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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – $30,000 Saturday!

It’s time to finish off the Spring Fling Million in Las Vegas, after one heck of a Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the country’s big dollar bracket racers head...

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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million Dollar Main Event! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – Million Dollar Friday!

It’s Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring...

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$43,000 to Win!!! Cleetus’ AWD vs RWD Shootout At Bradenton Motorsports Park was INTENSE, Fun, And Surprising! Who Took It All?

When Cleetus first put up the challenge to pit the best two wheel drive no prep rides up against the best all wheel drive no prep rides, the world lost its mind. The arguing, smack talk, bragging,...

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Stories N’ Steel: Rick Lefever – From a small town to becoming one of the countries most sought after fabricators.

Our friend Brad King, an amazing pinstriper and letterer, is back with another Stories N’ Steel episode where he is interviewing another legend of the hot rodding world. This time it’s...

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ROAD TRIP GOLD with David Freiburger and an AMAZING SURVIVOR 1961 Plymouth Belvedere

Man these cars are something. Ugly? Kinda. Weird? Absolutely. 100% Mopar? You ain’t kidding. There is something about the 1950s to mid 1960s Mopars that makes them really stand out. Styling...

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This 1966 Pontiac Dealer Promo Film Called Pontiac: The Wide Open World Of Youth Is Great!

If 1964 blew the lid off of the fact that kids had money to spend on cars, the ensuing years were where manufacturers made their direct play to the youth market in the country. From pony cars to...

Watch And Listen To A 527ci Stroker FE Engine Scream Out 811hp On The Dyno

Barry Rabotnik’s name is no stranger to the pages of BangShift. He’s one of the best known engine building specialists for Ford’s vaunted FE family of engines in the country and...

Ride Along With a Three Engine, 5000hp Pulling Tractor!

Pressing play on the video after the jump will probably put you in a place that you’ve never been before. That place is sitting virtually on top of three blown Hemi engines making a combined...

How Does This 6.5 Diesel Make Duramax Torque? The Willomet Motor And Fab Build Breakdown

In the 1980s and 1990s there were a lot of mediocre diesel engines offered from manufacturers in a variety of cars and trucks. But none of them were awesome, until the diesel game changed with...

TOP SPEED HOT RODS, History and How-To at El Mirage Dry Lake Bed With David Freiburger

David is back at it, this time with a video from El Mirage, the home of hot rodding, and a place that has befuddled many a racer. While Bonneville is the most famous land speed racing spot on the...

Car Show Photos From The Invasion Car Show: Gallery #2. Bitchin Hot Rods, Customs, And Trucks On The Streets Of Deep Ellum

Dad and I hit the Invasion Show this weekend and here’s our second gallery of photos. Check them out, along with a link to see any you missed! The Invasion Car Show, in Deep Ellum Texas, is a...

LEGENDARY Racers and Cars at Brainerd Nostalgia Drag Race! Cool Nostalgia! Super Stocks, Pro Stocks, And More!

Old drag cars are awesome! You can call them nostalgic, vintage, whatever you want, but they are awesome. Take the Loose Caboose Road Runner, for example, and just look at how cool this car is today...

Street Racing in the Mojave Desert! California Cash Days Are Something Special And A Lead In To Great Winter Racing!

Street Racing in SoCal is a little different than some places. Not all of it, of course, but some. That’s because of the landscape of southern California. We’re talking some of the most...

The Biggest All Truck Race In The World! The Tailgate ThrowDown Finals And More Right Here. Day Two Action.

Ryan Wing and I have been talking about putting on a race for a couple of years now, and then he had an idea on an all truck private shootout, and then a bunch of people said they wanted to come and...

How Do Engine Oil Experts Choose Which Oil To Buy? Hint, It’s Not By Brand Name!

When I was a kid we always used Quaker State oil because my dad had a deal with them as a result of some partial sponsorship. And it was good oil, because we never had a single engine failure that...

Junkyard Finds: More Buried & Cool Iron! 1958 Chevy Wagon, 1953 Olds, 1957 Plymouth 2 door, 1963 Impala & MORE!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more awesome junkyard scores and future projects for someone out there looking for their dream ride. Or parts to help rebuild your dream ride that you already have....

This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 2: Check Out This Vintage Dragster Build, Because It Is Going To Be Wild At The Vintage Drags!

The Race of Gentleman has spurred a bunch of renewed excitement for traditional hot rod drags both on the dirt and sand, as well as on the dragstrip. They didn’t invent these events, but they have...

TRANSFORMING an ABANDONED $1500 Squarebody Pickup into a Killer Low Buck Shop Truck! You Can Do This Too!

I love low buck makeover projects! I love them not only because the end result is cool, but also because I hope that it helps me stay under control on some of my upcoming projects that would be way...

FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 1 At Maple Grove Raceway – Sunday

We’ve got more live drag racing coming to you from Division 1 this weekend! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you...