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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Massive Junkyard Auction in Nebraska Coming in July!

We were recently tipped off to a huge by large auction happening in Maxwell, Nebraska during the mid-July time frame. The entire contents of a junkyard are being sold off piece by piece. The cars and...

Caption this Photo: Chad’s Deluxe Accommodations During the 48hr Camaro Build

The 48 Hour Camaro build was a huge success this week. Between the live broadcast, the collaboration from virtually every heavy hitter in the performance aftermarket, and the parking lot burnouts...

Racing Junk Find: A Restored Fuelie 1957 Chevy

Back in 1957, if you were a forward thinking BangShifter, you would have headed into your local Chevy dealer and thrown cash down for one of the hot Chevrolets with fuel injection. Since we’re...

BangShift Exclusive: Guidelines Established for Restored/Recreated Drag Cars

With the explosion in popularity of nostalgia and historic drag racing over the last two decades, many historic drag racing cars have been restored, recreated, or been honored with so-called...

Wreckage Video: The Hardest Wreck in the History of Autocrossing

This video proves two things. The first is that the Nissan VQ engine that powers virtually everything in their product line up, in one form or another, is the most awful sounding engine in the world....

Project FatCad: The Pleasure (and mostly) Pain of Acquiring Project FatCad

Click here to read the introduction of Project FatCad    I decided I wanted a new Cadillac because I met all of their requirements. I just turned 50. Hey, that’s young by Cadillac...

Great App: New MSD App for iPhones Provides Wiring Diagrams and Tech Guide to Your Phone!

MSD has come up with an awesome new app for iPhone users that places all of the company’s wiring diagrams and the Tech Guide book right in the palm of your hand. Stuck in the shop and stumped...

Spectre 341 Challenge Registration Nearly Full – Register Now!!

The Spectre 341 Challenge is one of the most challenging, thrilling, and daring open road races in the world. Set in Virginia City, NV on Nevada Highway 341, the course is a 5.2-mile, 22 turn ribbon...

Tune In: The 48 Hour Camaro Build is LIVE on BangShift.com NOW!

BangShift.com, Route2Media, and the crew from Ridetech, Lingenfelter, Holley, Gearvendors, Comp Cams, and more, will be LIVE! Monday May 16th to start the build of the 48 Hour Camaro. We will be...

Car Show Gallery: The Frontier Days Car Show – Alvin, Texas

The 35th annual Frontier Days celebration in Alvin, Texas was a smashing success with chamber of commerce weather. Our own Charles Wickam was on the scene to cover the car show end of the event and...

Dumbass in Georgia Stabs Man Over Ford VS Chevy Argument

The immortal Roger Alan Wade is credited with one of the best titled songs of all time with, “If you’re gonna be dumb, you’ve gotta be tough”. Two morons in Georgia are the...

Roadside Find: One of the Rarest Dodges Ever!

Not all that many people know that for three years in the mid-1970s Dodge was in the big rig business with their Bighorn trucks. They got out of it pretty quickly because they sold virtually none of...

Pay Up Sucka: Honeywell to Pay Borg-Warner $32.5-million over Turbo Patent Lawsuit

While turbochargers have been a part of the automotive landscape for decades, they are becoming integral parts of new engines and designs from OEMs across the globe. No longer is the turbo just a...

Larry Larson Enters Nova in Comp Eliminator at NHRA Topeka National Event, Will Drive Car to and From Track!!

Just when you thought that Larry Larson could not elevate himself to another plane of coolness, this happens. In what has to be a first in the modern era of drag racing, Larry Larson has entered his...