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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Thursday Dragster Roller Shootout!

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert May 1-7!

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Am Time Trials & Qualifying From Darana Raceway

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Dragway National Trail in Ohio, where racers are going to be battling it out for...

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Here’s The Story Of Freiburger’s Original Muscle Truck, And How We Helped Make This Awesome Squarebody A Thing!

I am willing to bet that there probably isn’t anyone who’s cut more stuff off of Freiburger’s Muscle Truck than I have. Since I was there for the original build, as part of our...

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The 2027 Dakar Rally Route Has Been Announced! Check Out Where It’s Going Below!

We’ve been fans of the Dakar Rally for decades, and we love to share coverage from the race here whenever possible. It’s been an interesting journey for the Dakar Rally in the last 10...

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Drag Race Feature: This 900HP, 511 Cubic Inch FE Powered, 1967 Mercury Comet Nostalgia Super Stocker Runs 9s!

This 1967 Mercury Comet is a really cool Nostalgia Super Stocker that brings back memories of some cool Mercury drag cars I grew up with at Fremont Dragstrip in Northern California. One of my...

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One-Family Owned Masterpiece: This 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Ignited A Passion!

Maybe Ralph Nader was genuinely trying to save humanity from a mechanical demon that was flawed. History has shown that the first generation Chevrolet Corvair did indeed have handling issues that...

Watch A Huge 48-Foot Power Boat Take Flight While Speeding Over The Wake Of A Yacht – This Is An E-Ticket Ride!

 If there’s a group of motorsports enthusiasts crazier than the wheel driven contingent it is the boat guys. The machines are incredible but they are also astronomically expensive to buy,...

Science Time! Does Soaking Tires With Bleach Equal A Bigger, Smokier Burnout?

I’m not going to even pretend what the correlation is between vulcanized rubber and bleach is supposed to be. I’ve heard it from many sources over the years: if you want your burnout...

Go Sand Drag Racing For $10,000 With This Big Block Chevy Powered Jeep

As I write this I am on my way to the first official life experience I will have with drag racing on dirt. I am pretty excited and I have been trying to read up on as much stuff as I possibly can...

Camp Wagon: This 1979 Plymouth TrailDuster Is The Camping Rig Your Dad Wished He Had

“Camping” in my family meant one of two things: either we rolled out the old Coleman pop-up trailer out into the middle of the field and me and my brother lived semi-independently for the...

RideTech Releases Complete Coilover System For 1982-2003 Chevrolet S10 and GMC S15

Well, the men and women of RideTech have done it again. They have chosen a hot platform that is readily available and cheap and introduced a product to allow hot rodders to make it way, way better in...

200mph Flathead Video: Ride In This Rear Engine Modified Roadster As It Runs 200.9mph In 1.5 Miles At Loring, Maine

We admire guys who find their calling and stick to it. In the case of Connecticut’s Ron San Giovanni that calling has been flathead Ford engines. He’s hot rodder extraordinaire and he has...

How Do You Say ‘Straya? How About A V8 Supercar In A Burnout Contest?

Motorports in Australia, and go…let’s see here, there’s drag racing, of course…Stadium Super Trucks have proven to be popular…Ok, hell with it: V8 Supercars and...

This Hilarious Ad For A 1985 Pontiac Fiero GT Actually Makes Us Want A 1985 Fiero GT

Thanks to Chris Hardesty we have an awesome Craigslist ad to share with you today. This guy is selling his 1985 Fiero GT and rather than just stick it up on the internet and hope someone buys it, he...

Want To Make Some Money Sand-Dragging? $32,000 Is Up For Grabs At Bull Run Raceway If You’ve Got The Grunt!

We’re drag racing fans here at BangShift, no doubt, and that doesn’t go for just asphalt stuff. We can dig folks getting down in the dirt, too. It takes a special type to try to make big...

Keith Haney Announces Sale Of Both His Notorious Pro Mod and Enigma Radial vs The World Car

(Photos: Keith Haney Racing) – Nope, he is not quitting racing! We were surprised yesterday to see this announcement from Keith Haney Racing regarding the sale of both his Notorious pro mod...

Maybe Too Demonic: FCA Recalling Certain Hemi-Powered Cars For “Unpredictable Acceleration”

Remember back a few years ago, when Toyota had the whole “unintended acceleration” issue that resulted in lawsuits, fines, government interference and a field day for wanna-be comedians?...

This 1950s Film That Examines The Life Of A Truck Driver May As Well Have Been Made On Another Planet – Hilarious

(By Greg Rourke) – Thinking about a career in trucking? Want to get an idea of what it’s like? Yeah well, look elsewhere, this ain’t it. Here we have an educational  film made in...

Epic Trolling: We’d Put This 1978 Dodge Challenger On The Street In Seconds!

Chad actually rolls his eyes far enough into the back of his head that he can inspect his brain whenever I start talking about any Chrysler product made after 1974. They’re the wrong years,...