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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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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Indy 500 Driver’s Meeting! With All This Qualifying And Practice Done It’s Almost Time To Race! Watch It All Live Here! INDYCAR SERIES

We’ve got a few days until the start of the Indy 500, but there is plenty of practice and qualifying action to watch until then! We’ve got live streaming video from the Indianapolis Motor...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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Saturday $20,000 Race AND Wheelie Contest! Wasting Fuel Productions Coal Rush $20ks Big Money Bracket Racing Weekend LIVE!

It’s time for more LIVE big money bracket racing. This weekend’s Coal Rush 20s start now and promise tight racing and big payouts. With other races being cancelled this weekend due to...

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Building The Rearend and Custom Race Steering Wheel For The Martin Lundqvist Racing Street Week Sweden Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project!

Project 508 is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple videos to share below and will be bringing you more in the coming weeks as...

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FREE Drag Racing Livestream: 9th Annual Strange Engineering Ronnie Buff Memorial Friday

There is soooo much going on at the 9th Annual Ronnie Buff Memorial race at Shadyside this weekend! No matter what kind of racing you are into, there is going to be something here for you to enjoy....

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What’s The Strangest Broken Thing You’ve Ever Found On A Good Running Car?

So a Facebook friend of mine sent me a couple photos last night of the damaged rotor inside his distributor with the following message. “Dude, WTF kinda s#!t is this?” I laughed when I...

We’ve Seen A Lot Of Things Race Around Road America, But Stadium Super Trucks Might Be The Craziest!

I’ve been quick around Road America a few times, and I can tell you that it is one of my favorite road courses in the world. And for good reason. I mean just look at the place. It really is the...

The Baroque Bomber: Could You Get Down With A Pro Street Ford Granada?

I hate Ford Granadas. I hate them because they are the final form of “milking a platform to death”, one that had already been spread as thin as the peanut butter on a twenty-five cent...

You Ever Wonder Why Some Race Cars Just Don’t Leave Straight? Rear Steer. Here’s The Hows And Whys…

No matter how good the chassis under your race car is, if all of it is adjusted and aimed in the right direction then nothing is going to hook or go straight or be right. With that said, there are...

Just Swim It, Ya Hoser: Aquatic Off-Roading In Saskatchewan!

Water, plus running engine, equals a bad, bad day. If you’re lucky, your electronics will quit before your engine starts drinking like a fraternity pledge and you’ll just spend hours...

Wouldn’t This Be Fun For Labor Day On The River! This Twin Turbo Big Block Eliminator Sure Looks Like A Good Time To Us!

As a cruiser, this makes no sense. But everyone has that friend that comes to the cruise night in the alcohol burning pro street car that is barely streetable on a good day, and we love that guy. So...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Make A Modern Version Of An Older Model!

I want you to soak in for a moment at what you are seeing. It may have started life as a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria, but it is now one of reportedly two Panther-platform cars that have been converted...

Project Files: This Badass Garage Built Pro-Street GTO Is One To Watch

(Words by Olivia Scaffidi: Photos by Houston Kilby) Badass. The first word that came to mind when I stumbled across this amazing pro-street build while scrolling through Facebook. Builder, Houston...

Drag Gallery: Check Out These Images From Sweden’s Tierp Arena And The Summit Racing Equipment Internationals

(Words and photos by Kelly Wade) – Welcome to set-up day at the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals! This weekend’s action takes place at Sweden’s Tierp Arena and features some...

Check This Out: Matt From Howell EFI Talks About Their TBI Kits – Great Option For Many Applications

Howell EFI has been in the business of bringing fuel injection to those that need it longer than nearly anyone else. Company founder Bill Howell was a GM powertrain engineer and developer for fuel...

Hang On Sloopy! Watch These Two Small Tire No-Prep Racers Avoid Disaster Narrowly

If you need a microcosm of why people love no-prep racing, this video from Urban Hillbilly that was captured at the throw down known as Outlaw Armageddon 2017 will tell you all you need to know....

Good Parts, Bad Vehicle: The Skid Factory’s Barra-Swapped Bedford Van

It’s an ongoing argument that can be made: why would you pick a vehicle that isn’t popular and keep throwing money at it when you could easily replace it with something else instead? The...

Street Car Takeover Denver: Using Up All Of That Fresh Mountain Air For Power!

Drag strip tracks do not get better views than what you’ll see at Bandimere Speedway in Colorado. Just outside of Denver on the hills in front of the Rocky Mountains, Bandimere has a wide-open...

Rough Start: This 1996 Corvette Is The Perfect Do-It-All Low-Buck Buy!

I have friends who question why I’ve always owned and maintained two cars since 2005. The answer is very simple: I want one daily driver and one toy, and may the roles of those two cars never...