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Drag Racing 2000hp Trucks UPHILL in SNOW! What Could Possibly Go Wrong? This Is Insane And Fun In All The Right Ways!

Ice and snow racing events just make me smile, but probably not for the reason you think. As awesome as these events are, and as cool as the race cars and trucks can be, it’s the people that...

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More of Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos: Door Cars, Floppers, Dragsters, And More!

(Photos by David Whealon) – NHRA Drag Racing at the Gatornationals was off the hook yet again in 2026! The week started with new drivers, crew chiefs, and teams, plus record breaking performances...

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Who Makes The Best Thermal Imaging Camera? And Does The Price Match The Test Results? Project Farm Finds One Clear Winner!

If you are like me, there have been a bunch of times when you wished you had a thermal imagine camera. I use my laser temperature gun all the time, and it’s very handy, but sometimes it would...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Testing from Darana Motorsports Park GALOT In Preparation For The IHRA Season Opener!

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season opener, you are not alone! And with this weekend’s season opener going on at Darana Motorsports Park, formerly GALOT, there is plenty...

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The Direct Injection Vs Port Injection Debate Is Dead! Or Is It? Brian Tooley Racing And The Real Tuners Podcast Dyno Test!

I know there are some good reasons for Direct Injection in gasoline engines. But I also know that DI engines can be a giant pain in the butt and have some serious issues folks need to be aware of....

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This Race Engine Was Built By Someone Else. Here’s How Moran Motorsports Found 260 Additional Horsepower That They Missed!

I know several professional engine builders, and several who think they are professional engine builders. Make no mistake, I’m not even remotely claiming to be an engine builder, and...

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Car Show Gallery: The Mass Cruisers Bass Pro Shop Cruise – October 2011

The cherry was effectively placed on the top of the cruising season in New England last week with the last running of the Mass. Cruisers Association Bass Pro Shops Cruise. This is the largest cruise...

Road Trippin’ With Scott: Racking up 1200 Miles in a Recently Freshened 1973 Monte Carlo

I’m surprised to hear how few people will actually get in their old project ride and just hit the road. Sure, thousands cruise Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour, but that number pales in...

Photo Galleries: The 2011 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion

While Chad mans the scaffolding high above the legendary drag strip at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California, our own Scott Liggett is snapping away with his camera to bring us great photos from...

CLICK HERE TO Watch Free Live Streaming Video from the 2011 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion!

For the 5th consecutive year, BangShift.com brings you FREE Live Streaming Video from the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion. Watch dozens of nitro burning Funny Cars and Dragsters run down the famed...

Cruise Gallery: Bob’s Big Boy Cruise – October 2011

Normally Bob Chiluk is sending us galleries from the Chicago car scene, but he escaped the Fall doldrums and went out to California recently for a week or cars and surfing. We hate him too. Anyway,...

Missouri Man Finds Stolen Pro Street Camaro For Sale in Utah 16 Years Later!

Imagine that your first car is a 1969 Camaro that you eventually build into a bitchin’ Pro Street ride. Now imagine that very car being stolen right out from under you, probably disappearing...

Great Video: A 20-Minute Drag Week Retrospective from Hot Rod

This is the 2011 Drag Week video that tops them all. Put together by the guys over at Hot Rod it is a near 20-minute recap of the week, narrated by our old pal Freiburger. The video has some great...

eBay Find: A Never Run, Military-Spec Chrysler 361 – Still in the Nerf Crate!

Are we weird for getting all excited over seeing a 1960s era, never run Chrysler wedge motor in a nerf crate? Of course we are, but you knew that already. We got tipped off to this eBay auction which...

Wild Video: A Monster Lane Changing Wheelstand From a Small Tire Mustang

Now this is some wheels up action! This Mustang dead hooks at the hit of the throttle and it is full sky, full time from there on out. The guy driving this car has some serious stones because he...

Great Read: Bill Caswell Goes Mini-Cup Stock Car Racing

Last we checked in with our rally pal Bill Caswell, he was hamming it up over at the Goodwood Festival in England. Since then he’s been keeping busy working on some other projects which we have...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Best Approach to Selling an Old Car?

I was cruising down the road yesterday minding my own business when I spotted this cool old Buick Riviera for sale on the side of the road. The gigantic FOR SALE slathered across the windshield...

Racing Junk Find: An Awesome Early 1980s Off Shore Racing Boat With 3,000hp!

It has been said that a boat is a hole in the water that you pour money into. That statement can be not more truthful than when applied to off shore racing boats, the mammoth boats that super rich...

Drag Gallery: The 2011 Pennsylvania Dutch Classic – Maple Grove, PA

For 40 years, NHRA Division One sportsman racers have descended on Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania to close out the season at the Pennsylvania Dutch Classic. This year was no exception....

Cool Site: Thunder V12 – Where the GMC 702 V12 is King!

One of the more amazing things to us is how many small companies pop up to fill niches in the automotive world. Thunder V12 is a small company that builds high performance versions of the old 702ci...