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A Memorial Day Message From BangShift.com – Let Us Remember What Is Truly Important

Today is Memorial Day, an important day of remembrance for our country that honors the people who have spilled their blood in order to defend our way of life. Memorial Day is dedicated to remembering...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Main Event At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Top Fuel, FIA Championship Drags, And More!

One of the biggest drag racing events in Europe is on this weekend and you can watch it right here, live! The event is the kickoff for the 2026 FIA Championship drag racing season and it is also...

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Felix Rosenquist And David Malukas Battle For The Closest Finish In Indy 500 History! Watch The Finish And Race Highlights Right Here!

If you didn’t catch the entire Indy 500 on TV yesterday, you missed some drama for sure. With rain effecting the race, but officials, fans and racers sticking it out, there was no shortage of...

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The American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is now LIVE! Save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit May 18-26!

That’s right folks, the American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is on now through Tuesday the 26th, so if you want to save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit use the link below and tell them we sent...

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Chaos Supernationals Video: Nitro Qualifying Round 1 and 2, Plus Eliminations Rounds From Summit Motorsports Park In Norwalk, Ohio.

The Chaos Series was at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk Ohio, and did everything they could to put on a hell of a show, even if Mother Nature wasn’t helping out much. Thanks to our friend...

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IHRA F1 Powerboats Livestream: Round 3 From The Red River Rumble F1 Powerboat Showdown – Saturday and Sunday

Boat racing is on! If you aren’t familiar with F1 boat racing, you’re in for a treat. This is side by side racing, “door handle to door handle” so to speak, and these drivers are giving it...

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Rarely Seen Rocket: The 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T Was One Of The Fastest Sedans In America – No One Bought It

How many “great ideas” in automotive history have been just unbeatable on paper and then financially made no sense? The answer is a very large number and weirdly the 1991/1991 Dodge...

The Beast Roars: Speedkore’s Carbon Fiber 1970 Charger Exercises A Hellephant Engine On The Chassis Dyno

The name Speedkore is no stranger to BangShift readers as we have followed the company and its awesome innovations for years. The cars they have built, the carbon fiber work that they have created...

Quick Dyno Test: What Effect Do The Height Of Hilborn Injection Stacks Have On A 572ci Hemi?

As we all know, the smallest changes all have a measurable impact on how an engine runs, how an engine performs, and ultimately how much power it makes and where that power is made in the range of...

Morning Symphony: An 11-second Ford Escort Whipping Up On Much Bigger Targets!

I love seeing an underdog car kicking ass when it isn’t supposed to. This little white Ford Escort is one of those machines. On the outside, it’s a clean 1990s Escort GT. Other than being...

Close Enough: Here’s How Wicked Cars Are Put Into Video Games Accurately!

From the moment that Gran Turismo got unwrapped, thrown into the PlayStation and I proceeded to whip ass with the 1967 Chevrolet Corvette 427, racing cars via a video game has been a natural motion...

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Not The Grass: Wild Moments At The 2020 Goodwood SpeedWeek

Goodwood might be the most unhinged thing to involve racing cars in England since the British Touring Car days of the 1990s. Whether you are at the race track watching the historical races filled...

New Parts: Ridetech Introduces Complete Suspension Systems For 1961-1965 Ford Falcon!

The early Ford Falcon is a platform that many hot rodders have played around with over the years. The cars are neatly styled, they are light, and they are more than happy to take a hot little small...

2020 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals Action Photos: The Unstoppable Spirit Of Drag Racers On Full Display

(Photos by David Whealon) – Yesterday we showed you some amazing photos from Benoit Pigeon at the 2020 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World finals at Virginia Motorsports Park. Today we’re...

Restoring The Beast: Watch This Man-Eating Swing Saw Get Brought Back From The Deadly Tool Scrap Heap

Saws were a part of growing up. Big, nasty, loud, screaming, chew you up before you knew about it, saws. When I would go to work with my dad on Saturdays at the pallet shop, those beast-like machines...

Breaking News: Your Briggs and Stratton Will Not Run So Great On Gunpowder

The Warped Perception YouTube channel is pretty neat. This guy does some of the most weird, fun, and off the wall mechanical experiments that you can possibly dream up and some, like this one, we had...

The Class Of ’75! This Chevrolet Promotional Film Profiles Nova, Monza, and Vega In The Depths Of Despair

Well the cars were not desperate, we think. Mostly because they are cars, but then again, maybe they just had a good disposition. 1975 was the pits and we’re trying to decide if 1975 was the...

Check Out Ryan Tureck Getting His 11,000 RPM Judd V10 Dyno Tested In England – This Is Going In A Supra!

If you follow Ryan Tureck, you know the guy has always managed to build some cool and different cars in which to attack the drift course with. This guy has had multiple 1,000hp drift beasts and...

NHRA Insider Podcast: Antron Brown and Erica Enders Talk Success In Vegas – The Big Finishers!

Antron Brown and newly minted four-time NHRA pro stock world champion Erica Enders join Brian Lohnes on the NHRA Insider Podcast. These are two awesome conversations with NHRA competitors who battled...

Scary, Spooky Skeletons: McTaggart And Conn Go On A Halloween Junkyard Crawl

(Words and Video by McTaggart) After the Dirty Cougar’s unfortunate impact with the southbound end of a northbound Chevy recently, the question has been simple. What the hell do we do with the...