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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Lunati Rolls out Budget Voodoo Cranks for Ford, Chevy, and Pontiac Applications

Long known for their high performance camshafts, Lunati also offers a wide variety of crankshafts as well. Adding to that already varied lineup is the new Voodoo series cranks that the company...

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

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Yesterday we unleashed the first batch of photos that Charles Wickam shot at the “Meet the Legends” nostalgia drags held in Sealy, Texas. We’re...

Redline Motorsports to Build ZLR Camaro – Special Edition of ZL1 With Styling and Performance Upgrades

The Camaro ZL1 is the hot topic du jour among fans of domestic performance cars. While they are just starting to roll out of the factory doors up in Canada, companies like Redline Motorsports are...

ADRL Names 25-Year Old Jimmy Holzman as Technical Administrator for SuperCar Showdown Class

One of the final pieces of the ADRL’s SuperCar Showdown class was naming the guy (or girl) who was going to be in charge of tech for the category. In our interview with Bret Kepner,  he told...

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...