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

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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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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BANGshift.com Would Like To Wish All Of You A Happy And Safe Independence Day! We Hope You Enjoy The Celebration This 4th of July!

On behalf of myself, all our great BANGshift.com contributors, and all our families, BANGshift.com would like to wish you all a happy, healthy, and safe Independence Day. Happy Birthday to the United...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our Final Day 1 Racing Gallery from Darana Raceway National Trail in Ohio

(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 1, when the driver’s...

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Beyond The Badge: Has The Infinity QX80 Fallen Behind It’s Brother The Nissan Armada?!

(By Tom Lohnes) – For the 2021 model year, the Nissan Armada is legitimately a nicer car than its luxury sister car, the Infiniti QX80. Well, Infiniti noticed that, and made it just as nice,...

GM Maybe Inching Toward All EV But There Are Some Beastly Gas Burning Performance Offerings On The Way!

(By Tom Lohnes) – So as we all know, General Motors plans to go all-electric by the year 2035. Well, that’s still a while away, and GM is not leaving the exploding dinosaur-powered car...

Finding The Limit: This Video Shows Turbocharger And Boost Level Testing To The Failure Point

When companies develop products or new systems, testing them on the dyno is really important. It’s important to test them at the level most people will use them and it is also important to test...

Listen Up: NHRA Insider Podcast – The Young Racers – Blake Alexander and Aaron Stanfield Talk Shop!

Blake Alexander and Aaron Stanfield join host Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast. Alexander, who races with Jim Head in the nitro funny car category has seen positive successes...

Watch Ron Colson Get Booted From The 1978 NHRA US Nationals In The Most Embarrassing Way Possible

The old adage that there are, “a million ways to lose a drag race” is true. Just when you think you’ve seen them all, new ones seem to just pop up from nowhere. No one knew this...

More Mud Truck Photos: Mega Trucks Invade The McLennan County Mud Fest

Here is the second gallery of photos from Charles’ adventures at the McLennan County Mud Fest, so check them out. And if you missed the first gallery, then use the link below to check all the...

eBay Find: This Hemi With NASCAR Winning History Is A Documented Piece Of Racing History

Sometimes people think us gearheads are a little looped because we place near mystic value on inanimate things. Whether they are race parts once owned by a cool person or engines like this one that...

PDRA Northern Nationals Photo Coverage Starts Right Here!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Well, a few weeks back I finally got to attend a PDRA event, the Northern Nationals. Last year was to be the first event at my home track, Maple Grove Raceway but we...

Out With A Bang: The NSX Type-S Will Be The Lighter, Faster, Better Version Of The Supercar No One Bought

(By Tom Lohnes) – After a 5-year production run and only 1,719 units sold in total, Acura has axed the NSX. But, with their new Type-S subbrand, they’ve decided to go out with a bang. Meet...

NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals Videos: Leah Blows Up, Hagan and Torrence Win, Justin Bond Hammers The Wall

The NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals were one heck of a good time in Brainerd, Minnesota. The track surface at the place is about the best that exists in the the world, the weather cooled off, and the...

Land Yacht: The 2022 Lincoln Navigator Steps Up On All Levels, Inside and Out

(By Tom Lohnes) – Four  years after its debut in 2018, the Lincoln Navigator gets a refresh for 2022, and it is way nicer than before. With a much larger 13.2-inch center display from the...

Suck It EVs: Aston Martin Is Rolling A Twin Turbo V12 Into the Vantage – Fresh Engine, Cool Car

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Aston Martin Vantage has been a forgettable car ever since the new generation debuted in 2018, with it essentially being a reskinned AMG GTS with some better looks. It...

Amazing Restoration Video: Watch A Classic Clausing Colchester Lathe Get Completely Rebuilt To As New Condition

There’s something extra cool about restoring machinery. For whatever reason, seeing this video which features a 700 hour restoration of an old Clausing Colchester lathe hits different then that...

Wreck Of The Decade? Tim Tidle’s Monster Crash At The 2013 NHRA US Nationals Might Be It

Over the course of 2010 through 2019 there were plenty of nasty wrecks in drag racing but this one still stands in my mind as one of the worst.  Is it THE worst? Perhaps that is up for debate and...