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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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It’s Time For Buckeye Skips 2026! We’ve Got Photos Starting With Day 0 Right Here! Who Showed Up, and Who Are The Favorites?

(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 0, when everyone shows up...

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More Car Show Photos From Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event! The 2026 Father’s Day Car Show!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Australian Drag and Drive Machine! This 1400hp HQ Ute was Built to Survive Drag Challenge. Street and Strip Greatness!

The Aussies are something special when it comes to hot rods, race cars, and especially their street strip machines. With all the restrictions they have on what you can do to a car or truck over...

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John Jackson visits Squeeg’s Kustoms: Shop Tour, Projects, an insane Dodge A100, and photographing the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster!

After missing it for a couple of years, it was good to be back at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona in 2025. It was especially cool because the field of cars that were in contention for...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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Cool Old Press Photos: 1957 Dodge Custom Lancer

Chevy seems to get all the design credit for the 1957 model year, and don’t get us wrong, the 1957 Bow Tie offerings were great looking pieces. But many people forget that the late-1950s Dodge...

Mayfield Lawyers Up in an Attempt to Clear His Name

Jeremy Mayfield, the NASCAR driver indefinitely suspended for violating NASCAR’s drug testing policy, has hired a lawyer in an attempt to clear his name. Apparently he has also acquired a copy...

Gearhead Destination: The Sand Hills Open Road Challenge

The bustling metropolis of Arnold, Nebraska plays host to The Sandhills Open Road Challenge, a unique event that is part road course time trial and part top speed challenge. The 55-mile course is a...

Video of the Week: Naked Pro Mod Burnout, on the Street

We’ve heard old timers tell us a million stories about working on their race cars at the local gas station and making the occasional trip up main street to try out their latest parts or tuning...

Founding NASCAR Racer Frank Mundy Dies at Age 90

The last remaining attendee of the famous 1947 meeting at Daytona Beach which resulted in the formation of NASCAR has died. Frank Mundy of Atlanta, Georgia, was that man, and his passing really...

Carnage of the Week: Rally Car Rolls 15 Times!

Rally racing is cool stuff with cars flying through the air and hurtling over all sorts of terrain at high rates of speed. This particular car happens to be driven by the crazy nut Travis Pastrana....

Lohnes’ Pic of the Week: What It Feels Like to Be a Drag Strip Manager

This odd photo is of one Glenn Grow, the former track manager of Lebanon Valley Dragway. Glenn was a great guy and the first track manager I worked for on a weekly basis as an announcer. I’m...

Petty/Andretti Qualify for Indy 500

After crashing the car badly a little more than a week ago, John Andretti was able to bump the Richard Petty Indy 500 entry into the field with only 6 minutes left in last weekend’s traditional...

Site of the Week: RacingJunk.com

CraigsList is good, eBay is better, but RacingJunk.com is in a league all by itself. The place is dedicated to selling nothing but racing parts, cars, trailers, equipment, you name it. All the genres...

Video: Muscle Car Burnouts and Launches from the 2009 March Meet

Here’s another entry in the 2009 March Meet drag racing action videos that we introduced to you here. This installment features burnouts, wheelies, and launches from the doorslammers of the...

Mike Ashley to Run a Top Fuel Dragster for Second Half of NHRA Season

In a surprising announcement on Monday, Mike Ashley proclaimed that he’s headed back into the drivers’ seat and this time it will be in a Top Fuel car. Previously, Ashley has been...

The 2009 GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout is Coming

We just got confirmation via email that the GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout drag race will return to Memphis for the third time in October. The official press release says it best: 3nd Annual GM...

Book Review: Top Fuel Wormhole, the Cole Coonce Drag Strip Reader

Part travel log, part history lesson, part social commentary, sometimes frustrating, always thought provoking, and ultimately an awesome read, Top Fuel Wormhole; The Cole Coonce Drag Strip Reader is...

Video: 1,000-Plus Horsepower Blown Big-Block Chevy

Here at BangShift.com, we’re tuning up our video skills to bring you more action more often. One of the things we’ve been doing is hanging out more often at the Westech Performance Group...