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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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FREE Big Money Bracket Racing LIVESTREAM: The SuperBucks Showdown Presented by Get’M Performance Saturday $20,000

More big money bracket racing coming to you live! It’s Thursday at the SuperBucks Showdown presented by Get’M Performance and that means there is $5,000 on the line to warm up everyone for two...

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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing – Saturday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got More Dan Grippo Photos Right Here!

(Words by Joe Grippo, photos by Dan Grippo) We hauled the race cars up to picturesque Beaver Springs Dragway the other weekend for the annual All Ford Race and Car Show. Sunshine, blue skies, and...

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BANGshift.com Would Like To Wish All Of You A Happy And Safe Independence Day! We Hope You Enjoy The Celebration This 4th of July!

On behalf of myself, all our great BANGshift.com contributors, and all our families, BANGshift.com would like to wish you all a happy, healthy, and safe Independence Day. Happy Birthday to the United...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our Final Day 1 Racing Gallery from Darana Raceway National Trail in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 1, when the driver’s...

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Event Coverage: Even More Goodguys Columbus Car Show Coverage

The Good Guys Columbus car show is the largest of the year, and we just keep getting in more photos from the event. Our boy Doug, “LS7GTO” on the BangShift.com Forums, sent us some more...

In-Car Video: So You Want to Drive a Quick Altered?

Altereds are some of our favorite cars to watch go down the drag strip. The combo of far too little wheelbase and far too much horsepower makes for some spirited viewing. This video is great in the...

Craigslist Find: A Pinto Mini-Stocker Complete with Spares

We’ve been quietly longing to go budget beater stock car racing for some time now. The gallery we posted earlier in the week from the dirt Battleground Speedway really got our gears turning....

Barnstormin’: Heading to Loring, Lobster, Hot Rods, and Maine State Troopers

Well, we’ve arrived at Loring, Maine. We’ve sipped our first beers, ate a bunch of lobster, oogled a trio of cool hot rods, and skirted a huge speeding ticket due to the good graces of a...

Ivan Stewart is Auctioning Trucks, Memorabilia, and Parts! Get your pennies ready.

Ivan “The Ironman” Stewart, multi-time Baja 1000 winner, and off-road racing icon is having an auction in honor of his retirement on August 28th. Stewart’s career includes...

Is Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Danger of Collapsing Under It’s Own Financial Weight?

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is one of the most famous altars to speed in the world. It is also one of the largest and most expensive to operate. The track really runs just a handful of events...

New 15W50 Break-In Oil From Comp Cams

Breaking in a new motor is both an exciting and nerve racking experience. With oil being stripped of several critical elements due to government regulations there are few truly good options left for...

Video Bonanza: Loring Timing Association 2009 Meet Videos

By the time you read this we’ll be headed north to the uppermost portion of Maine to join a small band of dedicated speed freaks at the Loring Timing Association’s 2010 LSR Meet. The...

Great Read: A Good Interview with Chip Foose

Chip Foose is one of the most likable “big wheels” in the car hobby. He’s a legit car guy, can fit into any room of people, and of course manages to design and build some awesome...

eBay Find: A Barn Find 1966 Pontiac LeMans Sprint at No Reserve!

We’re oddly fascinated with the OHC six Pontiacs of the late 1960s. The engine was a pet project of John DeLorean and an attempt to appeal to the enthusiast driver who was looking for a more...

Event Coverage: The 9th Annual Englishtown Funny Car Reunion and Old Time Drags

The Funny Car Reunion and Old Time Drags are events that simply have to be taken in. Held each summer at Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey, it draws all of the strongest nostalgia Funny Cars...

Event Coverage: The 2010 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular

The KKOA Leadsled Spectacular is billed as the world’s oldest and most established Custom Car event. It was started thirty years ago and continues to thrive today as evidenced by the great...

Video Bonanza: Evel Knievel, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Evel Knievel is an interesting character study. On the one hand there is the guy with the panache, guts, and skill to fly a too heavy motorcycle over too far a distance in front of tens of thousands...

Check it Out: A Killer Show This Weekend at HRE Wheels,Tour the Factory

If you are in the San Diego area this weekend make sure to stop by HRE Wheels on Saturday morning. They are hosting a car show and giving factory tours. HRE builds some really wild high-end stuff so...