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FREE LIVESTREAM: The IHRA New Orleans Powerboat Grand Prix LIVE Racing Action Starts Here!

The International Hot Rod Association’s Offshore Racing Series kicked off their 2026 season in St. Petersburg Florida a couple of weeks ago, and featured big speed from giant offshore boats and...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Division 2 Divisional Lucas Oil Sportsman Drag Racing At South Georgia Motorsports Park – Sunday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 2! 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 like Sportsman Drag...

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Stinky Pinky 6 Debut! Disco Dean Karns NEW CAR Debut! FIRST HIT And It Runs 3.70! Now It’s Time To Race!

Last fall Disco Dean Karns crashed his awesome Pontiac Firebird Trans Am they called Stinky Pinky 5, and while Dean came out of it okay, the same could not be said for the poor Trans Am. This was an...

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Better Than a Bugatti? Here’s Why Jay Leno Paid Full Price for his 2026 Corvette ZR1X. How Bad Ass Is It Really?

Jay Leno has got some of the most awesome cars on the planet, as we’ve all seen parts of his collection over the years. And he’s wealthy enough to buy any car he could ever want, so it...

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Holley Swap Essentials: Holley’s Complete LS & LT Swap Kits for GM Cars & Trucks Make Installs A Sure Thing

It’s never been easier to LS or LT swap something, and there are a ton of companies making parts. Engine mounts, gotta be 100 companies making them. Headers, probably 100 as well. Brackets,...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: IHRA Outlaw Nitro Racing Series Action From Virginia Motorsports Park

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie Virginia, where racers are going to be battling...

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Land Speed Action Photos: More High Speed Images From The Ohio Mile September Meet

(Photos by David Whealon/DWPhotos.net) – Land speed racers are a very interesting lot. For the most part they do not get to ply their trade nearly as much as people who race stock cars or go...

Ebay Find: A Checker Marathon For Your Inner Hot Rodder And Taxi Driver

I never have understood anybody’s obsession with the Checker Marathon. Ok, the absolutely freaking huge Aerobus eight-door wagons are kind of cool, but the regular four-door Marathon taxi cars...

OUCH – This Audi Vs. Bentley Accident At The Blancpain Sprint Series Misano Race Is Cringeworthy!

That misty shot of dirt, debris, and scattering body panels is the result of the coming together of an Audi R8 and a Bentley during the Blancpain Sprint Series race at Misano. Coming out of a corner,...

This Hellcat Challenger Whips Up On The Unsuspecting At A VMAX200 Event In Europe!

Ranting, raving, and fawning over the Hellcats should be over…they are out and about, and hunting. Quarter mile times are known, top speeds are known. Done and done. What’s left?...

Tough Truck Racing! Check Out The High-Flying, Axle-Breaking Fun At Dennis Anderson’s Muddy Motorsports Park!

If it’s destined for the junkyard but runs, you might as well have some fun with the vehicle before it dies, right? That’s the theory behind some of the best low-buck racing you can find:...

Land Speed Coverage: Action Photos From The 2015 ECTA September Meet – Final Runs Of 2015

(Photos by David Whealon) – The final event of the 2015 ECTA season was a barn burner for sure. The place was jammed packed with more motorcycles and hot rods than anyone could remember, the...

Shakedown At The Summit 2015 Photo Bomb: More On Track Action From The Wild Norwalk Weekend

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – The negative Nancys of the world that think they know the sport of drag racing and don’t will be the first to tell you that there are no young people involved...

2015 NSRA Street Rod Nationals: Full, Fat, Flat, And Fondly Fendered Hot Rods

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Time for rods with fenders.  Let me stop and tell you folks that haven’t been to this event a little about how difficult it is to determine what to take...

Gravelrama 2015 Coverage: Flat Dirt Drags Images from the Pits And Action On The Track

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We’d never been to the flat drag portion of Gravelrama and we were really looking forward to it.  100 yards to the finish.  Its odd watching a drag...

eBay Find: This Amazingly Preserved Set Of Four Firestone Bonneville Racing Tires Date To 1964!

It is not often that we run stories about old tires here at BangShift but this is a set of rubber that is unique, interesting, and is unused even though they were manufactured 51 years ago and...

We Take A Look Back At The Subaru That Got The Performance Ball Rolling, The Impreza 22B, With MotorWeek

Until I turned on Gran Turismo for the first time, Subarus were dinky little sedans and wagons that made a farting noise wherever they went. Sure, the SVX was around, but that was a freak of nature....

Top 11: Picks From The Mecum Chicago Auction – Can We Predict A Decent Deal In The Catalog?

  11. 1968 Oldsmobile 98 Convertible   It’s the size of Rhode Island, comfortable as a barcalounger, drinks like an angry Scotsman, and looks like New England old money. This...

Scrapple, Your Weekly Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week, We Have The Trumpghini, Karma And A Dancing Musk!

Temperatures are finally starting to cool off, leaves are starting to show the first tinges of color, the harvest is coming in, the geese are heading out, and every last broken bone is starting to...

Ten Cars, One Quarter Mile: Motor Trend’s World’s Greatest Drag Race 5!

In what has turned into tradition for the guys over at Motor Trend, the field of new cars battling it out for the title in their annual Best Driver’s Car series are hauled off to an airport...