV show out there, Speed Scene Live. Chad will be right there along side of Scott...

CraigsList Find: Is This a Bad Ass Rat Rod Or Another Southern Fried Nightmare?

BangShift reader Lon tipped us off to this amazing find on the Huntsville, Alabama Craigslist site. The basic foundation of what you’re looking at here is a Ford Ranger truck. The cab has been...

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The 2012 GOJO Giveaway Continues! This Weeks Way to Enter and Win is Super Easy! Check it Out!

This week’s opportunity for you to win a GOJO prize pack is super easy and will educate you in the benefits of caring for your hands. We know that after a day or wrenching on our grime covered...

Bitchin’ Video: A Profile of the Bad Ass 1964 Mack B-61 From the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion!

One of my favorite vehicles in the 2012 Holley NHRR car show was a beautiful 1964 Mack B-61 truck. When I saw that baby roll in and heard the distinctive sound of an old school Thermodyne engine, I...

Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Virgil Exner

Automotive designers have the unique ability to create something that has the potential to last for a very long time. Guys like Bill Mitchell, Harley Earl, Larry Shinoda were able to capture the...

Question of the Day: Are You A Well Rounded Gearhead or Do You Have Automotive Tunnel Vision?

Being into lots of different types of stuff is kind of an occupational hazard when you write an automotive blog like BangShift. Most times, I get to do stuff in dribs and drabs but this current week...

Caption this Photo: A Bad Day At Lime Rock

This coming Friday, the ever intrepid Dave Nutting and I will be at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut for the American LeMans Series race with the Corvette factory team, covering their battle against all...

Sneak Peek: Mickey Thompson’s New Ultra High Performance Tire – The Street Comp

We’ve been hearing rumors of a new ultra high performance tire from the guys at Mickey Thompson for some time now and when we were tipped off to this photographic proof of its existence, we got...

Watch An Extremely Violent Wreck From The 2012 X-Games Rallycross – A Jump Goes Very Wrong

During the X-Games, a high intensity, made for TV version of rally cross is held and frankly, it is pretty fun to watch. Small rally-ish cars with lots of power and all wheel drive haul ass around a...

eBay Find: An Incredible 1966 Hemi Satellite Survivor – 100% Original – 1 of 500 Made With a 4-speed!

Last week we raised the question about how important a car’s originality was to you out there in reader-land. The opinions expressed ran the gamut from, “I love all original cars!”,...

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Watch an Awesome Video of Danny Thompson Narrating the Amazing Career and Life of His Dad Mickey Thompson

In terms of singular people, few have had more of an effect on the American high performance and racing scene than Mickey Thompson. He was a man of high goals, nearly unending energy, and a drive...

Breaking News: Erica Enders Becomes the First Woman to Ever Win in NHRA Pro Stock

Erica Enders has become the first woman to ever win the Pro Stock class at an NHRA national event. Yet another gender barrier has been broken in professional drag racing! According to the stat...

BangShift NHRA Coverage: The 2012 O’Reilly RT66 NHRA Nationals – KILLER PHOTO GALLERIES

(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – The action at RT 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois has begun at the 2012 running of the O’Reilly Auto Parts and we’re there to bring it to you!...

Bonus Event Coverage: Vintage Historic Racing and The Shelby American Auto Club Meet From Watkins Glen!

(Photos by Jeremy George) – A short while back we ran a photo gallery from the 2012 Shelby American Automobile Club national meet and SVRA historic races at Watkins Glen, NY. As it turns out,...