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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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American Powertrain Has the New Tremec Magnum XL Transmissions For SN197 Mustangs – Ditch the Weak Suck Stocker!

This is not a newsflash for S197 Mustang owners but the stock Getrag MT82 manual transmission essentially blows goats for all out performance driving. There have been lots of customer complaints...

Wild Photos and Video: A Log Impales a Mini-Van – Driver Miraculously Survives

Well this would certainly get your attention! A guy driving down the highway, minding his own business in Mississippi had the close call of a lifetime yesterday when a logging truck was involved in...

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Sad News: IHRA’s Jim Weinert Passes

“Big Jim” Weinert, the mountain of a man of oversaw track prep and safety at IHRA events for many years has passed away. Weinert was one of the sport’s true characters and his skill...

Watch the Crusher Camaro Hit the Strip and Run 10s!

Freiburger and Finnegan are at it again, this time with the well known Crusher Camaro. The Camaro has been a part of Hot Rod off and on since the mid 1990s when it was saved from being crushed at a...

eBay Find(s): Two Massive Pontiac Wagon Airport Limos

Old school airport limos are neat in a freakshow kind of way. Unlike modern limos that just have four doors and a large passenger area with a wet bar, TV, hot tub, stripper pole, and snappy lighting,...

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Breaking News: 2012 COPO Camaro Confirmed by Chevrolet Performance – 69 Cars to Be Built

The 2012 COPO Camaro is not longer a concept car, the model will be produced by Chevrolet and 69 of them will be manufactured this year. The announcement came from Chevrolet Performance today and it...

Feature: A Day In the Life of the Champion Speed Shop Nostalgia Top Fuel Team

(Words and photos by Red Line Synthetic Oil) – Race fans in the aging wooden grandstands at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield let out a collective breath as a pair of Nostalgia Top Fuel...

Watch Some Crazy Swedes Go Nostalgia Drag Racing On Ice!

This is literally one of the coolest drag races we have ever seen! BangShift reader Arlid (who hails from Norway) tipped us off to this video from Sweden that features six minutes of action from what...

The Four-Wide Nationals are Returning to zMax Dragway April 13-15 – Be There!

Back in the old school developmental days of organized drag racing, there were very few rules about anything. Yes, there were classes and tech inspections to some level, but there weren’t...

Awesome In Car Video of a Big Block Chevy Powered McLaren M6B Can Am Car Flying Around Laguna Seca

There are few eras in racing that we’re more sad that we missed than the golden age of Can-Am in the late 1960s and early 1970s. These were some of the most drop dead sexy full bodied race cars...

GM Halts Camaro ZL1 Production Due to “Quality Assessment”

Chevrolet has stopped production and reportedly recalled the one Camaro ZL1 that was delivered to a customer in Texas due to a “quality assessment” that is being made of all the cars...

Carnage Photos: Here’s the Aftermath of Mark Sanders’s Funny Car Crash at the 2012 March Meet

The most violent and destructive wreck at the 2012 March Meet was the early event wall banger suffered by Mark Sanders and his Mr. Explosive Nova. His crash was a high speed top end affair and the...

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...