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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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

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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LIVE: LARIS Motorsports Insurance $100K Presented by Vintage at Beech Bend Raceway Park – Sunday

Watch the Motormania LIVE Coverage from the TB Promotions Laris Insurance $100k at Bowling Green. This is going to be some great racing with a $25K race, two $50k races, and the big $100,000...

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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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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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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...

New ABC Car TV Show: Crash Course

It looks like ABC took a clue from Chad and Freiburger’s old CarJunkieTV and realized that crashing junk and setting it on fire makes for good entertainment. News blogs are reporting that the...

2010 Camaro “WT” Model?

It looks like the boys over at TheMustangNews.com decided to have a little fun at the expense of the Camaro guys, developing a mock Camaro WT model that, “would appeal directly to their largest...

Spy Shots: Ford Cobra Jet 5.4L Dragster by Aeromotive

Earlier today we told you about the new Aeromotive Top Fuel dragster and mentioned the company’s new Cobra Jet Super Comp car. We thought you probably needed to know more. Aeromotive Fuel...

Event Coverage: 2009 Michigan Vintage VW Festival

Note: This is an event coverage story and photos that we got from BangShift.com forum member Fast Ed. If you attend a car show or race and have photos and info that you’d like to contribute for...

The El Mirage Racing One-Week Wonder

In between race cars is a place where some guys are not happy to be. After shutting down his XF/PP (flathead-powered production pickup) Bonneville truck from the last couple years and handing...

Powerhouse Products Unveils New Website, Our Credit Card Trembles

This could probably qualify as a Monday Time Killer here on BangShift.com, but we’ll just drop you the straight noise from Powerhouse themselves. Powerhouse has always been a good place to...

Museum of Speed to Open Tomorrow in Mentor, Ohio

Boy, this sounds like our kind of place. With more than 100 cars spread over 60,000 square feet, the Museum of Speed in Mentor, Ohio, is a place we recommend you get to on May 30th. It’s the...

Aeromotive Goes Top Fuel Racing!

Steve Matusek, president of Aeromotive, would die to drive a Top Fuel car, but in the meantime he and the rest of the Aeromotive team have joined forces with Hartley Racing for the NHRA...