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Drag Racing 2000hp Trucks UPHILL in SNOW! What Could Possibly Go Wrong? This Is Insane And Fun In All The Right Ways!

Ice and snow racing events just make me smile, but probably not for the reason you think. As awesome as these events are, and as cool as the race cars and trucks can be, it’s the people that...

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More of Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos: Door Cars, Floppers, Dragsters, And More!

(Photos by David Whealon) – NHRA Drag Racing at the Gatornationals was off the hook yet again in 2026! The week started with new drivers, crew chiefs, and teams, plus record breaking performances...

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Who Makes The Best Thermal Imaging Camera? And Does The Price Match The Test Results? Project Farm Finds One Clear Winner!

If you are like me, there have been a bunch of times when you wished you had a thermal imagine camera. I use my laser temperature gun all the time, and it’s very handy, but sometimes it would...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Testing from Darana Motorsports Park GALOT In Preparation For The IHRA Season Opener!

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season opener, you are not alone! And with this weekend’s season opener going on at Darana Motorsports Park, formerly GALOT, there is plenty...

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The Direct Injection Vs Port Injection Debate Is Dead! Or Is It? Brian Tooley Racing And The Real Tuners Podcast Dyno Test!

I know there are some good reasons for Direct Injection in gasoline engines. But I also know that DI engines can be a giant pain in the butt and have some serious issues folks need to be aware of....

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This Race Engine Was Built By Someone Else. Here’s How Moran Motorsports Found 260 Additional Horsepower That They Missed!

I know several professional engine builders, and several who think they are professional engine builders. Make no mistake, I’m not even remotely claiming to be an engine builder, and...

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Mecum Auctioning Off Pieces of Reggie Jackson’s Car Collection Next Weekend, Jaw Dropping Stuff

The Mecum at Monterey auction, to be held August 13-14 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey, California, will feature 15 cars from the private collection of Reggie “Mr. October” Jackson, who is...

Great Read: Tommy Ivo’s Tow Rig History

Tommy Ivo is rightfully known as drag racing’s first great showman. He had awesome looking cars that ran up to their appearance, and even his towing equipment was top shelf. He understood that...

BangShift Approved: New Jegs Practice Tree Iphone App

We don’t normally get excited over iPhone apps and the like, but in this case we wish we had an iPhone to install one on. Jegs High Performance Mail-Order has come up with an app every racer...

Epic Crane Fail Video: Crane Drops Another Crane

Driving a crane must be cool, but as this video will show, there are certainly risks both physical and financial. In this clip, you’ll see a huge crane lifting a smaller road going crane with...

eBay Find: An Old and Rare Hone Overdrive Unit

While proud BangShift sponsor Gear Vendors is the undisputed champion of overdrive units these days, there were some companies that attempted to produce similar, albeit much cruder examples in the...

Event Coverage: NHRA Motorsports Museum Twilight Cruise August 2010

The monthly Twilight Cruise at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum is a must see show in Southern California, and we know it. We also know that a ton of you guys hate us for having a dozen other...

Breaking News: BangShift Welcomes Snooky’s Vintage Originals as a Sponsor

BangShift.com is incredibly proud to announce that Snooky’s Vintage Originals has joined our family of sponsors. Snooky’s is THE place to score killer drag racing and hot rod themed...

Guerilla Shop Tour: Chuck’s Classic Cars, AKA Mopar Heaven

When our pal Matt Graves at Cherry Bomb told us that he was stopping by a shop and was going to send us some photos we were excited to see the photos. When we actually saw what was at this place, we...

Insane Carnage Video: Open-Wheel Cars Make Crappy Airplanes

The nightmare scenario for any open wheel racer is tire-to-tire contact with a competitor, especially at high speed. One not need be a genius to see why it is a problem for the tires of these cars to...

Drag Gallery: A Day at the Digs from Houston Motorsports Park

Our Texas based photo correspondent Charles Wickam has been a busy dude. Recently he went and took a shop tour at the School of Automotive Machinists and he also attended the drags at Houston...

American Thunder Video: A 1964 Fairlane 500 Hauls Ass on the ‘Ring

This is some of the greatest footage we’ve ever seen. This is video of a (modern) Holman Moody built 1964 Fairlane 500 being raced in Germany on the famed Nurburgring. It is in some sort of...

Resto of NASCAR 1965 Impala Proceeds at Amazing Pace

We admire guys who take on a project and then really get after it. They have the car blown apart within a week and progress gets made on a day to day basis. That’s a skill set we haven’t...

The Top 11: Best Foreign Cars to Swap Domestic V8 Grunt Into

The AC Ace would probably be little more than another entry on a list of obscure British cars if it hadn’t been for Carroll Shelby’s decision to buy them in bulk and stuff Ford motors...

Caption This Photo: Charles Sleeping on the Job Again

A few weeks back we showed you a photo of our photo contributor Charles Wickam sleeping on the wall at Bowling Green’s Beech Bend Raceway. What we failed to tell you was that there was another...