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FREE LIVESTREAM: The IHRA New Orleans Powerboat Grand Prix LIVE Racing Action Starts Here!

The International Hot Rod Association’s Offshore Racing Series kicked off their 2026 season in St. Petersburg Florida a couple of weeks ago, and featured big speed from giant offshore boats and...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Division 2 Divisional Lucas Oil Sportsman Drag Racing At South Georgia Motorsports Park – Sunday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 2! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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Stinky Pinky 6 Debut! Disco Dean Karns NEW CAR Debut! FIRST HIT And It Runs 3.70! Now It’s Time To Race!

Last fall Disco Dean Karns crashed his awesome Pontiac Firebird Trans Am they called Stinky Pinky 5, and while Dean came out of it okay, the same could not be said for the poor Trans Am. This was an...

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Better Than a Bugatti? Here’s Why Jay Leno Paid Full Price for his 2026 Corvette ZR1X. How Bad Ass Is It Really?

Jay Leno has got some of the most awesome cars on the planet, as we’ve all seen parts of his collection over the years. And he’s wealthy enough to buy any car he could ever want, so it...

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Holley Swap Essentials: Holley’s Complete LS & LT Swap Kits for GM Cars & Trucks Make Installs A Sure Thing

It’s never been easier to LS or LT swap something, and there are a ton of companies making parts. Engine mounts, gotta be 100 companies making them. Headers, probably 100 as well. Brackets,...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: IHRA Outlaw Nitro Racing Series Action From Virginia Motorsports Park

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie Virginia, where racers are going to be battling...

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Mother Mopar’s Monster 2009 SEMA display

Despite their horrific financial conditions, the big three are all coming to SEMA with cool stuff to display. Chrysler is going to showcase several cars and trucks that range from totally bad ass to...

Video: Chevrolet Pre-Event Teaser for 2009 SEMA Show Cars

It’s a good thing we have a true GM insider as a BangShift.com member, because we got tipped off to this latest Chevrolet teaser video on YouTube before hardly anyone had seen it. Check it out...

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New LS1 and LS2 Intake From Edelbrock

Edelbrock has a new, cool-seeming intake manifold for LS1 (cathedral) and LS2 (rectangle-port) GM V8 engines. This really looks like something we’d like to try! Watch for more Edelbrock news...

New Truck Class at Goodguys Street Challenge Autocross

Earlier today we announced the Goodguys 2010 show schedule, but then we were looking at the Goodguys web site and noticed more news. There will now be a class for pickup trucks at the Street...

2010 Goodguys Show Schedule is Here

The Goodguys Rod & Custom Association has announced its 23-show schedule for 2010, and BangShift.com hopes to be there to cover as many of them as possible, especially the ones with the Street...

The Top 11 Largest Automotive Aftermarket Companies of 2009 by Global Sales

With SEMA approaching, we got to thinking about who the real players are in the car-guy aftermarket. Apparantly there’s an organization to answer that question, the Automotive Aftermaket Status...

Carnage Video: Six Minutes of Drag Strip Thrills, Chills, and Spills

This is one killer piece of video! It is non-stop action for more than six minutes and contains more wrecks, wheelies, and close saves than you could possibly imagine. It seems like the majority of...

GM Performance Parts Pre-SEMA Teaser Video: A Crate Engine that Changes the Industry?

BangShift.com has been invited to a 2009 SEMA unveiling where GM Performance Parts is showing a crate engine that they claim will make a huge impact on the entire hot rod industry for years to come....

BangShift.com Is Now on Twitter. Join Up!

BangShift.com is now on Twitter! We won’t be using it every day to tell you when we’re changing our oil or anything like that, however we will be sending messages when we have special...

Adam Carolla To Unveil Newest Creation from Ringbrothers

Comedian, radio guy, love life advice giver, and car guy Adam Carolla will be unveiling the newest creation from the Ringbrothers this year at SEMA. The car is a very much modified 1964 Ford...

Cash for Clunkers Crushing Deadline Hurts Recycling

Part of the law for the Cash for Clunkers program was that all the cars turned in for clunking had to be crushed within six months. Apparently that deadline was set in the first wave when only $1...

Crazy Hemi Powered ‘Vette Hits EBay: Does EBay Hit Back?

The guys over at the CarDomain blog found this kick ass, blown-Hemi powered 1966 Corvette for sale on eBay. The car is a wild piece with a crazy paint job, wild body work, and oh yeah, the 331ci...

Site of the Week: SEMAShow.com

BangShift.com is less than a week away from launching massive salvos of 2009 SEMA show coverage at you. One of the great resources that we’re using to hatch our plan of attack for covering the...

Big Savings on Jesel Valvetrain Components

If you’re like us, you wish you had the coin to have a motor that really deserved parts as cool as the stuff you can get from Jesel Valvetrain Innovation. Now maybe you can, because Jesel is...