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IHRA Names Dustin Farthing New President Of The International Hot Rod Association

IHRA Names Dustin Farthing President of the International Hot Rod Association FAIRFIELD, OHIO — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is proud to announce the appointment of Dustin Farthing...

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Remembering Our Friend Kyle Loftis – The Man Behind 1320video Will Be Missed More Than He Ever Realized

It has taken me several days to be able to post something like this on BANGshift. Posting it the day we found out about the loss of our great friend would have been the smart thing for page views and...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Indy 500 Testing And Qualifying Is On! Watch It All Live Here! INDYCAR SERIES

We’ve got a few days until the start of the Indy 500, but there is plenty of practice and qualifying action to watch until then! We’ve got live streaming video from the Indianapolis Motor...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’s HELLA 2026! COURSE 3 RACING ACTION

If you are new around there then you might not know that we seriously dig Formula Off-Road racing here at BANGshift.com. This is high flying, loud, and intense racing that involves what look to be...

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Camden Murphy Sets Monster Truck World Speed Record at Monster Jam at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Monster Trucks are awesome machines, and the things they are capable of doing are mind boggling at times. But as fast, and crazy, and high flying as they are, top speed is not the thing you think of...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 3 of 5 – What’s Wizardry Is Going Into This Beast? The Science Behind Better Handling

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In this video...

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Retro Galleries: BangShift’s 2009 Bonneville Speed Week Coverage

With BangShift’s Chad Reynolds hurtling east to attack the salt with wall to wall coverage courtesy of Spectre Performance this year, we thought we’d remind you of all the greatness that...

Game Changer: Aeromotive’s New Drop In Stealth Kits for 03-Up Corvettes

Aeromotive has once again changed the fuel system game with the introduction of their Stealth System for 2003 1/2 and up Corvettes. This is a complete drop in fuel system that slides right into the...

Craigslist Find: A Crazy Rare and Totally Cool 1962 Pontiac Bonneville Wagon

We’re getting into Bonneville mode already as Speed Week has already gotten off the ground with tech inspection yesterday. We were planning on finding some clapped out junk Bonneville for Chad...

Barnstormin’: It’s About the Show, Stupid

With the recent announcement that New England Dragway will be leaving the IHRA to race under the NHRA banner in 2011, I’ve been thinking a lot about the format change that IHRA made coming into...

EcoRace: Roush Yates to Hot Rod EcoBoost V6 Engines for American LeMans Series

When Ford’s EcoBoost turbo V6 engine hit the shelves and dealerships, we were wondering if it would gain any traction as a racing engine at some point. It makes great power from the factory and...

Video Bonanza: Fun With Military Deuce and a Half 6×6 Trucks

The M35 family of trucks that have been serving the military for decades certainly do not get the amount of love that the little WWII-era Jeeps get with respect to their vital role in the service,...

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Fact or Fiction? The Man Who Owned (and Drove) His Rolls For 82 Years

We received an e-mail the other day that told the story of a man named Allen Swift from Springfield, Massachusetts, who supposedly received a brand new 1928 Rolls Royce from his pop as a graduation...

Power Plants: Ford Rolls Out Four New Engines for F-150

Ford has announced a completely new engine lineup for the 2011 F-150. The engines range from the twin-turbo EcoBoost six cylinder to the rompin’ stompin’ 411hp 6.2L engine that was first...

eBay Find: An $11,000 Renault Alliance

When we plugged “Renault” into the search line on eBay we figured that an old 2CV or some other oddity would pop up. We figured wrong. The highest price item carrying the Renault tag on...

Video: Insane Flaming Engine Failure and Freefalling Crowd Killer

Oh man is this video nuts. Racing up sand dunes is a full-on motorsports frenzy in the Middle East and this video shows the absolute worst case scenario at a dune event. The hot roddy truck makes it...

RacingJunk Find: A Neato 1977 Ford Class 8100 Off Road Racing Truck

We always tell you that we’re lusting after the various vehicles we find on our normal slate of websites that sell cool stuff, but this time we really mean it. This 1977 Ford desert racing...

Shop Tour: Sire Fabrication

You probably remember the name Yannick Sire from the insane “Priapism” twin-engine speed buggy that was featured in Hot Rod a while back. Sire constructed that whole car from scratch. He...

Great News: MSD’s 2010 Motor Money Rebate

The fine folks over at MSD Ignition have stepped up to the plate once again this year with the 2010 Motor Money Rebate program. They will reward any purchase of more than $300 with a $30 rebate and...

Car Show Gallery: The 47th Das Awkscht Fescht

Despite having one of the oddest names for a car show in America, the Das Awkscht Fescht is a massive event in Pennsylvania. For nearly 50 years the show has been filling the 42-acre Macungie...