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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Saturday $50,000 Big Money Race #2

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Mod, Mountain Motor Pro Stock, Top Fuel, And More! Pro Eliminations From Darana National Trail Raceway

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Dragway National Trail in Ohio, where racers are going to be battling it out for...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: The Spring GALOT 250 Bracket Race Is On With $20,000 To Win Saturday, Plus A $5,000 Shootout!

Dan Fletcher entered the promotion game a couple of years ago, putting on the Fall GALOT 250. Last year he got the Spring Galot 250 going as well! This event is a single entry event, limited to 250...

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IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing LIVE: The Paris Grand Prix Hits Texas With Big Power, Big Noise, and Cool Boats! Saturday Qualifying

I love drag boat racing, and this weekend kicks off the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing series at Lake Crook in Paris Texas. I’ve been to this lake once before, to livestream drag boat...

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The Mickey Thompson Turn And Burn: 6 Second Passes, 200 mph Cars, And Plenty of Carnage Already.

Alex and Nick Taylor, along with a bunch of other sicko drag and drive folks, are in Norwalk Ohio of the Mickey Thompson Tires Turn and Burn. This is the inaugural event, and it is the kind of drag...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: Here’s Our Final Gallery from the 37th Annual Run to the Sun Car Show Custom Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, And More!

Here’s our 5th, and final, gallery from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them...

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Blazing Inferno: Watch This 1974 White Road Boss Perform The Most Epic Big Rig Burnout Ever – Detroit Diesel Power!

Oh, internet how we love thee. The KT3406E YouTube channel has been home to some of the most wild and awesome big rig videos ever created. These are the guys who ran a rig on ether until the engine...

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: DAY-1 Of THRASH Weekend – Welding, Wrenching, and TEAR DOWN On The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck!

It’s time for even more welding, because that is an overarching theme on this build, but this time it’s for a three day thrash weekend where tons of Karl’s buddies are coming over to help...

Our Friends At Black River Motorsports Park Are Restoring The Abandoned Dirt Track Now!

If you aren’t familiar with Black River Motorsports Park, it’s an old race track that had been abandoned and neglected and then purchased by fellow gearhead Brian Johnson a couple of...

Awesome Miniature Engine Video: Watch This 392cc Air-Cooled V8 Fire Up and Run!

Somehow we have long missed the fact that there’s a guy named Dennis Franz on YouTube who builds amazingly cool and highly BangShift approved stuff. Seriously, this guy cranks out scratch built...

Road Trip! Freiburger Buys A Bitchin Ford Wagon For $5,000 But It’s 1,800 Miles Away! ABANDONED PLACES and Americana On The Road.

For Freiburger, old haggard cars and trucks are like cute rescue puppies, you just can’t resist them. He’s got all kinds of projects, which he talked about in the last video. But this one...

Chopping A 1932 Ford Roadster Windshield: Iron Trap’s 1932 Ford “Ruined Roadster” Gets Chopped The Perfect Amount

It’s not easy chopping the top on a car, with all the metal shaping required, door and window frames, etc. So one might think that chopping the top on a roadster would be pretty darn easy. I...

A Beginner’s Guide To Body Filler: Eastwood’s Filler Selection Video Will Help A Ton For Future Projects

There are too many brands of body filler to count, and among all the brands are several types of filler that are used for different applications. I remember when I thought that all filler was the...

Who Makes The Best Tire Shine? Testing Them For Glossiness, Oiliness, Dirt Resistance, Sling, And More!

When I was younger I was a tire shining fool. I’d wash my truck every Friday afternoon, by hand, and would clean the glass, use protectant on the dash and door panels, vacuum, and shine the...

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck Is Getting Torn Down And Prepped For Paint. Weekend Thrash Part 2

Day 2 of the thrash weekend is right here! It’s time for even more welding, but this time it’s on the bed and chassis of this beast. This bad boy is being treated to an awesome weekend thrash...

Polishing Turds Season 2: Part 10 – Balancing And O-Ringing Cody’s ProCharged 360 Cubic Inch Small Block, And How These Two Things Help The Engine Live With Big Power

In the tenth episode of this new Polishing Turds engine project, Pete is balancing and o-ringing this little supercharged small-block so it will be able to make big consistent power. He’s also...

Cool Video: A 1962 Documentary About The Legendary X-15 Rocket Plane

The most amazing part of the birth and success of the US Space Program was the evolution of the knowledge and engineering involved. There were times when the steps were plodding and incremental and...

Bristol History: Watch Mickey Thompson and Danny Ongais Win The 1969 AHRA SpringNationals!

“…and I actually think that some day we’ll see a five second quarter mile at over 300mph.” Those are the last words spoken by Mickey Thompson in this amazing video which we...

Classic Drag Radio Ad: A Fantastic Late 1960s Screamer For The Gold Cup At Niagara International Drag Strip

From the early 1960s right into the middle 1970s Niagra Drag Strip was there to serve the needs of drag fans in the Toronto, Canada and Buffalo, New York areas of the world. The place brought all the...

Boosted Bikes: Turbocharged and Supercharged Motorcycles Are Cool – Some Factory and Some Hot Rods!

It’s a funny thing to say but all engines like boost, not just those in cars. It’s why while we’re not huge motorcycle enthusiasts here, our hearts always beat a little faster when...