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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: THE WORLD SUPER PRO CHALLENGE AT MID MICHIGAN – $10,000 To Win Thursday!

It’s free drag racing time baby! Our friends at Drag Racer TV are bringing us free live streaming video all weekend from the World Super Pro Challenge at Mid Michigan Motorplex, and it starts today...

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NHRA Division 6 Divisional Drag Racing Livestream: Catch All The Racing Action LIVE From Woodburn

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 6! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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2026 Pro Pulling League Tractor Pulling Action From The Elkhart County 4-H Fair – Pull Session 1 and 2

Pro Pulling League Bad Ass Multi-Engine tractors hauling big weight and going big distances baby! Four Pro-Mod engines worth of power right here! Plus Pro Stock, Diesel Trucks, and much more....

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From Home-Grown to Factory-Spec: Here Are Larry Chen’s Favorite Cars That Raced at Pikes Peak in 2026

Pike’s Peak International Hillclimb is one of the most famous, and longest running, races in the United States and with good reason. The first one was heald 110 years ago, in August of 1916 and...

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This Thing Isn’t Pretty! See What Dylan McCool Thinks About REVIVING This Abandoned Dodge Coronet V8 4 Speed They Call Cornbread

Sometimes the ugly ones get passed up when it comes to project cars, and sometimes those ugly ones are the ones that really matter in the end. They are sometimes the very best car to restore, even if...

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Alaska has some Unexpectedly FAST CARS! Alaska’s ONLY Dragstrip Puts On A Summer Street Car Shootout!

While Alaska may not have many drag strips, in fact jus this one at Alaska Raceway Park, what they lack in quantity they more than make up for in scenery. Everyone that has been there says it’s...

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BANGSHIFT.COM IS PROUD TO INTRODUCE A NEW SPONSOR: JET-HOT HIGH PERFORMANCE COATINGS

As we announced earlier, 2012 brings some new sponsors to BangShift.com, and none handle the heat from this joint better than Jet-Hot High Performance Coatings. We are pretty lucky here at BangShift...

BANGSHIFT.COM NEW SPONSORS: LUCAS OIL, JET-HOT, AMERICAN POWERTRAIN, AND GLOBAL WEST!

It’s a Happy New Year here at BangShift.com because we are proud to announce that we have 4 new sponsors joining the BangShift.com family of sponsors this year! That’s right, new folks...

HURRY! REGISTRATION OPEN FOR 2012 ECTA OHIO MILE EVENTS!

Man, the news is flying out of ECTA HQ this week . Yesterday they released the information on their new electric motorcycle class and now they have opened the flood gates of registration for 2012...

COOL VIDEO: HOW AN ENGINE AT THE GM TONAWANDA PLANT GOES TOGETHER FROM START TO FINISH

If you are back at work today after the holidays be happy to know that the robots and people that assemble GM engines are back at it too. We got tipped off to a truly cool video that followed the...

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ECTA OFFERS NEW ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE CLASS FOR 2012 – RULES INSIDE!

The East Coast Timing Association not only has a new venue this year, they also have a new class for electric motorcycles. The ECTA crew has been working with Dr. Robert Prins of James Madison...

EBAY FIND: THE MASSIVE JUNKYARD/MUSCLE CAR COLLECTION OF BRUCE CLICHE IS BACK UP FOR SALE

Bruce Cliche’s massive collection of muscle cars and parts is for sale again. The 4-acre spread which is located in Vermont is on the block for $1.6 million bucks. Since I have actually spent a...

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FUN VIDEO: A VINTAGE FIAT 500 PACKING TURBO HONDA POWER!

If this little meanie doesn’t crack you up, your sense of humor is out of whack! The wee machine shown in the video is a vintage Fiat 500 that has had the anemic 500cc two cylinder engine...

ROADSIDE FIND: RULE THE ROADS LIKE A SCANDINAVIAN PIMP IN THIS VOLVO LIMO!

While cruising the local byways last with with my boys, Jack blurted out, “Dad LIMO!” He’s three, so seeing a stretched out car or truck is big stuff to him. Anyway, I looked over...

BARNSTORMIN: WHAT I LEARNED IN 2011

As we literally get ready to close the books on 2011 and move into an exciting 2012, It is time to do that whole retro look back thing on 2011. The third year of BangShift’s life was a good...

DRAG VIDEO: A MERCEDES MINI-VAN IN AUSTRALIA GETS A 632 BBC, RUNS NINES, HILARITY FOLLOWS

Whack nut drag race cars rule. There is now proof that they rule in both Hemispheres in the form of this video! Some insane maniac in Australia built a full tilt drag race version of a Mercedes Vito...

HOT STREAK: THE CAMARO OUTSELLS THE MUSTANG FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW

With only a couple days left in the year, we can say with 100% confidence that the Camaro will once again outsell the Mustang to claim the title of America’s favorite pony car. For all the...

EBAY FIND: A TOTALLY BITCHIN 1932 FORD VICKY GASSER THAT WAS MOTHBALLED FOR 40 YEARS!

Holy bitchin’ eBay find! This legit 1960s gasser was raced in the southwestern US in the 1960s and 1970s and then stuck in a barn for more than four decades before seeing the light of day...

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VOTE FOR US! BANGSHIFT NOMINATED IN TWO CATEGORIES IN THE COMP PLUS DOT COM AWARDS!

We need your help! BangShift has been nominated in two categories on the ballot of 2011 CompetitionPlus.com Dot Com awards. We’re up for Best Facebook page of the year and best message board of...

CONTEST: HELP RIDETECH DESIGN THEIR ’33 FORD

Wanna win $500? We would too, and thanks to Ridetech you can. To win, submit your design for a wrap of the Ridetech 1933 Factory Five Roadster and then tell your friends to vote. Hurry, cause there...