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

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 – Friday

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 Friday $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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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our Final Day 1 Racing Gallery from Darana Raceway National Trail in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 1, when the driver’s...

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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got 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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Best Of 2014: Watch This Huge Chevy Truck Battle The Weight Sled To The Death – The Most Hard Fought, Driveline Twisting Pull We Have Ever Posted

We have posted hundreds of truck pulling videos over the years. Some of them show trucks and tractors just dominating the course and others show explosions and various incredible mechanical failures....

Best Of 2014: This TV Camera Man Had Never Been Around A Top Fuel Car Before – His Reaction Is Priceless

One of the great pleasures of being a drag racing fan and announcer is the ability to “introduce” nitromethane into people’s lives that have never experienced it before. As much as...

Best Of 2014: SNL’s Series of Lincoln Parody Ads Starring Jim Carey Are Hilarious And True

Saturday Night Live is the latest entity to jump on the horrendously bad advertising campaigns that Lincoln has been embarking on with the parody ads that they made and showed last weekend. Featuring...

Best Of 2014: Watch This Mustang Mechanic Use Jackie Chan Like Skills To Save It From Certain Death

When our buddy Jay sent us the link to this video of a Mustang being saved yesterday, I watched it twice, about fell out of my chair both times, and then forwarded it to Brian immediately. 30 seconds...

Best Of 2014 Video: Big Tire Nova Does The Longest Power Wheelie You’ve Ever Seen (We Promise!)

(By Jason Sands) – With the advent of tire-limited racing, it’s not uncommon to see fast drag cars teeter on the back wheels for hundreds of feet before setting it down and rocketing off...

Best Of 2014: Man Fells Massive Tree Trunk Into Old Ford – Wrecks Old Ford And Causes Bonus Collision

I used to work for a guy who drilled the “5 P’s” into me. Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance. I always though that was a rock solid mantra until I watched this video and saw a...

Best Of BangShift: Watch An Angry Tow Truck Driver At A Circle Track Chase Down A Rogue Racer And Force Him Into The Pits

You’d think that a clapped out looking Dodge tow truck would be no match to catch a stock car on an oval track but you’d be wrong if the tow truck is being driven by a really pissed off...

Know Your Volatile Race Fuels: A Look At The Happily Violent Nitromethane Molecule

It is the liquid that’s killed more engine parts, singed more fire suits, and caused the most havoc of any single substance in drag racing history. It is an indispensable fuel in the modeling...

The Incredible Rise Of The Dodge Brothers Was Matched By Their Tragically Early Deaths – Here’s What’s Not In The Dodge Ads

Dodge has produced some pretty neat ads recently which feature “John and Horace Dodge” playing the roles of speedy drivers, caring factory owners, and mavericks of the early automotive...

Best Of BangShift: Is This The Worst Welding Job Ever? One BangShifter Got The Job To Fix This Disaster

Last night, I was cruising the BangShift forums and came across a thread titled, “You should not be welding anything”. Naturally I was pretty interested to see what that was all about and...

Best of BangShift 2014: Crazy Story – 36 Neglected And Abandoned Corvettes Saved From NYC Parking Garages – The Legendary Peter Max Collection Is Being Restored

Back in 1989, I was nine years old and happened to see a television commercial on the VH-1 music video channel for a crazy contest they were running. The gist of it was pretty simple. You dialed a...

Best of BangShift: The Most Powerful Snow plow Ever?

We think we’ve located the most powerful snow plowing apparatus in the world. If you know of something with more grunt than two locomotives hooked together, please share. Keeping the tracks...

Best Of BangShift: The Twisted Tale of the Great American Truck Racing Series

Our quest for answers regarding a long-forgotten race series that featured massive big-rig trucks on asphalt and dirt ovals started with a thread on the Bangshift.com forum section. One of our...

Best Of BangShift: Watch A Wicked 1980s Crown Vic Wagon With Wood Paneling On The Side Tear Up An Autocross Course!

You know us, we love big stuff that turns. This 1980s boxy style Crown Victoria wagon that is all decked out in wood paneling hauls some serious mail around an autocross in this video. The wagon...