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US Street Nationals Testing: LIVE Testing Action From Bradenton Motorsports Park. It’s Time For The Drag Illustrated Winter Series!

It’s time for the Drag Illustrated Winter Series in Florida to continue! The US Street Nationals are on this weekend, and while the rest of the easter half of the country will be freezing, the...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Joe Grippo is one of BANGshift’s longest running contributors and has covered everything from junkyards to car shows and drag races to drag and drives, and so much more. He drags his lovely...

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IHRA ANNOUNCES THE LEASING AND OPERATIONS OF THE PULASKI COUNTY MOTORSPORTS PARK, FORMERLY THE MOTOR MILE SPEEDWAY

It feels like forever since IHRA announced a new track purchase, but they haven’t been sitting around twiddling their thumbs. Nope, yesterday they made the announcement that they had signed a...

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Paint And Body 101: How To Eliminate Orange Peel So You Can Paint Like A Pro! Kevin Tetz Walks Us Through The Process

Kevin Tetz is a bad ass. We’ve said it multiple times, but some things are worth repeating. He’s been painting cars and trucks for decades, showing millions how to do it on tv for...

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CHEAPEST Lincoln EVER! Will $155 Make It Run and Drive? Free Lincoln, Plus Free Big Block, Equals FUN!

Dylan McCool knows how to take advantage of some good fortune. When he was offered a big boat of a Lincoln, for free, and had already been given a 460 big block Ford, for free, he knew that the...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! Watch Hammertown Come Together With This Streaming Camera From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Danica Patrick Blasts Indy Team, Fans Blast Back

Drivers complaining about the setup of their race cars is nothing new. In fact, we bet that the first Indy 500 was full of guys who blamed poor performance on their crew’s inability to get the...

Awesome Read Update: How American Open Wheel Racing Destroyed Itself: The Finale

The inside story of how open wheel racing in America essentially wrecked itself is incredibly riveting, especially when told from the inside out by legendary racing journalist Ed Hinton. We read the...

Rumor: Ford to End Mercury Brand

In what has to be the least shocking rumor regarding the closing of an automotive brand, Ford seem to be getting ready to close down Mercury for good. Making up only about 6% of Ford’s sales...

Craigslist Find: A Weirdo, Homebuilt, Mini Big-Rig

We swear that this stuff finds us. While piling through Craigslist ads in the Pittsburgh area, we found a listing for a truly unique truck. The concept is totally BangShift approved but the actual...

RacingJunk Find: The Baddest 1968 Road Runner Ever

If we told you that we found a Hemi powered Road Runner on RacingJunk.com, you’d shrug and move on. If we told you that Hemi was a 14-71 blown 496ci Keith Black engine, you’d stick...

LIFE Gallery: Neato Kiddie Cars From the Past

Old kiddie cars are cool. Today most vehicles for small children are of plastic construction and move around on power supplied from batteries. That was not the case back in the day, as cars were...

Roger Burgess Forms World-Wide Pro Mod Association, Creates 2011 World Challenge

Roger Burgess, the uber-wealthy and uber-enthusiastic Pro Mod supporter and racer, has formed the World Wide Pro Mod Association and has created an awesome World Challenge race that will be held in...

Crazy Flaming Carnage Video: 18-Wheeler T-Bones Dump Truck

We’ll start with the punchline. According to the Associated Press, neither driver in this massive collision was hurt. We cannot fathom how that is possible because the impact looks like someone...

Interesting Read: A Profile of Top Fuel Racer Antron Brown

For better or for worse, drag racing is the most accessible motorsport in the world. Anything with wheels can run down the strip for glory. While it’s true that top-level competitors need to be...

eBay Gurney-Driven Trans Am Mustang: Not All It Seems? Here’s The Rest of the Story

While all the automotive internet has been aflutter with the announcement of a restored “Dan Gurney” 1969 Mustang Trans-Am racer for sale on eBay, we’ve been scratching our heads a...

Pebble Beach Concours 2010 to Feature Hot Rod Lakesters and Historic Bonneville Racers

The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is probably the stuffiest car show in North America. A few years ago the organizers created a class for vintage hot rods and this year it has been announced...

AutoTrader Classics Find: A 1952 Dodge Power Wagon

There are few vehicles more ironic than the mighty Dodge Power Wagon. When we saw this awesome 1952 model for sale on AutoTraderClassics.com, we instantly fell in love. Not counting the original...

Event Coverage: MSD Ignition’s 6th Annual Company Car Show and Picnic

MSD Ignition hosted their 6th annual Company Car Show and Picnic and our company insider Todd Ryden sent us photos. The car count was great, and MSD staffers brought out everything you can imagine...

Indy Gallery: A BangShifter’s Guide To the 2010 Indy 500 Practice

The 2010 Indy 500 is slated to be run this weekend, and while we’re not exactly die hard Indy Car fans, we dig the hell out of cool racing photos. BangShift.com forum member IndyShiftMan (Jeff)...