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Engine Teardown Nightmare! This Crankshaft Welded Itself To The Balancer! Watch How Peter At HED Get’s This Thing Apart.

Over the years I’ve pulled a few engines apart that surprised me because they had damage inside that you would think might keep it from running, or at least running as well as it seemed to in...

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US Street Nationals Testing: Testing And Qualifying Action From Bradenton Motorsports Park. It’s Time For The Drag Illustrated Winter Series!

It’s time for the Drag Illustrated Winter Series in Florida to continue! The US Street Nationals are on this weekend, and while the rest of the easter half of the country will be freezing, the...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 IMSA 2026 BMW M Endurance Challenge, Michelin Pilot Challenge, And Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup at Daytona International Speedway | Race 1 | Daytona Beach, Florida

There is so much racing that is going on in Daytona this week, leading up to the famed Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona which starts on Saturday. There have been a full week of races and practice so far,...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! The Livestream Starts With This View Of Hammertown Coming Together LIVE From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: More Of The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Here’s Photo Gallery #2 from Joe Grippo, as we’ve got even more to share from his Best Of 2025. Check them out below and if you missed the first gallery, we’ve got a link below to...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Joe Grippo is one of BANGshift’s longest running contributors and has covered everything from junkyards to car shows and drag races to drag and drives, and so much more. He drags his lovely...

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Behind The Ropes Part 7: The Final – Do The Guys Pull Off The Impossible?

Well here we are. This is Behind The Ropes Part 7: The Final. When the weekend began this was a team that was literally making check out passes to make sure their car was not going to fall apart...

Video: The Story Of Stevie Fast Jackson As Told By Stevie Fast Jackson (Part 1)

If there is one man that dominated headlines across the sport of drag racing in 2017, it was Stevie Fast Jackson. While some people know his background and roots, many do not know where this guy came...

Oh, Great…Not You Too: Ford Is Being Sued For Diesel-Related Issues Now

The lawyer firm of Hagens Berman has been a pretty busy place lately. Not only are they handling the lawsuits connected to the Volkswagen diesel case, they also went after General Motors for their...

This Concours Restored 1962 Chevrolet Impala Z-11 Is An Amazingly Nice Piece Of Drag Racing History

This is stunning. You are looking at one of three remaining examples of a 1962 Chevrolet Impala Z-11 on Earth and this may damn well be the nicest one. The car has been concours restored and along...

Rough Start: The Stretch Geo Metro Is A Real Thing And Could Be A Solution To Your Parts-Hauling Problem!

“The car was built to fill a need that no car on the market could. To haul big loads and still get over 40 MPG.” That is the plan that set David Cloud on the path to stretching out a...

NEW PRODUCT: Holley Introduces Revolutionary Mid-Mount LS Accessory Drive – No Brackets!

Leave it to Holley to keep the ball rolling on the ease of LS swaps. The company has introduced a new Mid-Mount LS accessory drive that is clean, compact, and actually uses no brackets. Seriously,...

Refueling While Tandem Drifting – This Is How You Keep A BMW Sideways For Over Eight Hours!

Eight hours sideways without stopping…that’s the record that BMW wanted to claim with their new variation of the M5 sport sedan. That’s a lofty goal, when you look at the logistics...

Cynthiana Rod Ron Burnout Contest Photos: Smoking The Tires At The Awesome Cruise Event

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Tire smoke.  Hi-revvin’ engines.  Cooked clutches and hot transmission fluid.  All part of the yearly burnout contest at the Rod Run.  The location...

Want To Start Your Very Own Racing Team? Eighteen Porsche GT3s Are For Sale!

The 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 defines “track weapon”. It’s not the monster Turbo…instead, it’s like the 911 Go-Kart: find a track and carve it to bits. If you are any kind of...

Cool Historic Video: Project Mercury Couch – Or How To Make A 49G Landing Pillow Soft

We love old videos that show the early days of America’s space program. This particular one, made in 1960 shows some neat drop testing as part of what was known as Project Mercury Couch. The...

The Updated Emergency West Wheelstander Is For Sale – Plug In Motors And Hit The Strip!

One of the neatest exhibition machines to ever hit the drag strip has come up for sale. The updated Emergency West wheelstander is on the block and it’s coming almost totally complete. The new...

Behind The Ropes Part 6: Survive And Advance – A Great Weekend Takes A Turn For The Epic

This is Behind The Ropes Part 6: Survive And Advance. By now if you have been watching the videos you know that I called the majority of the action at this race during eliminations in the alcohol...

Rough Start: This 1973 Plymouth Satellite Is The Mythical Affordable, Useable Muscle Car!

I’m going to make a couple of concessions to using the phrase “muscle car” when describing a 1973 Plymouth Satellite with a 318 and a column shift automatic: here, it’s not...

No More MEL: It’s A Barra Six For This ’66 Lincoln Down Under!

1960s Lincolns rule. The slab sides, the length, the rumble from an MEL engine through the pipes as the car cruises around…we are all about these Elwood Engel-designed beauties. After Lincoln...

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