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LIVE Big Money Bracket Racing: The West Coast Bracket Races Southwest Showdown Is LIVE Right Here All Weekend Long!

It’s that time of year again, when racers from the western states and beyond show up at Tucson Dragway for what has become the premier event of the West Coast Bracket Races series. The Southwest...

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Desert Off-Road Racing Livestream: The 2026 King Shocks 39th SCORE San Felipe 250 – Qualifying, Contingency, And Racing!

Desert off-road racing is some of my favorite off-road action, and having been to Ensenada for the BAJA 1000, the King Shocks San Felipe 250 is near and dear to my heart as well. If you dig desert...

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FREE LIVE NHRA Regional Racing Action: Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At No Problem Raceway – Friday

Free live drag racing starts here and continues all weekend long from the NHRA Regional at No Problem Raceway In Louisiana. We’re talking all kinds of Sportsman Drag racing which means wheels up...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This 428 Cobra Jet Torino Is Ford Big Block Greatness! Someone Save This Thing!

When I see this 428 Cobra Jet Torino, I think about the ones that raced in Stock Eliminator as I was growing up and still do today. This is a rare example of the muscle that Ford flexed when it came...

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2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos: Side By Side Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Sportsman Door Cars, Pro Mods, Pro Stock Bikes And More!

We’ve shared a few galleries of photos from David Whealon already but now we’re getting into some of the photos from Richard Pasley too. Check them all out below by using the link to all...

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Testing The Largest Pistol Impact Guns On The Market: So How Much Power Do These Beasts Really Make?

Most of us only have a 1/2 inch impact in our toolbox. Whether it is air operated or cordless, that’s still about all we need for most hot rod and racing jobs. And even those things are...

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This Big Block, Four Speed, Big Tire 1968 Dart Is BangShifty As Heck And Can Be Yours

Count me among the millions of people who fell in love with the famed “Cheap Thrills” Dart back in the day. It was a project that brought Freiburger into the limelight and had me waiting...

One Clean Comet Caliente – This Little Mercury Has A 302, AC, and Spray!

The 1960-1965 Mercury Comets are cool and interesting cars. Based off of a slightly modified version of the Ford Falcon platform they were produced in trim levels and performance grades from mundane...

The End: Our Last Group Of Action Photos From The ECTA Ohio Mile Final Meet

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The LAST gallery of photos from the LAST ECTA Ohio Mile.  Yep….this is it.  Met a lot of people here, learned a lot, and saw a bunch of amazing...

Exclusive Photos Of The New American Powertrain 1968-72 C10 Transmission Hump

So this week BangShift will be dropping knowledge on all sorts of new parts, components, and products from aftermarket companies across the board as we’re attending an annual event that centers...

Crazy Drag Racing Video: Watch A Funny Car Start Up Go Wrong And The Crew Scatter!

(By Greg Rourke) – There’s nothing funny about funny cars. Here we have an example of how things can go wrong at any part of attempting to operate one. The guys running the Candies And...

The BSF Recovery Service Is Totally Awesome – Watch This Off Road Tow Truck Get The Job Done!

(By Greg Rourke) – Up in Northwest Wisconsin and Northeast Minnesota they have a bunch of off road parks and trails. And unlike the weenies I see driving around here with four shocks at each...

Just Like They Used To Be: Would You Leave This 1975 Ford Maverick Grabber Stock?

They were everywhere when I was a little kid. Blue, yellow, green, red, white, and every shade of brown under the sun…you couldn’t turn a street corner in Colorado Springs in the late...

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So You Want To Go Nitro Racing – The Finale: The Team Wins A Wally!

(Words by Bad Brad Klaassen, photos by Bob Snyder, Wayne Lederer, Trent Work, Kenny Youngblood, and Bad Brad Klaassen) – Saturday morning, January 14th, found us rolling into Wild Horse...

Not Every Holden Is A Burnout Car…Check Out This Beastly Kingswood Pulling Truck!

If there is such a thing as “burnout season” in Australia, it’s currently in full force right now. Video after video, we’ve seen some of the best come out swinging, turning...

The “WTF?” Files: A Coal-Rolling Corvette That Gives Purists Coronaries!

Diesel power is good power. It isn’t difficult to make tugboat-levels of horsepower and torque with a good mill, but if there is a downside, it’s that normally you have to deal with the...

ECTA Ohio Mile Action Coverage: Cars, Bikes, Trucks, Records

(By Doug Gregory) – Only one more article left in our coverage from the last Ohio Mile at Wilmington Air Park.  The third-generation GM F-body have been a fairly popular platform for land...

Project “Great Pumpkin” Mustang: Step One Is Getting Our Forlorn Fox Back On The Road

Our 1980 Mustang hasn’t had the most comfortable life in the last few years. It’s lived in a shed (the sketchy, wasp-filled number that was the home of our Imperial when I yanked out the...

Ever Wonder Why Cop Cars Have Push Bars? Here’s A Video Example

(By Greg Rourke) – I was a truck driver for a while. The perception is big semi trucks can drive through anything, but reality is it doesn’t take much to reduce them to 80,000 pounds...

South Georgia Motorsports Park Hit By Tornado – Luxury Boxes Annihilated, Tower OK

A day and night of wild weather in the southeast has left South Georgia Motorsports Park a mess but (thankfully) largely intact. A tornado struck the track  and hammered the local area causing lots...