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2026 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour LIVESTREAM From Buttonwillow Raceway Park- Saturday Coverage LIVE

It’s time for the 9-race Hoosier Super Tour to start and that means racing at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in central California. There is a lot of qualifying and racing both today and tomorrow,...

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FREE Boat Racing Livestream: Here Is Round 1 Of The IHRA F1 Powerboats At The Bradenton Area River Regatta

Boat racing is on! It might still be winter in a lot of places, but that isn’t stopping the International Hot Rod Association from running their F1 Boat Series in Bradenton Florida this...

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New Junkyard Inventory! Look At This Ragtop Chevy II Nova That Just Came Through The Gates!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more awesome finds and more awesome parts. His collector car wrecking yard is one of the finest in the country, and we’ve been there several times and taken home...

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This Is The Ultimate Off-Road Challenge, Where One Driver From F1, One From NASCAR, and One From Drifting Go Head To Head In A Variety Of Off-Road Challenges.

It’s on! How cool is it to take three drivers from completely different motorsports and put them head to head in a variety of off-road vehicles, on a variety of off-road terrain, to see...

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FREE LIVE NHRA Divisional Racing Action: Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At Firebird Raceway – Saturday

Free live drag racing starts here and continues all weekend long from the NHRA Regional at Firebird Raceway in Arizona. We’re talking all kinds of Sportsman Drag racing which means wheels up Stock...

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Swapping a 500HP SRT4 Turbo Engine Into The Cleanest Classic Dodge Caravan Ever. Now Look How Cool It Will Be!

I’m not sure there has every been a Dodge Caravan that was cleaner and cooler than this one right here, and the engine swap hasn’t even happened yet! Okay, knowing about the engine swap...

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Burnout Monday: A Cummins-Swapped Ramcharger In The Burnout Box

Torque equals happiness in our book. We’re sure you’ve heard the phrase, “Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you move the wall.” We like torque. Snotty...

Goes Like Hell, Indeed: The 9-Second Dodge Omni GLH From Drag Week 2015!

Alright, I’ll hang my head in shame: I watched roughly five minutes of all of the Drag Week footage. Yes, we had it covered every day, and yes, there was plenty of information floating around,...

Caption This: Jules Gounon’s Crew Chief Was Overheard On The Radio, Saying “Oh, Come On, It’s Just A Spider…”

Honestly, words aren’t really needed, are they? It’s not everyday that we get to see the rare stackable Porsche 911 Carrera Cup race cars actually get stacked, but somehow, on the opening...

John Smith Grabs First IHRA Ironman In “Jungle Jim” Funny Car!

Words by Shayna Keller/IHRA and Darr Hawthorne Photos by Big Bob Snyder for BangShift.com   The San Antonio Nationals Fueled by Sunoco did not disappoint as fans witnessed a points lead change...

BangShift Project Spotlight: Check Out This Jeep Build That’s Just Getting Started

While many of the projects in the BangShift project build section are seasoned and long term, there are ever more that depict that happy time when a build is just getting started. Such is the case...

Tech Video: Mahle’s Bill McKnight Explains The Differences In Piston Ring Packages Between Gas Engines And Diesels

Good sealing rings are essential to the health, well-being, and longevity of your engine and that’s true whether we’re talking about a full tilt race engine or the little buzzing mill in...

Question Of The Day: No Engine Swaps, No Modifications, No Matter What – What Is Your Automotive Sacred Cow?

We are still pawing through all of the hate mail and comments regarding LS swaps. Good lord, that can bring out some of the evil in you folks! Many people fired off on what was completely and...

Rough Start: All You Have To Do With This 1966 Rambler American 440 Is Learn How To Run A Three-On-The-Tree

Like the idea of owning a classic but dread the thought of any kind of work that takes much more effort than changing motor oil? Well…we won’t make any rash judgements, because some days...

Watch Jake Crimmins Make A Pass At Maple Grove With Jim Turning The Screws in The 1970s!

At the height of his match racing popularity in the 1970s “Jungle Jim” Liberman knew that if he could be in two places at once he could make significantly more money, so he figured out...

Ebay Find: A 1966 Dodge Coronet That Speaks To The Dark Side In Us

Not every car needs to be pretty. The paint does not need to shine, the interior only needs to care for the driver, and whether or not other people like it is irrelevant. For those who do not see a...

Listen LIVE: ECTA Land Speed Racing Audiocast! Tractors, Steam Cars, 250mph Bikes, More!

Thanks to the crew at LandRacing.com you can listen to a live streaming audio cast of the ECTA’s September Ohio Mile land speed meet today and tomorrow. This broadcast will start at 8am EST...

eBay Find: This 1979 Jeep Golden Eagle May Be The Nicest One On Earth In The Weirdest Place

While cars of the late 1970s were generally soul sucking crap wagons, the trucks of the era were all pretty cool. No, they did not have today’s horsepower, but they did have good looks and...

2015 NSRA Nationals Photo Coverage: Go Fast Stuff! Gassers, Pro Street, More

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This group of cars is made of up of Pro Street, gasser, and race-type vehicles typically of the wider rear tire variety.  Nearly everything in here is...

Tony Pedregon Will Race NHRA Maple Grove With Micro Strategies and Resource 1 On His Car

In the cutthroat world of NHRA nitro funny car racing, it is tough to keep a team going through a 24 race season. No one knows that more than the Pedregon Racing crew who work and scrap week in and...