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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Day 5 at Hi-Line Dragstrip in Malta Montana Was Drama Filled!

Big Sky Race Week coverage continuos thanks to Bill and the crew at BANGshift Billy. This time it is their Day 5 video from Hi-Line dragstrip on Big Sky Raceweek.  Can Bill hang on and finish the...

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LIVE STREAMING | Race 1 and 2 | Misano | GT World Challenge powered by AWS 2026

It is endurance racing season, and boy is it in full swing! There have been more endurance races in the last few weeks than we could imagine, and there are even more to come. It’s summertime racing...

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IHRA F1 Powerboats Livestream: Round Round 5 – Alton Powerboat Nationals F1 Powerboat Showdown – 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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FREE LIVESTREAM: CASH DAYS at The Hill with Happy and Limpy! KD Dragways Hosts One Hell Of An Event! Watch Here All Weekend!

It doesn’t matter whether you call it KD Motorsports Park, KD Dragway, or The Hill, everyone knows that some bad ass no prep races go on there and that it is one of the more unique drag strips in...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The ACE Triple $20,000 Races Are LIVE From Darana Dragway 42 – SUNDAY

The ACE Triple $20,000 Races are live this weekend from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio, and we’ve got all the action coming to you live and free right here thanks to our friends at MotorManiaTV. Racing...

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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Day 4 Adventures Continue For All The Racers. And It Rains!

Big Sky Race Week coverage continues thanks to Bill and the crew at BANGshift Billy. This time it is their Day 4 video from a rain soaked highway somewhere.  Can Bill hang on to 1st place on Day 4....

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Big Name Sponsor’s Coming To Nostalgia Drag Racing? Peck Racing’s “The Instigator” To Be Sponsored By Quote Wizard

United Nitro Funny Cars, the NHRA Heritage Series, and Nostalgia Drag Racing in general are some of the hottest and most fun nitro drag races you’ll find anywhere. Most teams competing in any...

BangShift Question Of The Day: FCA + PSA, Good Or Bad?

Earlier this week Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Groupe PSA agreed to a $50 billion, 50/50 merger of their businesses. The new company will be based out of The Netherlands, and so far at least, there...

Bonus Drag Week 2019 Photos From ATCO: Street Car Racing At Its Finest From The Northeast!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) Drag Week has long been one of our favorite events, as we were on the first one and many since, and we love running photos from the event’s many stops. When Grippo...

Project Hay Hauler Update: We Raced It, Broke It, Fixed It, Lowered It, And Yet We Still Can’t Leave It Alone!

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) It’s been over a year since​ I last updated you on the progress of my ’67 GMC pickup. ​I do have to apologize for my lack of updates. A lot has...

Iron Fist, Leather Glove: Meet The 10-Second Lincoln Continental Mark III

In the late 1960s, if you wanted to prove that you were king of the neighborhood, you had one of two options: Cadillac or Lincoln. You either had a Continental Mark III or an Eldorado. Other than...

Classic YouTube: A Japanese Take On Land Speed Racing

Land speed racing is a drug. One hit is more than enough to excite. Two hits and you’re just about done. Any more and you’ll end up an addict, craving more and more speed. And either you...

BangShift Tune-Up: “Wolf Totem” by The Hu featuring Jacoby from Papa Roach (2018)

Music is a world language. Words might not interchange, but the beat of the drum, the roll of the bassline and the highs and lows translate through culture. You can take any particular genre of music...

In Memoriam: Robert G. “Junior” Johnson

The moonlight at midnight is a haunting glow. Colors turn to shades of black, blue and silver. What would be a mild thicket of trees becomes a wall. Normally, the only noises to be heard are the...

2019 AACA Fall Hershey Meet Photo Coverage: Antique Cars, Parts, Automobile, and BangShifty Goodness

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – A short while back, Joe Grippo hit one of the great legacy automotive gatherings left in the country, the AACA (Antique Automobile Club of America) fall meet in...

2019 Cynthiana Rod Run Photo Coverage: More Cars, Trucks, Turbos, and Fun From Kentucky

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This is one of few events I’ve attended without any of my boys accompanying me.  Unfortunately this is a trend that is progressing to the point I’ve...

Dual Quad Deal: This 1956 Pontiac 2×4 Intake, Carb, and Air Cleaner Setup Is Exceedingly Rare!

Pontiac was years away from becoming one of the most awesome divisions of General Motors in 1956 but is was then that the first real signs of performance life started to emanate from the brand....

Money No Object: 1974 Ford F-250 – Classic Strength In Steel

If I’m limited to just one Ford vehicle, ever, it won’t be a Mustang that I choose. It’ll be a dentside Ford truck. I’ve always said that you can’t go wrong with any...

Crack Open The 3G Hemi Program With Parts And Pieces From Holley!

The LS engine has a support system that is absolutely unreal in scope and size. The Coyote engine does too. But what about Ma Mopar’s third-generation Hemi, the one that has been a staple in...

Classic YouTube: 1981 Daytona 500 – Adapting To The Smaller Bodystyles After Years Of Big Cars

1981 was a transition year for NASCAR. This was the year that wheelbases changed from 115 inches to 112, which left cars like the Chevelle and the Torino in the dust and saw new models, like the...