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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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Cool Video: Freiburger and Finnegan Take Hot Rod’s Crusher Camaro on a Road Trip to Arizona

Hot Rod Magazine’s Crusher Camaro has seen many engine and transmission combinations over the years. The current version is certainly a fan favorite. Decked out in 1980s spec garb and sporting...

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Awesome Video: The Trailer for a Documentary on Mike Charlton’s Bucks Down Quest for the Motorcycle LSR Record

Eastlake, Ohio’s Mike Charlton is a man of action, not empty words. He’s build and ridden his supercharged V8 exhibition drag bike for years. He constructed a jet powered semi-truck for...

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Event Gallery: The Owl’s Head Transportation Museum’s Snow Movers Exhibition

Owl’s Head, Maine is a small hamlet outside of the coastal city of Rockland. It is home to the Owl’s Head Transportation Museum, one of the neatest automotive, airplane, and mechanically...

Racing Junk Find: A ZL-1 Camaro Super Stocker That’s Ready To Run

In the ranks of Super Stock, the closer your class designation gets to the beginning of the alphabet, the quicker and faster you’ll be. Naturally, if you find yourself behind the wheel of a...

Pomona NHRA Top Fuel Winner Interview: Morgan Lucas Talks to BangShift During Pre-Season Testing

When we scheduled all these interviews to run here on BangShift, we had no freakin’ clue that Morgan Lucas was about the kick eveyone’s ass out in Pomona, but hey, it worked out great for...

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Pro Stock Chat: Catching Up With Shane Gray at the Las Vegas Pre Season Pro Stock Test

Here’s the younger half of another father/son tandem on the NHRA tour, Shane Gray. Shane’s dad Johnny was most recently a Pro Stock driver who has made the leap back into the nitro Funny...

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Top Fuel Interview: Terry McMillan Talks About Making the Full NHRA Full Throttle Tour in 2011

Outside of the Lagana boys, our favorite Top Fuel pilot is Terry McMillan. He’s been sponsored by Amalie Oil for ages, has competed in Alcohol Funny Car and Top Fuel simultaneously in the past,...

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Pro Stock Interview: We Talk With 19 Year Old Pro Stock Driver Vincent Nobile

Vincent Nobile is the youngest man in NHRA Pro Stock. His dad, John Nobile has competed on both the NHRA and IHRA circuits, with Vince being at his side the whole way. The kid acquitted himself...

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BangShift Project Spotlight: A Neat 1951 Chev Truck Build That Features a Turbocharged GMC Jimmy Six

Gary Hart’s 1951 Chevy truck build is really looking awesome. The lines of a classic early 1950s Chevy are tough to beat, but the real star of this show is the engine. Hart is using an old...

MSD Rolls Out New Advanced Power System Starters

The guys at MSD have had their thinking caps on again. Their popular line of APS starters just got better with the addition of more cranking power, and the addition of new bearings to further beef up...

Interview Video: Bobby Lagana, BangShift Top Fuel Hero

Chances are, if you’re a BangShift reader, you know Bobby Lagana and the multi-generational nitro racing Lagana family. One of the most compelling racing teams running Top Fuel today, they...

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Interview Video: Johnny Gray talks about swapping Pro Stock for Nitro Funny Car

Johnny Gray may be the happiest man in America these days. Having just sold his petroleum and natural gas business for more money than some countries are worth, and changed professional NHRA classes...

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Interview Video: We Talk to Spencer Massey About Coming Back to the NHRA and Racing with DSR

Spencer Massey is back amongst the ranks of drag racing’s elite, driving the Fram/Prestone Top Fuel Dragster for Don Schumacher Racing. DSR’s pulling of the well loved Cory McClenathan at...

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News: Woman Loses Arm in Towing Accident Caused by Glaring Stupidity

Junking your crappy old mini-van is a good idea. Towing that van to the junkyard is a fine thought as well. Doing so with a rope tied around the windshield of the van while you and your friend ride...