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The Lake Effect Showdown at Kuhnle Motorsports Park Is Small Tire Drag Racing Greatness! Lil Gangstas, Small Tire

The Lake Effect Showdown brings the excitement of small tire racing to Lil Gangstas’ racing to Kuhnle Motorsports Park on Saturday June 13th, 2026! This unique event will be a first for the area on...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: STREAMING VIDEO From The 21st Annual Ultimate 64 Bracket Race From Darana Kil-Kare Raceway – Saturday

Kil-Kare Raceway is home to some awesome events, including the 21st annual Ultimate 64 Big Money Bracket Races this weekend. This is one of the older events in the mid west and racers flock to this...

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FREE Bracket Racing Livestream: 8th Annual Spring King Of The Creek Bracket Racing Is LIVE Right Here – Saturday

Maryland International Raceway is home to the King of the Creek, and this weekend’s spring event is as big and competitive as always. With classes for everyone, and some of the Mid-Atlantic’s...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Sportsman Nationals At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Sportsman, Nostalgia Classes, and More!

Enjoy all the racing action from Santa Pod’s Sportsman Nationals this weekend, as Nostalgia Drag Racing and National Championship drag racing competitors battle it out head to head to see...

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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Continues Today as We are Heading for The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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The Hot Rod Hoarder Gasser Henry J Project Part 8: Putting a HISTORIC Gasser Back on the Track Feels Oh So Good!

Tommy and the kids are back at it, and it’s a runner! They are hitting the dragstrip to bring this project full circle, so check it out. The big block should be fun with all the new parts that...

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BangShift Christmas Wish List Pick of the Day: A Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive Equipped Lenco

Back at SEMA, Gear Vendors President and CEO Rick Johnson did the impossible. He made us crave a Lenco transmission even more than before! With the engineering and release of a Gear Vendors...

eBay Find: A Real Yenko ZL-1 That Still Has Never Been Run!

How about a super rare $50,000 aluminum big block Chevy for your project car? That price may not be accurate though. The starting bid on this amazing 1970s era Yenko ZL-1 engine is $50K so if there...

Video: Ridetech’s Bret Voelkel says “We Drive Our Junk!”

  We love the guys over at Ridetech, and the fact that everything they own gets beat on. We’ve always said that their products are Bret Tested which means you can’t possibly be...

Video: Mooneyes Christmas Party Drags and Cacklefest 2010

We already showed you the 400 plus photos that we took at the Mooneyes Christmas Party and Drags, but now we are bringing you the video. We’ve got Factory Experimentals, Gassers, and Top Fuel...

ADRL Releases 2011 Schedule, Adds Two New Venues

The American Drag Racing League has released the schedule for its 2011 tour. The series will visit two places it has not seen before, Maple Grove Raceway in PA and Palm Beach International Raceway...

BangShift Christmas Wish List Pick of the Day: A 2012 Mustang Cobra Jet

With less than two weeks before the fatty in the red suit squeezes down our chimney, we decided to list off some of the stuff we’re asking for this Christmas. We’ll drop one item on you...

Video Bonanza: Weird, Wild, and Cool Russian Off Road Vehicles

We have no idea what the Russian word for redneck is, but some of the stuff show in the videoswe dug up was certainly built by Russian rednecks. Yes, there is a military truck or two in there defying...

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eBay Find: An Awesome 1962 Twin-Engine McCulloch Racing Kart

Racing go-karts are nothing new. Karting has been a popular motorsport for more than 50 years now. While karts are an awesome starting point for youngsters looking to someday advance into the ranks...

Magnuson Products Bought by Private Equity Firm

Magnuson Products, the California based supercharger design and manufacturing firm has been acquired by Pendergast Partners, and Banyan Mezzanine Funds, two private equity firms, according to a press...

Event Coverage: Mooneyes Christmas Party 2010

This weekend was the 2010 Mooneyes Christmas Party which is held every December at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. We have been going to this show for the past couple of years, but were hit with really...

The Parting Shift: Beating on a 625hp, Four Speed, Big Block, 1968 Chevelle

This is one nasty car! The owner claims that it makes 625hp and by the sounds of the thing and the way it likes to run, we’re on board with that. The stir stick is attached to a Muncie M22 and...

RideTech News: Shockwave Trade-in Program Still On, T-Shirt Design Contest Still On, Billet Yo-Yo For Sale

The guys and girls at RideTech are as busy as Santa and the elves this holiday season. Between the innovate and successful Shockwave trade-in program, their t-shirt design contest, and the...

Ford Releases Info and Specs on 2012 Mustang Cobra Jet

There’s going to be another 50 Cobra Jets terrorizing the world of drag racing soon. Ford has announced that they will produce a run of 2012 Cobra Jets (not shown in the photo) and there are...

Tune In! BangShift’s Chad Reynolds to Appear on Hot Rod Magazine Radio Saturday

Hot Rod Magazine Live is a popular radio show hosted by Dennis Pittsenbarger. Dennis is also a BangShift reader and fan. He’s made the fatal career mistake of inviting us to appear on his show....