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2026 PDRA East Coast Nationals Photos Start Right Here! Big Power, Big Smoke, And A Big Show At GALOT.

(Photos by David Whealon) The PDRA East Coast Nationals at GALOT Motorsports Park were some badass drag races and for good reason. This is one of the coolest dragstrips in the country, and when the...

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12 VOLT ELECTRIC AIR CONDITIONER UPGRADES. Cotten Is Fixing The A/C In His Hemi Monte Carlo!

Last fall we shared video of Cotten installing electric air conditioning in his HEMI powered Monte Carlo, a car that was already polarizing before the A/C install. He liked the electric A/C, and...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Indianapolis 500 Open Testing Is On! Watch It All Live Here! INDYCAR SERIES

We’ve got a few weeks until the start of all the official Indy 500 festivities, including official practice sessions, qualifying, etc, but that doesn’t mean that teams aren’t...

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Manual Cars Shouldn’t Be THIS FAST! 6-Second Stick Shift Drag Racing At Street Car Takeover In Rockingham.

I grew up in a stick shift drag racing family, so anything with a clutch pedal is near and dear to my heart. There is something about a stick shift car that just makes it more fun to drive, and even...

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Check Out The Record Breaking Ford GT Mk IV Lap Around Nürburgring! 6:15 Is The Quickest Internal Combustion Vehicle Ever On Track!

Before anyone starts yelling that there are quicker cars that have been around the Nurburgring, remember that there are only two of them and both of those cars had electric assist as a power adder....

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Buy Your Dream Apartment Condo At Texas Motor Speedway! 2 Bed, 2 Bath, 9th Floor Outside Turn 2 At TMS!

I’ve been fortunate enough to be at a couple of parties in the condos outside turn 2 at Texas Motor Speedway and can tell you that they are pretty cool. I went to a party in one of them where...

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Historic Video Bonanza: The 1965 12 Hours of Sebring

Road course competition was like international chess in the 1960s. There were battles for supremacy in virtually all classes and we’re not talking driver versus driver competition, we’re...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Best Car Song of All Time?

On a recent cruise down the highway, we slipped an unmarked CD into the radio and out sprang Ronnie and the Daytonas, belting out their famous car tune, G.T.O. That got us to thinking about the...

Caption This Photo: A Well Worn Econoline

We’ve seen lots of neglected vehicles in our day. Typically, up here in New England they rot into a pile, but down in bayou country, they seem to suffer a different fate. This Econoline looks...

Is The AHRA Coming Back From the Dead Again?

Like a drag racing zombie that eats money, hopes, and dreams instead of brains, the AHRA may be coming back again. We were tipped off to the existence of a new AHRA website and on that site are...

eBay Find: A Vintage Jet Funny Car Available for Fun and Profit

Now that Nostalgia Funny Cars are sweeping the nation like some sort of nuclear powered wild fire, it seems about time for the same thing to happed with Jet Funny Cars. Yes, we know that is a...

Killer Trade-In Offer From Aeromotive!

With the sudden closure of Barry Grant recently, Aeromotive has been getting a lot of calls regarding BG equipment and they ability to service it. While Aeromotive is not able to provide support and...

BangShift Approved Video: Toyota MR2 Plus Radial Airplane Engine Equals Awesome

You may have seen photos of an awesome project that centers around mating an old aircraft radial engine to a Toyota MR2 floating around the internet recently. Well it was no hoax, and we have the...

BangShift overcomes stiff competition to finish 4th at Goodguys 2011 Editors Challenge

BangShift’s own Chad Reynolds entered into the fierce competition of the 2011 Goodguys Editors Challenge, at the 2011 Goodguys Del Mar Nationals, and came out with a number 4 finish. Getting...

Event Coverage: 400 plus pictures of Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, and Street Machines at the 2011 Goodguys Del Mar Nationals

The Goodguys 11th Meguiars Del Mar Nationals near San Diego featured everything you would expect in a California Car Show. Sun, fun, surf, hot cars, hot girls, and killer racing action were all on...

Car Show Galleries: The 2011 Lonestar Roundup – Austin, Texas

The 2011 Lonestar Roundup went down this past weekend in Austin, Texas and BangShift photog Charles Wickam was on the scene to cover the massive show. He spent the weekend blasting photos and sent us...

100% BangShift Approved Video: Firing Up a Radial Airplane Engine Powered Toyota MR2

We normally don’t post a lot of stuff on the weekend because we’re usually out getting our BangShift on like the rest of you, but there are some “stop the presses moments” and...

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The Parting (Missed) Shift: Blowing Past the Redline Is No Bueno

The Parting Shift is normally a showcase of dexterity and skill with a manual transmission. Due to the date and the general theme of the day, it sure is not about skill or dexterity! In fact, it is...

Pro Drag Team Developing Electric Dragster Capable of Top Fuel Elapsed Times

BangShift.com has learned that a top tier drag racing teams with heavy ties to the US military has been secretly developing a revolutionary electric dragster that has already turned elapsed times...

URGENT SEMA LEGISLATIVE ALERT: ACT NOW!!!!

This one sucks folks. Please support the hobby by stopping this Arkansas Legislation. Legislation like this will only hurt our hobby, and revoke our rights. When legislation like this passes in one...