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The Last of our Lost Buckeye Skips Drag and Drive Photos! Our Final Gallery of Day Three On Track Action and Checkpoints!

Here’s our last gallery of lost photos from Day 3 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link to...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: PDRA Testing For This Weekend’s Maryland International Raceway Event! Live Testing Action.

We’ve got some live track testing going on at Maryland International Raceway where PDRA’s top teams are on hand to see what kind of improvements they can make as they get ready for this...

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Robin Shutes Onboard Video Pikes Peak 2026. 2nd Overall, 1st in Super Unlimited, and Sets the All Time Rear Wheel Drive Record!

If you are like me you are going to watch this video and think how much fun it seems it would be to be driving, and also that this dude could have been going even faster. Yeah, that’s not a...

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They Built a BANNED F1 Car From the 70’s! Well Kinda, And It’s Awesome! Who Wants To Build One Of These?

I know I’m not alone in saying that the Tyrrell P34 is one of the coolest looking F1 cars ever produced, not only because the lines are good on it, but also because it’s a freak show with...

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Flat-12 Ferrari Magic in Monaco | John Surtees’ Favourite F1 Car Makes ALL the Right Noises. Pure Bliss.

There are going to be some of the most epic Ferrari’s in Formula 1 history at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, and this right here is one of them. The crew caught up with this car...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 4 of 5 – Putting All This Freshly Installed Suspension To The Test On The Track!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In this video...

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THE PARTING SHIFT: THE CHEVY RESPONSE TO THE SCREAMING MUSTANG FROM LAST WEEK!

Tony Fillipone is a long time New England based drag racer who runs a pair of kick ass, small inch, Chevy IIs in Super Stock competition. He’s also a die hard stick shift guy that takes plenty...

FUNNY VIDEO: A LAWN TRACTOR DEMO DERBY FROM SCOTTSVILLE, KENTUCKY

When photo contributor Charles Wickam sent me an excited text asking if I had ever seen video of a lawn tractor demolition derby, frankly I got excited. Of course I hadn’t seen video of a lawn...

BREAKING NEWS: JUST RELEASED GM PERFORMANCE VIDEO OF COPO CAMARO TESTING

GM Performance just released their killer video documenting the first days of testing the “concept” COPO Camaro in Florida a couple of weeks ago. This is a full on HD video with some...

DEAD: THE LAST FORD RANGER ROLLS OFF A MINNESOTA ASSEMBLY LINE TODAY

The body count continues to rise for classic Ford models. Crown Vic? Dead. E-Series vans? Marked for Death. Ford Ranger? Hasta la Pasta. The Minnesota plant that builds the trucks will send the last...

THAT WAS CLOSE: HOW TWO PHOTOS ALMOST ENDED UP AS A MAJOR LEAGUE BANGSHIFT/RIDETECH SCREW UP

So I am a pretty mild mannered guy. It takes something pretty big to get me rattled enough that I go into spastic reporter guy mode. I got something “pretty big” from Chad yesterday via...

Buy It Now: Killer Deals from RideTech on Billet Gas Caps and Suspension Components!

The guys and girls at RideTech have got some good stuff rolling in the form of sale prices and special deals for the month of December. They’s knocked $50 off the price of their billet fuel...

INCREDIBLE HISTORIC VIDEO: PRE WW2 DRY LAKES HOT ROD RACING – NEVER BEFORE SEEN

This is truly historic video. This is some of the earliest known footage of early hot rodders racing their stuff on the dry lakes in the western portion of the country. There are amazing roadsters,...

SAD NEWS: KEN NELSON – LEGENDARY WHEELSTANDER PILOT PASSES

Ken Nelson, one of the greatest wheelstander drivers in drag racing history has passed away. Best known for his last and probably greatest creation, the “Cool Bus”, Nelson ran several...

FRIEBURGER AND FINNEGAN BUY 1955 CHEVY AND WILL FLAT TOW IT HOME BEHIND THE HOT ROD RANCHERO

As we told you yesterday, Freiburger and Finnegan were heading to Colorado Springs, Colorado to pick up a car that they had purchased sight unseen. The boys did not reveal the car until they went to...

BREAKING NEWS: EVAN KNOLL FOUND FIT FOR TRIAL BY FEDERAL JUDGE – PLEADS NOT GUILTY ON 10 COUNTS

A federal judge has ruled that Evan Knoll is mentally competent to stand trial on a host of charges that could land him in prison for more than 50 years. The ruling came just hours ago in the Grand...

BANGSHIFT PROJECT CAR SPOTLIGHT: AN AMC GREMLIN WITH A ROAD RACING PAST GETS A NEW LEASE ON LIFE

There may be a law on the books in the great state of Wisconsin that every gearhead must own at least one AMC project during their life. BangShift member Mike is proving that he’s totally...

GEARHEAD VIDEO: A SUSPENSION EYE VIEW OF THE DETROIT SPEED 1970 CAMARO TEARING AROUND CAROLINA MOTORSPORTS PARK

This is one of those videos that gearheads find fascinating and the rest of the world wonders what’s wrong with us. Proud BangShift sponsor Detroit Speed and Engineering put a Replay XD camera...

RUMOR: KURT BUSCH TO DRIVE THE NUMBER 43 FOR RICHARD PETTY MOTORSPORTS?

There is a rumor making the rounds that Kurt Busch, recently fired from the team of Roger Penske may land at Richard Petty Motorsports as the driver of the iconic number 43 car. Despite his attitude...

HANG EM HIGH: THREE ROGUE TOW TRUCK DRIVERS BUSTED IN CHICAGO – STEALING CARS FROM ACCIDENT VICTIMS!

Police in Chicago have arrested three rogue tow truck drivers for stealing cars from parking spaces, streets, and worst of all, from people who had been involved in accidents. Police believe that...