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A Memorial Day Message From BangShift.com – Let Us Remember What Is Truly Important

Today is Memorial Day, an important day of remembrance for our country that honors the people who have spilled their blood in order to defend our way of life. Memorial Day is dedicated to remembering...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Main Event At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Top Fuel, FIA Championship Drags, And More!

One of the biggest drag racing events in Europe is on this weekend and you can watch it right here, live! The event is the kickoff for the 2026 FIA Championship drag racing season and it is also...

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Felix Rosenquist And David Malukas Battle For The Closest Finish In Indy 500 History! Watch The Finish And Race Highlights Right Here!

If you didn’t catch the entire Indy 500 on TV yesterday, you missed some drama for sure. With rain effecting the race, but officials, fans and racers sticking it out, there was no shortage of...

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The American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is now LIVE! Save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit May 18-26!

That’s right folks, the American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is on now through Tuesday the 26th, so if you want to save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit use the link below and tell them we sent...

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Chaos Supernationals Video: Nitro Qualifying Round 1 and 2, Plus Eliminations Rounds From Summit Motorsports Park In Norwalk, Ohio.

The Chaos Series was at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk Ohio, and did everything they could to put on a hell of a show, even if Mother Nature wasn’t helping out much. Thanks to our friend...

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IHRA F1 Powerboats Livestream: Round 3 From The Red River Rumble F1 Powerboat Showdown – Saturday and Sunday

Boat racing is on! If you aren’t familiar with F1 boat racing, you’re in for a treat. This is side by side racing, “door handle to door handle” so to speak, and these drivers are giving it...

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Project Update Video: Jason Lewis’s Viper V10 Maverick Project Moves Closer to Completion

Jason Lewis is a crazy talented video guy and he’s also a hard core hot rodder. A while back, we showed you a unique and very cool project car he was building, which is an old Ford Maverick...

Ron Capps Gets a New Crew Chief: Rahn Tobler to turn the screws after restructuring at Don Schumacher Racing.

BROWNSBURG, Ind. – Rahn Tobler has been named crew chief for the NAPA AUTO PARTS Funny Car of Ron Capps effective immediately, team owner Don Schumacher announced Wednesday. Tim Richards...

Chadmouth: Rental Cars Rule! You paid for them, so use them.

Let’s face it, most of us don’t drive like idiots all the time. Sometimes…but not all the time. Sure, we will do the occasional burnout, hang the ass end out, or brake check our buddies, but...

LIVE BLOG: Follow BangShift’s Brian Lohnes and His Side Kick Dave Nutting’s Banzai Run to NJ – NOW!

Thursday afternoon got you down? Killing time before a potential long Easter weekend? Drinking in your office with the door closed so the boss doesn’t catch you…again? We’d be doing...

Action Video: Cars Drag Racing on Dirt in Mexico!

This is not drag racing on sand. It isn’t drag racing through mud. This is freakin’ drag racing on dirt! It’s held in Naco Sonora, Mexico, south of Bizbee, Arizona, but that’s...

First Look: Sondra Leslie’s 5.0L Coyote Powered NMRA Factory Stock Entry is Nearly Complete

Sondra Leslie has been a staple on the NMRA circut for the last several years. Up until 2012 she has competed with a V6 car that was first nitrous injected and later was supercharged. Taking the...

Caption this Photo: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Loose Wheel

New England Dragway competitor Roy Dunn got an interesting surprise on opening day when he launched his nice Monte Carlo down the track and quickly converted it into a model Chevy never made…a...

BS Tech: Pro Tuning Secrets – Finding 20hp in Your Distributor!

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) – The proof is in the numbers. In our first part to this article we followed Yannick Sire of Sire Custom Performance take an old crusty GM HEI and do a...

eBay Find: A 1942 M3A1 Armored Scout Car – This is Bad-Assery on Wheels!

As you know, I am a total lunatic for old Army trucks and there are lots of my ilk out there. When it comes to totally awesome Army truck finds, they don’t get better than this. I found this...

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Tune In: Live, Free Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod in England This Weekend! Nitro, Sportsmen, and Hydrogen Peroxide Rocket Action!

This weekend, from Friday to Monday, one of the biggest drag racing events in Europe will be happening at Santa Pod Raceway. The Auto Trader Easter Thunderball is one big freakin’ event and you...

Pro Touring Tech: High Performance Tires 101 With the Experts at BFG

(Words by Dave Nutting) – Hello and welcome to the second installment in our on-going Pro-touring tech series, a little something that we like to call “Pro-touring 101”. Think less...

Ridetech Releases New Tru-Turn System For 1964-66 Mustangs

One of the most major hurdles that BangShifters face when trying to make their old, cool cars handle well is overcoming the crappy stock geometry and components that they were designed with. Over the...

BangShift Replay: Is Your Local Strip Safe or Just Pretending to Be?

(Editor’s note: This story ran at the tail end of 2011 but since tracks across the country are opening again we thought we would run this piece a secnd time) – While there is still a fair...

Maryland’s Capitol Raceway Closed Over Apparent Land/Lease Dispute

The drag strip operated by NHRA Pro Stock team owner Jim Cunningham, Capitol Raceway is currently closed. The reasons for this closure appear to stem from a dispute over the lease on the track. The...