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US Street Nationals Testing: LIVE Testing Action From Bradenton Motorsports Park. It’s Time For The Drag Illustrated Winter Series!

It’s time for the Drag Illustrated Winter Series in Florida to continue! The US Street Nationals are on this weekend, and while the rest of the easter half of the country will be freezing, the...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Joe Grippo is one of BANGshift’s longest running contributors and has covered everything from junkyards to car shows and drag races to drag and drives, and so much more. He drags his lovely...

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IHRA ANNOUNCES THE LEASING AND OPERATIONS OF THE PULASKI COUNTY MOTORSPORTS PARK, FORMERLY THE MOTOR MILE SPEEDWAY

It feels like forever since IHRA announced a new track purchase, but they haven’t been sitting around twiddling their thumbs. Nope, yesterday they made the announcement that they had signed a...

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Paint And Body 101: How To Eliminate Orange Peel So You Can Paint Like A Pro! Kevin Tetz Walks Us Through The Process

Kevin Tetz is a bad ass. We’ve said it multiple times, but some things are worth repeating. He’s been painting cars and trucks for decades, showing millions how to do it on tv for...

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CHEAPEST Lincoln EVER! Will $155 Make It Run and Drive? Free Lincoln, Plus Free Big Block, Equals FUN!

Dylan McCool knows how to take advantage of some good fortune. When he was offered a big boat of a Lincoln, for free, and had already been given a 460 big block Ford, for free, he knew that the...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! Watch Hammertown Come Together With This Streaming Camera From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Tune in Tonight: Speed Scene Live TV is Talking March Meet!

As we’re going March Meet mad here at BangShift.com this week due to our live broadcast of the historic event, we thought it was important that you, the readers, get up to speed on the goings...

Bad Ass Drag Gallery: The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

Amongst hard core fans of small tire drag racing there are a few truly “must see”  or “must attend” races. “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia”, a race...

Frozen Speed Video: ORSA Weekend Ice Land Speed Racing From Sweden

As we mentioned, we’ll have a big gallery of photos from the ORSA Weekend event held in Sweden last weekend. This is land speed racing on a massive frozen lake in Sweden. Everything from rocket...

Breaking News: Funny Car Operation Stolen in California

Crooks suck, and we hope that you can help us catch these bad guys. Donnie Watkins, who just got his Funny Car License in his Plymouth Arrow bodied Nostalgia Funny Car woke to find his complete...

Caption This Photo: A BangShift Approved Replica Lamborghini

Consider this a bit of a tease. Tomorrow we’re going to bring you a gallery of photos from a land speed race held in Sweden…on ice. We’ve gotten some preview photos from Swedish...

Event Gallery: 2011 Motorsports Expo – Syracuse, NY

BangShifter Jeremy George recently attended the 2011 Motorsports Expo, held at the fairgrounds in Syracuse, NY. The show featured cars and stuff from multiple genres of racing, but the most prevalent...

Event Gallery: The 2011 Pacific Street Car Association Spring Break Super Show

As we continue to assault you with galleries today, we’re going to switch gears from show to GO! BangShift reader Zach McNary attended the PSCA Spring Break Super Show, held at Fontana,...

Event Gallery: Goodguys Scottsdale 2011 – Scottsdale, Arizona

Our own Chad Reynolds serves as the announcer for the autocross events held at Goodguys Rod and Custom Association shows across the country. When on his lunch break, Chad grabs his camera and hauls...

Event Gallery: The Temecula Rod Run – Temecula, California

The Temecula Rod run is one of the neater car events that happens at this time in the year. The show, which draws over 500 cars that show, shine, cruise, and parade around the Old Town area of...

BangShift Project Spotlight: A 1972 Camaro That Stepped Right Out of a 1970s Time Warp

For ages, the looks of 1970s street machines have been scorned. Their ass high stance, too big tires, square hood scoops, velocity stacks, and gold anodized everything led to the monochromatic pastel...

The 2010 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Television Show Airs Tonight!

The Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge is truly the premier competition amongst the best Pro Touring cars in the country, and the world. Taking place each year, the weekend after the SEMA show...

AFCO Racing Joins the BangShift Sponsor Family

We are proud and honored to announce that AFCO Racing, one of the most diversified companies in the high performance aftermarket has joined on as a sponsor of BangShift.com. With product lines...

Painful Fail Video: A Snowmobile Crosses a Creek and Eats a Tree

Here’s a video that shows how one can go from hero to bone crushing failure in about half a second. In the film, you’ll see a snowmobile launch off to skip across a creek somewhere out in...

Awesome Roadside Find: A Stepside Cadillac Eldorado

Intrepid BangShift reader Eagle Kammback was cruising the streets in his native New Jersey when he came upon what may be the single greatest roadside find in the history of the internet. This is an...