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A Weekend At The Drags with Joe Grippo: Racing, Photos, And Fun From Darana Raceway Park Maple Grove in Pennsylvania.

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Arguably the biggest bombshell news story that came out of last year’s PRI show was the legendary Pennsylvania drag strip Maple Grove Raceway being acquired by the...

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Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event Is The Father’s Day Car Show! We’ve Got Photos Right Here!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Making Fiberglass Doors Actually Fit, And Making The Steering Work Properly!

Doors that shut and wheels that turn might not sound super exciting, but they require fabrication and time in order to be right and that’s what we dig. This project has been fun to follow, and...

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PDRA Drag Racing Video: Pro Nitrous and Pro Boost Round 1 North vs South Shootout Qualifying from Maryland International Raceway

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

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Extended Highlights from the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa | GT World Challenge powered by AWS 2026

We share all kinds of live racing action from the 24 Hours of SPA this weekend, but if you missed any of that we’ve got great highlight video below that shows the best racing action from the...

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IMSA 6-Hours of Watkins Glen Endurance Racing Highlight Video Is Right Here! Only The Best Racing Action!

Here we go again! The 2026 IMSA Racing season is in full swing and this weekend the series was visiting Watkins Glen in New York which is one of the most famous race tracks in the country! There was...

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SHOW GALLERY: SEMA WEDNESDAY 2011

Here’s a gallery of photos from our continuing adventure at the SEMA show 2011. All of the manufacturers and companies have stepped up to the plate and the new products and ideas have been...

Bangshift Video: Aeromotive at SEMA 2011

Chad invaded the Aeromotive booth here at the 2011 SEMA show today and spilled the beans on a lot of the technology that the company is working on. As the industry leader in fuel technology,...

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SEMA 2011 – A Couple of Cars That Triggered Our YIKES Reflex

When the week is done and we have probed every dark corner of the massive convention center here in Las Vegas, we’ll run our annual “Worst of” list. That being said, some of this...

SEMA 2011 – COPO Drag Race Camaro From GM Performance

As we said last week (and were widely questioned about!) GM Performance has unveiled their Copo Camaro drag race package concept car here at SEMA. Like the drag packages from Ford and Mopar, this car...

SEMA 2011 – Spectre Performance is in the House!

BangShift sponsor Spectre Performance is here at SEMA 2011 in a big way…literally. Spectre has what we believe to be the fourth largest display at the show, trailing only OEM manufacturers...

New Product: Optima Releases High Performance Digital 1200 Battery Charger

Optima Batteries announced yesterday that they have developed and will begin selling a high performance battery charger and maintainer specifically designed to enhance the performance of Optima and...

Flaming Wreckage Video: Shawn Davis Suffers A Massive Pro Mod Crash at State Capitol Raceway

Shawn Davis made a name for himself as one of the hardest running Pro Mod racers down in bayou country. His red 1957 Chevrolet, with 481ci of screw blown Alan Johnson wedge motor was regularly seen...

Holley Unveil’s NEW Ultra HP Dominator and Cathedral Port Hi Ram

Anyone who doesn’t get excited about a Holley Dominator topped powerplant should consider themselves officially removed from the hot rodding brotherhood. As the biggest and baddest carb on the...

Optima Batteries to Step Up as Primary Sponsor of Dave Grubnic’s Kalitta Motorsports Dragster in 2012

Great news from SEMA today as Optima Batteries announced that they are going to be the primary sponsor on David Grubnic’s Kalitta Motorsports Top Fuel Dragster in 2012. Grubnic, the fan...

Ooga Booga: Mopar Pulls the Wraps Off 800hp V10 Crate Engine

To quote the great Ace Ventura, “Holy testicle Tuesday!” Mopar ripped the veil off the nastiest factory crate engine of all time, a fire breathing 800hp V10 that cranks out almost 700...

BangShift SEMA 2011 Coverage: 350 Plus Photos

Day 1 of SEMA 2011 is over, and we are already tired. With a jillion square feet of all the coolest the aftermarket has to offer, our feet have only just begun to realize pain. After making the...

Crazy Like a Fox? Evan Knoll To Appear in Court November 9 – Fires Attorney – Requests Public Defender

Evan Knoll, the one time drag racing super sponsor, who has been undergoing a pre-trial mental evaluation at the behest of both the government and his own attorney since June is slated to be in court...

Pyro Video: A Nine Second Diesel Truck Melts A Turbo and the Driver Never Lifts!

The incredible power that guys wrench out of modern turbo diesel truck engines presses every part of the motor to the limit. Pushing big six and seven thousand pound trucks down the strip in single...

BangShift SEMA 2011 Coverage: Monday Gallery

Chad hit the ground running Monday at the 2011 SEMA show and made a quick lap of the convention center zapping nearly 200 photos of display cars. As we go through the week, look for featurettes and...