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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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On This Day In History: The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima, Japan

On August 4, 2020, Beirut, Lebanon was rocked by an explosion equated to 1.1 kilotons of TNT. You can find the videos yourself, but understand the scale of what you will be watching: a crater...

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Watch This Guy Cruise A Pulse Jet Powered Trike Like It Ain’t No Thing – Neato!

I know about as much about pulse jets as I do about 11th grade algebra or 11th grade science, history, ok everything but lunch. I pretty well dominated that. Anyway I am pretty sure that the...

Drag History Video: The Story of the Double Trouble Twin Engine Slingshot

All old race cars have awesome stories to tell, some more than others. The Double Trouble twin engine slingshot dragster has really been three cars in its life. The first was a hard running, Hemi...

Small Wonders: Honda Appears Ready To Bring Back The CRX and CR-Z Names – Here’s Our Take On What They’ll Be

(By Tom Lohnes) – Honda, the company who just made their lineup a whole lot more boring for 2021 by removing the Fit hatchback, Civic Si, and the Accord with the manual transmission,...

This Restored 1977 Lindblad Badger Midget Is A Beautiful, Incredible Machine

Midget racing is one of those things that happens in lots and lots of places but has a larger fanbase in specific locations around the country. Take for example the Chili Bowl or the numerous midget...

Watch A Pulling Tractor Destroy Four Blown Hemis Instantly – Multiple Hemis End Up In A Pile!

The only way to destroy four blown hemis quicker than it happens in this video would be to stuff them full of dynamite and explode them as they fell off a bridge into the ocean. Other than that,...

Here’s Some Words That Shouldn’t Be In The Same Sentence: Flat-Footed Downshifts!

I’m not a professional driver, despite what the voices in my head have to say on the subject, but I do know how to run a manual transmission. Most of the lessons I’ve learned when it...

Time Killer: A Massive Treasure Trove of Vintage Late 1960s Trans Am Photos

One of the most romanticized periods in American racing is the late 1960s. Drag Racing was huge, stock car racing featured the wild winged warriors on America’s super speedways and on the road...

Morning Symphony: Binaural Audio Of Historic Screamers At Circuit Paul Ricard

Have you ever listened to one of those audio mixes that are designed to help you relax, or to help you sleep, or calm down, or learn how to weave baskets while underwater? The concept is simple: shut...

Rough Start: 1980 Toyota Celica GT Sunchaser by Griffith

For our younger readers: ever look at stuff made after about 1973 and wonder why you can find sunroofs, T-tops, targa tops and the like, but nobody outside of the biggest Buicks, Oldsmobiles and...

Swedish Chic: Polestar 1 In The Canyons Of California

The Volvo 262C and Volvo 780 Bertone are gorgeous cars. Yes, Volvos. The bricks looked damn smart as coupes, and they brought plenty to the table…mainly, all of the safety positives that Volvo...

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Awesome Video: See Big Red, Ford’s Massive, Turbine Powered, 1960s Futuristic Big Rig Cruise!

We have showed you photos and given you the history of Big Red, Ford’s experimental turbine powered big rig that was created in the 1960s. It was  a massive truck standing 13-ft high and...

Watch The Top Fuel Final From The 1986 NHRA US Nationals – Garlits VS Gwynn!

So one of those races is obviously the 1986 running of The Big Go. I found some video of a fantastic top fuel final that featured Don Garlits taking on young lion Darrell Gwynn who had risen during...

Tech Talk: Talking Aluminum Connecting Rod Pros and Cons With GRP Connecting Rods

Bet you didn’t think you were going learn anything today, did you? Well we’re going to prove that idea wrong here with this awesome video discussion with the guys at GRP Connecting Rods...