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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Breaking News: M&H Tire Founder Marv Rifchin Dies

Marv Rifchin, the 94 year-old founder of the legendary M&H Tire Company has passed away. Rifchin can basically be credited with perfecting the drag racing slick in the form that we know it today....

Barnstormin’: What’s the Next Race?

Most of us here are race fans. No matter the genre we enjoy the competition, technology, and advancements that come from head to head confrontation with our adversaries. Much can be made of how the...

Ron Capps set to Take on NASCAR Stars at Prelude Tonight

Tony Stewart”s “Prelude to the Dream” Late Model dirt track race at his Eldora Speedway is always a hoot to watch. It pits the stars of Stock Car racing, Sprint Car racing, and NHRA...

Man Loses Job For Drunk Driving on Monster Truck Course

This story cracked us up. With all the bad news going around these days it’s good to be able to sit back and laugh at someone doing something truly stupid. We could give the whole thing away,...

Profiles of the GM and Chrysler Leadership Teams

The Washington Post has a story today that gives a thumbnail sketch of the men who will be running the respective shows at Chrysler and General Motors. A couple of these names are of the household...

eBay Pick of the Week

Think about it for a second. Me strapping Chad into the cockpit of this 1988 Lola Indy car, giving him the thumbs up, and then watching him wad the thing into turn three at 200 plus.   Ok, I...

Robbie Gordon and Crew Chief Penalized by NASCAR

Following the Coca-Cola 600 on May 27th, the rearend from Robbie Gordon’s Stock Car was confiscated and after being inspected, found to have had too much toe in it by a single measly one...

McLaren F1 Burns to the Ground

Why fire and theft insurance on your car is always a good idea is clearly illustrated in the photo below of a McLaren, a real McLaren F1 burning to the ground in Santa Rosa, California.   The...

The Top 10 Reasons Why Pontiac is Being Killed Off

Jim Brennan is the fellow who brought us the super informative look at why certain Chrysler dealers got whacked recently and why others were spared the ax. Well Jim has penned another great piece...

Buy This and We Ban You: Fake Turbo Noise Maker

Of all the two-bit, glue-on, stupid, poser junk we have seen over the years, this one may take the cake as the lowest of the low. It’s a small device you slide into your tailpipe that makes it...

A/Fuel Tech Part 2: The $13,000 Intake Manifold

Last week we announced that BangShift.com will deliver a weekly tech series that looks inside an NHRA A/Fuel, nitro-burning, 5-second dragster, and the first installment included some basics of what...

A First: Father and Son Crew Chiefs Win Fuel Classes at NHRA Topeka

Well this is neater than all get out. Father and son Ed and Jason McCullough were the respective crew chiefs for Ron Capps’ Nitro Funny Car (Ed) and Larry Dixon’s Top Fuel Dragster...

Monday Time Killer: World Rally Championship Homepage

The World Rally Championship is a series that we basically have to watch from afar here in the USA, but it’s got some bitchin’ racing with wild little cars wrung out to within an inch of...

Event Coverage: Pep Boys Speed Shop Grand Opening

On May 30th, BangShift.com attended the grand opening of the all-new Pep Boys Speed Shop on Washington Blvd. in Los Angeles. This is a new deal for Pep Boys where they took a bunch of the brand-name...