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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Sportsman Nationals At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Sportsman, Nostalgia Classes, and More!

Enjoy all the racing action from Santa Pod’s Sportsman Nationals this weekend, as Nostalgia Drag Racing and National Championship drag racing competitors battle it out head to head to see...

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FREE Bracket Racing Livestream: 8th Annual Spring King Of The Creek Bracket Racing Is LIVE Right Here – Saturday

Maryland International Raceway is home to the King of the Creek, and this weekend’s spring event is as big and competitive as always. With classes for everyone, and some of the Mid-Atlantic’s...

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The Lake Effect Showdown at Kuhnle Motorsports Park Is Small Tire Drag Racing Greatness! Lil Gangstas, Small Tire

The Lake Effect Showdown brings the excitement of small tire racing to Lil Gangstas’ racing to Kuhnle Motorsports Park on Saturday June 13th, 2026! This unique event will be a first for the area on...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: STREAMING VIDEO From The 21st Annual Ultimate 64 Bracket Race From Darana Kil-Kare Raceway – Saturday

Kil-Kare Raceway is home to some awesome events, including the 21st annual Ultimate 64 Big Money Bracket Races this weekend. This is one of the older events in the mid west and racers flock to this...

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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Continues Today as We are Heading for The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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The Hot Rod Hoarder Gasser Henry J Project Part 8: Putting a HISTORIC Gasser Back on the Track Feels Oh So Good!

Tommy and the kids are back at it, and it’s a runner! They are hitting the dragstrip to bring this project full circle, so check it out. The big block should be fun with all the new parts that...

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2018 NHRA Dutch Classic Action Photos: More Super Stock Action From Maple Grove

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Here’s out last blast of photos from the 2018 NHRA Dutch Classic featuring the super stock category. Super stock has served as the launching pad for many drag...

Morning Symphony: The Musclecars Of Finland! Get An Earful Of Expats Here!

We might be closing in on the weekend, but we aren’t there just yet. You still have to drag your hide out of bed and get cleaned up for another day of fun and excitement…or whatever...

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Elk Creek Dragway Nostalgia Action Photos: Ain’t No Way Like The Old School Way!

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – There’s nothing cooler than  nostalgia drag race at a nostalgia style drag strip. Elk Creek Dragway is the place and Benoit Pigeon was there blasting photos...

BangShift Question of the Day: What Was Your First High Performance Automotive Modification?

What was your first high performance automotive modification? The running theme when we ask most guys in the high performance industry tends to involve doing something that had no actual performance...

Drag Race Action Gallery: 2018 End Of Season Nostalgia Throwdown At Elk Creek Dragway!

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The end of the season has become a nostalgia tradition at Elk Creek Dragway’s last race of the year allowing only older cars to participate....

2018 Dutch Classic Action Photos: Super Stockers Reaching For The Sky!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’re back with more cool action photos from the 2018 NHRA Dutch Classic. “The Dutch” is the last race of the Division One schedule and has been a...

Dirt Drag Trucks In Michigan! Who Says Off-Roading Has To Be Slow?

You want to know the best thing about drag racing on dirt? You’ve lessened the likelihood of parts breakage! Maybe not in the engine bay, but think about it: outside of catastrophic engine...

Your Reminder That It’s Too Easy To Get A License: Chevrolet’s “Call Me Out” App Reminds Drivers To Leave Their Phone Alone

It’s not that I really needed another reason to worry about the state of humans. I have a list that is probably as long as the track at Beech Bend, and it keeps growing every day. And I...

Airborne, Most Of The Way: Rally Jumps Throughout The Years

If you get the inclination, watch some rally footage from the 1960s or earlier. You won’t recognize what you are seeing as actual rally racing…instead, it’ll look like the best tour...

There’s Hope For Any Car When A Ford Taurus Needs A Parachute At A Drag Strip

Years ago, Brian Lohnes gave me a title in the Forums: “the Patron Saint of Automotive Lost Causes”. You can’t blame him…ask anyone here if you don’t know about my thing...

Oddly Fun Gallery: The Motorama Auto Museum Is One Of The Strangest In America – Check Out Our Photos!

(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – I headed up to nothern Wisconsin for a three day weekend, the land of fish frys, supper clubs and brandy old fashioned cocktails. In the hotel lobby was a...

Classic YouTube: The SR.N4 “Mountbatten” Hovercraft – Air Ride For The Channel!

Ferry service was never as wild as it was between Britain and France in the second half of the 20th century. Given that the Channel Tunnel wasn’t completed until 1994, there were two real...

No Membership Required: ECTA Is Running An Additional Race This Year – Standing Mile Fun November 10-11 At The Mile in Arkansas

The ECTA is having so much fun racing at their venue in Arkansas that they have added a race to the 2018 schedule and it is easier than ever to participate. No membership is required for this last...

Rough Start: This Great Dale House Car Is What Happens When You Cross A Buick And An RV

Well, what do we have here? At first glance it appears that a rather large in-bed camper or maybe a fifth-wheel trailer of some kind was bashed together with the front third of a 1966 Buick Wildcat....