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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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The Hot Rod Hoarder Shares The HISTORY of Alabama’s Favorite Wheelstanding Farm Truck!

Only in the 1960s did a track like Baileyton Goodtime Dragstrip have an in house wheelstander. I mean it wasn’t theirs, but was regularly seen at the track and there are tons of stories about...

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Gallery: Hot Rods With Heart 2016 At Tulsa Raceway Park – Cool Cars, Great Cause

(Words by Bad Brad Klaassen, shots by Patrick and Jen Williams at Red’s Drag Racing Photos) – What do you at the end of a racing season when the weather is still fantastic and it’s time to...

Holy Overkill: This 1972 Ford Pinto Looks Ready To Take On Everybody!

Go on…mention the “humble” or “lowly” Ford Pinto. Go ahead…make you “ka-boom!” jokes, hide your lighters just in case, and “accidentally”...

Gallery: The Incredible Barn Finds At The 2016 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals

(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – If there is one section of the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals that has raised more eyebrows, garnered more hubbub, and caused more swooning among fans of rare and...

More Insanity On The Tracks Of The United Kingdom: Coach Demolition Derby!

You know that stereotype of the proper Englishman, sipping Earl Grey tea, nibbling on a biscuit when they’re hungry, dressed in browns and tans and muted greens? Proper, professional, and a bit...

Good News! RideTech C10 SteetGRIP Now Shipping – Order Yours Today!

Well the day has arrived that classic C10 truck fans have been waiting for. RideTech is now shipping their StreetGRIP package for those trucks out the door so now is the time to get your hot little...

Every Car Has It’s Loyal Fan, And For This Icelander, The C3 Corvette Is His Car!

Ah, impressionable youth. It’s the reason why I dig shovel-nosed second-gen Camaros…I saw a car that I immediately adored and it’s stuck with me ever since. The same goes for...

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SEMA 2016: Here Are 10 Of The Most Interesting, Eye Catching, and Cool Off Road Rigs We Saw

One of the best things about SEMA is the fact that with every year and every show, the vehicles on display get more and more awesome and diverse. For a long time, SEMA was about hot rods and muscle...

Morning Symphony: Shouting The Arrival Of The Dawn With An Ex-SuperStars Mercedes!

At low speeds this monster sounds like a locomotive trying to get going, with the gears whining and the engine thumping out a percussive low bass. At speed these ex-SuperStars Mercedes C63s sound...

Watch Valerie Thompson Become the First Woman to Eclipse 300 MPH on Two Wheels

At Bonneville, motorcycles don’t always look like Harleys and Hondas, but two wheels are two wheels. And when chasing 300 mph on two wheels, you’ll need a lot of aerodynamic help. That’s plenty...

Here’s Your Daily Dose Of Street Car Super Nationals Drag Racing Photos

On Thursday, when Uncle Eddie is talking your ear off about something stupid that has nothing to do with cars, you’ll be wishing for a bullet or a fix. Well we are going to be that fix! Even if...

The Rundown! Here’s All Of The Class Winners From The 2016 Jegs PSCA Street Car Super Nationals

As I write this I have returned to home after a long trip out west that culminated with four days at LVMS for the 2016 Jegs PSCA Street Car Super Nationals. It was one hell of a drag race that...

2016 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals Coverage: Incredible Machines Invade Greater Chicago!

(Words and photos by Bob Chiluk) – The 2016 version of the Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals blew in to the Windy City over the weekend and wowed all as it does every year. Show director Bob...

Bangshift Project Files Update: If You Hurry, You Can Own This Ford Truck/Crown Vic Combination!

We’ve looked at Nathan Kershaw’s 1969 Ford F-250 frame swap build before. It’s a neat premise: everything that makes a Crown Vic go, stop and in general be a great sedan, stuffed...

Wrecker Perfection! This 1956 International Is A Twin Boom Terror

(By Greg Rourke) – It’s no secret we love big trucks on BangShift. It’s also no secret we’re into old wreckers, as evidenced by the world famous Brutus wrecker owned, steered...