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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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Carroll Shelby Will Rebuild Your Engine!

Ol’ Shel may not drop by your garage with a bowl of chili and a torque wrench, but if you send your mill to his Carrol Shelby Engines company, the place will now rework your exact engine and...

Video: Diesel Fury from the Cornfield Corvette

Man we’re loving big, fast trucks these days. We stumbled upon a couple videos of a large truck called, the “Cornfield Corvette” and after nearly passing out due to the coolness of...

15 Vehicles Returned So Far in General Motors Buy-Back Program

In a program that started September 14, 2009, General Motors offered a 60-day buy-back guarantee on its cars. If you bought a GM product, you could return it between 31 and 60 days after the purchase...

New Zealand Street Racers Risk the Crusher Under New Law

Normally we’d be writing about how you can add another state to the growing list of places that will crush your junk if your something really stupid in your car. Now we can tell you to add...

Video: Great Small-Tire Camaro Wheelstand

BangShift.com member Eric68 has a great ’68 Camaro street and strip car that is a past entry into Drag Week. He recently added a 180hp nitrous shot to the potent small-block and ended up...

Great Read: The Story of Pro Mod Diehard Frankie “The Madman” Taylor

Frankie Taylor is a drag racer’s drag racer. His knuckles are always bloody, his hair looks like it was styled by a spastic kid holding a weed whacker, and he hauls ass. At least when...

Old School Pro Street Lives at Summit Racing!

We found this car feature story at SummitRacing.com, and it was like we were back in the pages of Car Craft magazine in around 1989 or 1991. This ’62 Pontiac fullsize is so much like a retro...

Conspiracy Theory: NASCAR Racers Johnson and Knaus Must be Cheating

Cheating in NASCAR has taken on many forms over the years, from subtle to totally blatant, from Junior Johnson’s “banana” Holly Farms Ford modified for better aerodynamics to...

Breaking News! BangShift.com Will Deliver Live Feed from the March Meet

This is great news! As a result of the success of BangShift.com’s live streaming video feed from the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion, the web site has reached an agreement with Blake Bowser of...

Event Gallery: Chrysler Performance West Fall Fling XIV

The Chrysler Performance West Club held its annual Fall Fling event on October 17th at Woodley Park in Van Nuys, California. The event is a yearly tradition for SoCal Mopar fans and is normally chock...

Analyst: Turbo Invasion Headed for American Shores

Turbocharged cars make up 50-70 percent of the European fleet. We’re guessing a majority of them are of the diesel burning variety. Here in the USA, there are scant few factory turbocharged,...

Bitchin’ Project Car Galleries at Art Morrison’s Site

Art and Craig Morrison at Art Morrison Enterprises are very cool guys who build bitchin’ cars and then beat on them like we would if we were guys who could build cars like they do. While we...

NASCAR Hall of Fame Snubs Pearson; CNet Runs Cool Tribute

David Pearson is one of the most respected and fondly remembered drivers in the history of Stock Car racing. That he was not a first ballot inductee into the innagural NASCAR Hall of Fame list...

Yikes! Tractor Trailer Crashes into Massachusetts Home; No One Seriously Hurt

Imagine pulling up to your house to see an 18-wheeler sticking out of it. Specifically the rear half of an 18-wheeler, as the front half is in your living room and kitchen. That was the scene that...