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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Saturday $50,000 Big Money Race #2

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Mod, Mountain Motor Pro Stock, Top Fuel, And More! Pro Eliminations From Darana National Trail Raceway

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Dragway National Trail in Ohio, where racers are going to be battling it out for...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: The Spring GALOT 250 Bracket Race Is On With $20,000 To Win Saturday, Plus A $5,000 Shootout!

Dan Fletcher entered the promotion game a couple of years ago, putting on the Fall GALOT 250. Last year he got the Spring Galot 250 going as well! This event is a single entry event, limited to 250...

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IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing LIVE: The Paris Grand Prix Hits Texas With Big Power, Big Noise, and Cool Boats! Saturday Qualifying

I love drag boat racing, and this weekend kicks off the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing series at Lake Crook in Paris Texas. I’ve been to this lake once before, to livestream drag boat...

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The Mickey Thompson Turn And Burn: 6 Second Passes, 200 mph Cars, And Plenty of Carnage Already.

Alex and Nick Taylor, along with a bunch of other sicko drag and drive folks, are in Norwalk Ohio of the Mickey Thompson Tires Turn and Burn. This is the inaugural event, and it is the kind of drag...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: Here’s Our Final Gallery from the 37th Annual Run to the Sun Car Show Custom Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, And More!

Here’s our 5th, and final, gallery from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them...

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Aftermath and Insight: The Story Behind The Master Shredder Dyno Explosion and The True Level Of Destruction Is Amazing

This is one of the most stunning “follow-up” videos we have ever seen. When the Master Shredder truck from Industrial Injection blew up on the chassis dyno this year, it did so in a way...

Clench-Worthy: Landing A Helicopter On A Ship In Rough Water Looks Absolutely Frightening

Landing a helicopter in ideal conditions is already a daunting task. You have to balance out several factors perfectly for an easy, gentle touchdown. A hard landing could do lots of damage…if...

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It Sounded Good on TV: Ads For The Turbocharged Cars Of The 1960s, Late 1970s, and Early 1980s

Getting to drive as many new cars as I do, the turbocharger is as common on new stuff as pistons are inside the engine. It’s the way of the world. In so many ways the turbo has likely extended...

Awesome: Ride With Jacky Ickx or Hans Stuck In A Porsche 962 At The Hockenheim Ring In 1985

This is an awesome video with a little bit of mystery to it. It’s internet mystery so it isn’t like some spellbinding TV series but we’re not sure if it is the legendary Hans Stuck...

BangShift Book Corner: Chevy Drag Racing 1955-1980 by Doug Boyce

As the holidays are approaching, publishers are brining a lot of their new material to bear and because I am a freakish bookworm, I gladly accepted a few of these tomes to look over and share my...

Hot Rods, Customs, Trucks, And More From The Ribs And Rods Show In Texas

We’re not going to let any car show coverage go to waste after waiting so long for events to get started, so we’re bringing you several photo galleries from the recent Ribs and Rods show...

What’s New Is Old Again? The 2021 Lexus IS Has Been Reshaped But Has It Been Rethought?

(By Tom Lohnes) – The new Lexus IS is out after a rather boring 7-year generation. The new IS coming early 2021, looks and feels the same as the old one and I don’t know if that’s a good...

Golden Anniversary Gear: McLeod Has Killer 50th Anniversary Shirts On Sale Now

Ed Iskenderian is often credited with creating the t-shirt craze in hot rodding. By printing his name and logo onto shirts and getting them into the hands of racers, he created brand awareness and...

Tough Little Bugger: Watch This Tiny Engine Get Pummeled With Nitrous and Fuel and Live!

This is one of those neat videos that you don’t think has a snowball’s chance in hell of being interesting and then it turns out to be one of the neatest things you’ve seen in a...

Big Dollar Power: This Factory 2×4 Intake For A Mercury 368 Y-Block Is Ultra Rare

The muscle car era may have actually started earlier if the factories had not gotten themselves all wrapped up in the sham of the thing known as the “racing ban” in the middle and late...

BangShift Says Thank You To All Veterans Today – Veterans Day 2020

We here at BangShift.com would like to extend our sincere thanks to all of the veterans who have served our country through the years. The sacrifice of time, sweat, and blood have preserved our way...

Is The Diesel Juice Worth The Wallet Squeeze: We Drive The New Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited EcoDiesel

We’re no stranger to the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited here at BangShift having driven and reviewed various models of the rig over the years. The latest edition of the machine is one that had us...

NHRA Nitro Time Machine: Experience Mark Oswald’s Incredible 1990 Dallas Explosion With Mac and Evans On The Call

Mark Oswald is one of the best funny car racers ever and he graduated that job to become a world champion crew chief who is still in the sport today at the highest levels. As someone who mad this...

Paralysis By Analysis: How Many Different Ways Can You Package A Ram Truck? Let’s Find Out

(By Tom Lohnes) – It’s no mystery that ½ ton trucks have a lot of special editions and trim levels, but I think the Ram 1500 takes the cake for the most. Let’s look at them Now this...