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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got 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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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing– Thursday

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 – Thursday

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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FREE Big Money Bracket Racing LIVESTREAM: The SuperBucks Showdown Presented by Get’M Performance All Run Thursday Warmup $5k

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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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! More Day 1 Racing at 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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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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Cash Days New Orleans Video Coverage Right Here! Wheels Up Street Racing In The South At Da Pad!

In this epic age of street racing, where Cash Days have become something even some casual hot rodders and car fans know about thanks to all the tv shows, there is big money on the line. With Covid...

Would You Buy An Unfinished Drag Car Project? How Unfinished? Or Would You Only Buy Stuff That Is Ready To Race?

I often tell folks looking for a new project to look at unfinished projects that someone else has given up on, lost interest in, or has come up short on funds to finish. A lot of the time you can get...

This 3rd Gen Camaro Is Big Tire Greatness. We’d Race The Snot Out Of This Thing, After Installing Just One More Thing.

I’m a huge fan of 3rd Gen Camaros, and have been since my dad drove one daily as his dealership Demo car when I was a kid. His wasn’t nearly this cool though. With 565 cubic inches of...

Blower Or Turbo: Will This Test Settle The Argument Over Which One Is Better?

The argument over which is better, turbos or blowers, has been going on since someone bolted the first one of each on a hot rod and will likely continue until the last pair are every bolted onto a...

The Hustle Is Real: The FTI Performance Team Is Gearing Up For NHRA Nitro Funny Car Action In Gainesville

If there is one thing that we know for sure, there are loads of race teams thrashing hard to get ready for the 2021 Amalie Oil Gatornationals as we speak. People are chomping at the bit to get back...

The Well-Heeled Hellcat: The 627 Horsepower BMW M5 CS Is Lighter, Stronger, and More Powerful Than Ever Before

(By Tom Lohnes) – The BMW M5 Competition is Germany’s craziest sedan, with 617 horsepower, AWD, and ridiculously quick acceleration figures for a 4,250-pound sedan. Well, the crazy just got...

A New Path Ahead: Is This Going To Be The Last Gasp Of The Nissan Pathfinder As A Crossover? Body On Frame Coming Back?

(By Tom Lohnes) – Nissan is about to pull some serious risks in the next few years. Making an all-new sports car such as the upcoming “Z Proto” in such a dire financial state is unheard...

American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride With Jim Pace As He Roars Around Road America In A Shadown DN-4 Can-Am Car!

It’s still unfathomable to us that Jim Pace is no longer out there driving race cars. Jim’s passing was a shock to the world, especially to us here at BangShift. The good news is that...

Unicorn Review: Who Remembers That You Could Get A Two-Door Diesel Yukon In The 1990s?!

The GMC Yukon name has been amazingly successful for decades now. The handsome SUVs have taken several different forms over the years but we’d argue that none were more handsome than the form...

Remember The Fab Rats Jeep YJ That They Cut In Half? Well, They Are Fixing It Now So It Won’t Just Be A Cut In Half Jeep

In the first video that the Fab Rats put together on this YJ, you’ll remember that they marked it up and then cut the thing right in half, without any hesitation and with little fanfare. Of...

Unveiled: 2022 Nissan Frontier – “Don’t Fix What Isn’t Broken” Is A Solid Plan

It’s amazing to think about how up-in-arms car reviewers and auto journalists (real and professed) get about a vehicle platform that has some age to it. The last-generation Ram had been around...

All Muscle: This 1979 Caprice Doesn’t Need To Be Flashy To Get The Job Done!

The 1979 Chevrolet Caprice, in a shade of completely inoffensive sandy tan, with a whorehouse red interior and flat-disc hubcaps. Can you feel yourself transported back thirty years, when these cars...

Money No Object: 2001 Ferrari 550 Barchetta Pininfarina – If You’re Going To Go Full Supercar, Do It Right!

It was the great dividing battle among budding young car geeks in the early 1990s: were you a Ferrari or Lamborghini kid? They were easy to tell apart: one bought the poster of the red Miami Vice-era...

OBS Truck Tech: Sagging Doors? You Ain’t Alone! Here’s The Easy How To That Will Make Your Doors Swing Straight And Latch Like New

Sagging doors aren’t something OBS Chevy truck specific, but it sure is a pain. Having to shut the door hard to get it to latch, rubbing paint off in some cases, and just he ugly look alone are...