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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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Money No Object: A 1957 Chevrolet 150 The Way We’d Order One…Bare-Bones With The Fuelie Motor!

Motorsports in 1957 wasn’t exactly a thing. In fact, there was still a very dark cloud surrounding the idea of racing that was a direct result of the horrific crash that occurred at the 1955 24...

Sounded Better On Paper: This 1948 Fiat Topolino Street Legal Altered Seems To Touch All The Bases

Yes, beyond a shadow of a doubt you would be the cruise night hero. Undisputed and undefeated for as many trips as you wanted to make to your local burger joint, they’d know your name and say...

Video: Get A Cool Cutaway Look At The New Aeromotive Gen II Stealth Tanks! Brilliant Design

We have been telling you about Aeromotive’s neat Gen II Phantom gas tanks and now there is some great cutaway video that shows you in even more detail about what we have been talking about. The...

Rough Start: This 1979 Ford Mustang Is A Great Start To A Late-Model Restoration…Period Correct Looks And All!

If you want to stay out of the traditional 1964-72 musclecar era machines, but are interested in a neat project car that you can actually put together for decent cash, you’d be hard-pressed to...

This 1963 Former Civil Defense International Scout Is Freaking Awesome! Buy IT!

Old International Scouts are awesome in basically any form you can find them in but this one? This 1963 model that was first ordered by the US Government and then turned over to a volunteer fire...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Woodchucks And Melting Roads!

Enjoying the summer? You should be! We’re all busy here at BangShift and are running from event to event! Here at BS Mid-West, we are especially excited, because this week, come hell or high...

2018 Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour Photos: Mike Brooks and His Brother Jon Got Great Stuff On The Banks!

(Photos by Mike and Jon Brooks) – One of the thing the guys who like to talk smack on the Power Tour fair to realize is that this is an event about using your car and not just parking it in a...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Opinion On Automotive Restoration Apprenticeships?

(Photo: Wiltshire Times) Within the last few years, there has been a kickback against the “go to college, get that degree, make that money” line of thinking that has persisted for...

A Lesson In Sportsmanship: Checking On The Other Guy After A Big Crash

Sportsmanship is a virtue that tends to get lost in translation when it comes to racing. To the outside perspective, the individuals in the machines are rivals and are locked in a kind of combat...

Driveway Cacklefest: Watch Al Weich Fire Up The Restored Dunn and Reath Rear Engine Funny Car At His House!

(By Greg Rourke) – Most of us here have annoyed the neighbors at some point. I sure have. The angry neighbor lady banging on my door because parts cars in my driveway scared away potential...

Morning Symphony: How Expensive Is A Real-Deal Shelby Daytona? Who Cares When It’s Being Beat On Like A Rented Mule!

$7.25 million dollars. That’s the kind of sum that one of the six real-deal Shelby Daytona vehicles that the chicken farmer cranked out has pulled at an auction. That’s a hell of a lot of...

NEWB: We Sent Tony Sestito To His First NHRA National Event With No Direction And A Camera – Here’s His Report

As you’ve probably seen by now, the NHRA brought their rolling tour of mega horsepower to New England Dragway in Epping, NH for the New England Nationals last weekend. It was an action-packed...

Halfway To China: This Buried Chevy Found Some Of The Nastiest, Grippiest Mud In Arkansas!

One of the biggest fears when going off-road is getting stuck. Yeah, it’s half the fun, but it’s also a problem, especially when you find yourself buried up to the rockers and in search...

Are You More Or Less Likely To Buy A Street Car That Is Doing A Burnout In The Ad Photo?

While looking through Craigslist for something interesting yesterday I came across this 3rd Gen Camaro doing a burnout in one of the photos in the ad. And it wasn’t one of like 10 photos, but...