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LIVE-STREAM: “Kings of Columbus” Backside Battle @ Darana Raceway, Ohio – July 25th 2026

Well, it’s time for some backside no prep racing action, and this time it’s coming to you from National Trail Darana Raceway in Ohio where the Kings of Columbus Backside Battle 2026 is...

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Bug Jam Festival 2026 Livestream: Epic Weather For One Of The Coolest Summer Events At Santa Pod In England! Plenty of Action!

I love VWs, and have always wanted one. So when I saw that Santa Pod was streaming their Bug Jam Festival again this year I figured I’d share it with all of you guys as well. Whether you like a...

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Drag Racing Livestream: Division 1 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series from Numidia Dragway – Saturday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 1! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest on the east coast and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. Check it...

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LIVE STREAMING | Race 1 and 2 | Misano | GT World Challenge from GT Festival in Darwin Australia powered by AWS 2026

It is road racing season, and boy is it in full swing! There have been more endurance and road races in the last few weeks than we could imagine, and there are even more to come. It’s summertime...

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Music To Your Ears: Watch, And Listen, To The Best Sounding Cars From The 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed Right Here!

Whether you love the sound of a great American V8 at full song, the shreak of a V12 Aston Martin, or the songs that Ferraris and F1 cars make, you’ll love this video. This is nothing but on track...

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19 Years of Madness: Get a Look Inside the Sold-Out Camp N Drag 2026 Car Show! This Thing Is Epic and Old School!

Way back in the day, like 25 years ago, most folks at mini truck and van shows were camping out and partying all night long. Even at some of the car shows it was common. Shows would close the outside...

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Guerrilla Auction Gallery: Photos from both Barrett Jackson and the Russo and Steele 2011 auctions

Last weekend was the yearly Arizona automotive auction orgy. Barrett Jackson went down and the Russo and Steele auction also happened. Luckily for us, BangShifter Remy-Z hit both events and he had...

Incredible Carnage Photo: A Mining Dump Truck Squashed an 18-Wheeler and a Road Grader

It is Monday morning, all by itself that sucks. At our east coast offices we awoke to temperatures in the range of 10 to 20 BELOW zero, no poop. We started thinking that we were in for a crapola day...

Event Coverage Re-Run: SCTA El Mirage July 2010

It’s LSR season and we’re gearing up for full coverage of east coast speed at Loring, Maine in a couple of weeks. Before we head up into the wilds of northern Main, we’ll share...

Huge Event Gallery: The 2010 ADRL UTI Texas Drags

Last weekend’s ADRL UTI Texas Drags produced some big elapsed times, big wreckage, and inundated the fine people at Houston Raceway Park with big horsepower. Our man Charles Wickam was on the...

Gallery: Dirt Track Insanity From Battleground Speedway!

Charles Wickam has been a busy fellow shooting awesome photos for the BangShift universe to check out. He just wrapped an awesome shoot at the ADRL event in Houston and just a week before that he was...

Epic Failure Video: Massive Cranes Folding Up Like An Erector Set

Cranes are amongst the most impressive machines in the BangShift universe. They serve a simple purpose, to lift heavy junk. The vast majority of the time they complete this task with little drama or...

The Parting Shift: Working the Tree Mounted Shifter in a Sweet 1961 Galaxie

It has been a long time since we featured someone making a three on the tree shifter work. In this case the car is an awesome 1961 Galaxie with a 390 that has been fortified with factory hi-po parts....

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Car Feature Re-Run: Gary and Pam Beineke’s Awesome 1971 One of None Superbird

A car feature on a 1971 Plymouth Super Bird? You got it. So what if Mopar never built such an animal, Gary and Pam Beineke did, and this one’s loaded with a 472ci Hemi wth a Six Pack. Yeah,...

NHRA’s Non-Profit Status Could Soon Be Under Review by the IRS

A Washington D.C law firm has filed a complaint to the IRS on behalf of a client that wants to remain anonymous, challenging the National Hot Rod Association’s status as a tax exempt...

Camaro Convertibles To Hit the Showroom in Late February

The long awaited Chevy Camaro convertible will finally be available in showrooms by the end of February according to company sources. Lots of work has gone into the places you’d expect, the...

Rally Jump Carnage: Look Out Below!!

Those crazy rally drivers love to jump their cars. Normally they will get some air over berms and smallish hills in the woods. In this clip, you’ll see a guy completely misjudge a huge drop off...

Killer deal: Buy Grumpy Jenkins 1969 Pro Stock Camaro for 3K!

That’s right, we have proof that Grumpy Jenkins listed his 1969 Camaro Pro Stocker for sale at a price of $3,000…in 1972. Thanks to a BangShift reader who is as big as a drag racing...

If a Donk and a Rat Rod Had a Baby…The DonkRod

We were cruising AutoTraderClassics recently and cam upon this car which we can only describe as the marriage of a donk and a rat rod. While it is true that old cars had large diameter wheels back in...

Characters of Pixar’s Cars 2 Revealed, Familiar Faces and a BangShift Sponsor Included

The long awaited follow up to the massive 2006 hit movie Cars is due to hit the theaters in June of this year. Pictures of the cars involved in Cars 2 have been revealed and they show that most of...