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A Weekend At The Drags with Joe Grippo: Racing, Photos, And Fun From Darana Raceway Park Maple Grove in Pennsylvania.

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Arguably the biggest bombshell news story that came out of last year’s PRI show was the legendary Pennsylvania drag strip Maple Grove Raceway being acquired by the...

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Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event Is The Father’s Day Car Show! We’ve Got Photos Right Here!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Making Fiberglass Doors Actually Fit, And Making The Steering Work Properly!

Doors that shut and wheels that turn might not sound super exciting, but they require fabrication and time in order to be right and that’s what we dig. This project has been fun to follow, and...

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PDRA Drag Racing Video: Pro Nitrous and Pro Boost Round 1 North vs South Shootout Qualifying from Maryland International Raceway

We’ve shared some live track testing going on at Maryland International Raceway where PDRA’s top teams were on hand to see what kind of improvements they can make as they got ready for this past...

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Extended Highlights from the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa | GT World Challenge powered by AWS 2026

We share all kinds of live racing action from the 24 Hours of SPA this weekend, but if you missed any of that we’ve got great highlight video below that shows the best racing action from the...

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IMSA 6-Hours of Watkins Glen Endurance Racing Highlight Video Is Right Here! Only The Best Racing Action!

Here we go again! The 2026 IMSA Racing season is in full swing and this weekend the series was visiting Watkins Glen in New York which is one of the most famous race tracks in the country! There was...

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Scottish Team Thrashing to Break 300mph Barrier Before Close of Bonneville Speed Week

A team of Scottish racers are frantically thrashing to piece their hot rod back together and make a final run at the 313mph I/Blown Fuel Streamliner record. For starters that is a 313mph record set...

RacingJunk Find: A Race Ready LSR 1977 Corvette

With Chad being stationed on the salt all week providing updates and information Speed Week that you’re literally not going to get anywhere else, we’ve totally gone nuts scheming on LSR...

Bonneville Speedweek 2010 – Wednesday video, action, and pictures.

The crowds might be getting smaller, as the 2010 SCTA Bonneville Speedweek moves into the final few days, but the action is only getting hotter. Records have been set and reset, gauntlets have been...

News Exclusive: Disabled drivers to run 200 mph at Bonneville?

This is seriously amazing news, and a BangShift.com exclusive. We were informed today by Mike Cook, son of Doug “Cookie” Cook, SCTA Past President, Bonneville World Record holder, race...

Bonneville Speedweek 2010 – Tuesday Afternoon Gallery and More!

Today’s coverage of the SCTA’s 2010 Bonneville Speedweek started out with our own gallery along with coverage from our presenting sponsor Spectre Performance, but we promised you even...

Bonneville Speed Week 2010 – Tuesday Morning Gallery – Presented by Spectre Performance

While our own Chad Reynolds is cranking out the photos and video, we have a secret weapon in our coverage arsenal: the guys and girls at Spectre Performance. They’re armed and dangerous with...

BangShift Bonneville Video: In-Car With Lee Sicilio at Bonneville in His Hemi Daytona Clone at 230 MPH

First off we have to give props where they are due. Scott Clark (known as DieselGeek on the BangShift forums) gave us this awesome in-car footage of a 230 mph run in Lee Sicilio’s awesome Dodge...

Bonneville Speedweek 2010 Monday: Poteet and Main goes 417 MPH! Spectre goes 355!

Click here to access all the BangShift.com Photo Galleries and Videos from the entire 2010 Bonneville Speedweek  The SCTA/BNI Bonneville Speedweek 2010 is well into its fourth day and the drama is...

Update: Even More! Bonneville Speed Week 2010 – Monday – Presented by Spectre Performance

    The boys and girls at Bonneville have stepped on it to start the meat of Speed Week. The Poteet and Main Speed Demon is current top speed holder with a 408mph trip down Broadway. The...

Desert Racing Tragedy Raises Questions About Racing on Federal Property

After a desert racing tragedy last weekend that left scores of spectators dead and wounded in California after a truck rolled off course, the news media has glommed on to the idea that racing on...

Caption this Photo: A Slight Timing Mishap

While wrasslin’ with an HEI swap onto our project truck Goliath we ran into a problem. Namely, that problem was that our fancy pants HEI unit was not producing any spark. Because it was...

Boneville Speed Week 2010 – Sunday – Presented by Spectre Performance

As we predicted, the crew at Spectre Performance rocketed into the record books on Sunday with a two run average of 324mph to shatter the existing A/BGS record by a large margin of nearly 50mph. The...

Bonneville Speed Week 2010 – Saturday – Presented by Spectre Performance

As day two of Bonneville Speed Week 2010 dawned, the Spectre Performance crew saw themselves in line as the first streamliner of the day. Driver and company owner Amir Rosenbaum needed to make a...

Bonneville Speed Week 2010 – Friday – Presented by Spectre Performance

Spectre Performance has stepped up huge to become the presenting sponsor of BangShift’s 2010 Bonneville Speed Week coverage. That means our own Chad Reynolds will be on the salt as of Sunday...