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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing – Sunday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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LIVE: LARIS Motorsports Insurance $100K Presented by Vintage at Beech Bend Raceway Park – Sunday

Watch the Motormania LIVE Coverage from the TB Promotions Laris Insurance $100k at Bowling Green. This is going to be some great racing with a $25K race, two $50k races, and the big $100,000...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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FREE Big Money Bracket Racing LIVESTREAM: The SuperBucks Showdown Presented by Get’M Performance Saturday $20,000

More big money bracket racing coming to you live! It’s Thursday at the SuperBucks Showdown presented by Get’M Performance and that means there is $5,000 on the line to warm up everyone for two...

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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got More Dan Grippo Photos Right Here!

(Words by Joe Grippo, photos by Dan Grippo) We hauled the race cars up to picturesque Beaver Springs Dragway the other weekend for the annual All Ford Race and Car Show. Sunshine, blue skies, and...

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100% BangShift Approved Video: Watch A Guy Operate The Throttle Of A Rally Car While Sitting Under The Hood – How Does The Driver See?

There are lots of ways to gauge the dedication of racers. You can look at how many hours they spend slaving in the shop. You can pay attention to how little sleep they guy because of their addiction...

Shoulda Made That Left Turn At Iquique: Two Dakar Rally Racers Arrested After Riding Over Archeological Site

The Dakar Rally, regardless of where it is held, is long, difficult, and brutal to both man and machine. Equipment gets torn up and crashes can happen with alarming regularity, but to have your...

Watch a Wild International Scout Gasser Pull Huge Wheelies on the Strip

We got a tip from Canadian Dave Pelissier to check out a couple of videos featuring International Scouts made into drag race cars. As it turns out, Dave has the coolest one of the bunch so...

GREAT NEWS: Maine’s Oxford Plains Dragway Will Be Open For Business In 2015!

We’re happy to report that Oxford Plains Dragway in Maine will be open for business in 2015. This announcement comes less than a year after depressing news that the track would be closed with...

Big News: Top Sportsman and Top Dragster To Compete For NHRA National Championships In 2015

In some of the best news to come down the sportsman drag racing pipe in some time, the National Hot Rod Association has announced that Top Sportsman and Top Dragster competitors will finally have a...

Man On A Mission: How Long Term Planning And Strong Leadership Brought New England Dragway Onto The National Scene

(Words and photos by Tom McCarthy) –  If there was an award given annually in New England for the drag racer of the year, that award would have been bestowed upon Joe Lombardo, the track...

Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015: Friday Racing Action – Bryce Menzies Bests Ricky Johnson – Check Out Flying/Bashing Trucks

Well, we can officially feel our toes again, we’re missing the sounds of 8,500rpm small blocks, and there isn’t a ski bunny in sight. This means that Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015 has drawn...

Radial-Engined Baja Bug? Don’t Mind If We Do! Check Out Video Of This Freak Starting And Running!

What is going on in somebody’s head when they take a look at a perfectly good Baja Bug and they suddenly remember that they have a good Continental R-670 engine just sitting out in the shed...

Carnage Video! This 8-second Supra’s New Turbo Pops In Spectacular Fashion

A second-gen Toyota Supra with a swapped in 2Jz, one hell of a turbo hooked to it, sitting on a dyno. One of two things happen in this situation: either the number is astronomical, or the pieces that...

Ford Performance Celebrates 50 Years Of Mustang By (What Else?) Celebrating Tire Smoke!

Did you possibly think Ford was done celebrating the Mustang’s 50th anniversary now that the S550 car has been released? Nope! With the new Ford Performance banner, it looks like the...

Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2015: Five Potential Low-Price Winners For Sunday’s Action

We know that most people will tune in to the live coverage of Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale to see the big-ticket stuff cross the block for money that runs between “stupid” and “GDP of...

This S2000-powered 1966 Sunbeam Minx Project Is Awesome And Homebuilt!

When Dennis Rannebeck warned us that digging into this project thread from 67-72ChevyTrucks.com would potentially be a late-night read, he knew what he he was saying. I, however, shrugged off his...

BangShift Challenge: What’s The Best Power-To-Dollar Vehicle You Can Get Off Of A New Car Lot?

Would you like to purchase a new car? Not a used one, but the one that has single-digit mileage, no title, and still has that new-car smell? Of course, for one reason or another, a new car seems...

Unhinged: Mitsubishi’s Sad Fate Summed Up In One Purple And Green Mirage

Twenty years ago, Mitsubishi was making excellent cars. No, really…leave the Fast and the Furious jokes out of it and look at what was available in the showrooms in 1995: You had turbocharged...

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