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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Thursday Dragster Roller Shootout!

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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NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert May 1-7!

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Am Time Trials & Qualifying From Darana 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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Here’s The Story Of Freiburger’s Original Muscle Truck, And How We Helped Make This Awesome Squarebody A Thing!

I am willing to bet that there probably isn’t anyone who’s cut more stuff off of Freiburger’s Muscle Truck than I have. Since I was there for the original build, as part of our...

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The 2027 Dakar Rally Route Has Been Announced! Check Out Where It’s Going Below!

We’ve been fans of the Dakar Rally for decades, and we love to share coverage from the race here whenever possible. It’s been an interesting journey for the Dakar Rally in the last 10...

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Drag Race Feature: This 900HP, 511 Cubic Inch FE Powered, 1967 Mercury Comet Nostalgia Super Stocker Runs 9s!

This 1967 Mercury Comet is a really cool Nostalgia Super Stocker that brings back memories of some cool Mercury drag cars I grew up with at Fremont Dragstrip in Northern California. One of my...

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Houston Man Drives Brand New ZL1 Camaro Into Pool, Discovers It To Be Horrible Submarine

The 2014 Camaro ZL1 is a very fast and capable car. With a supercharged engine, huge brakes, tuned suspension, and more, it is capable of running with some of the most well known and highest priced...

Goodguys Del Mar 2014 – More Awesome Photos From The Show

We’re going to be slapping you upside the head with Goodguys Del Mar, California photos for days on end and today we’re maintaing that threat. This is another collection of sweet photos...

Watch This Fed Ex Truck Roll Away And Narrowly Miss A House As The Driver Chases It!

I’ve never talked a whole bunch about what I did for a living when I was a productive member of society. Basically I was an operations guy for a couple of large companies. I oversaw delivery...

Watch WRC Rally Driver Drive Through A Vineyard And Then Crash Into An Electrical Pole During WRC France

There are certain sentences that I have always wanted to write and these next couple happen to have been on the list. In this video you’ll see WRC rally star Petter Solberg crash during a 2012...

The Legendary Turbo Sleeper Maverick Is For Sale! This Round Mound Of Brown Rules

An infamous sleeper masquerading as a well used, brownish Ford Maverick that’s actually packing a turbo big block is for sale and someone here should buy it. The car that has been featured on...

Lonestar Round Up 2014 – Donuts, Shop Tours, And Awesome Times In Austin

(Words and  photos, Charles Wickam) –  We started the second day of our Lonestar Round Up 2014 adventure out at Round Rock Doughnuts. The place has been all over tv on shows featured by the...

GOODGUYS DEL MAR 2014 – COOL CARS AND TRUCKS IN THE SHOW

We showed you some autocross action from Goodguys Del Mar 2014 earlier today and now we’re shifting gears into show mode. The majority of participants at any Goodguys show are on the grounds to...

Video: Four Single Cylinder Briggs And Stratton Engines Turned Into One Engine

There are lots of projects we don’t entirely understand the motivation behind but we revel in their greatness anyway and this is one of those. The engine in the video began life as four...

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Friday Action Gallery From The Goodguys Del Mar Autocross – Muscle Car Corner Burning

This weekend Chad is at the Goodguys Del Mar autocross flapping his gums and keeping the masses informed and entertained as they watch a host of cool muscle cars attack the cones. The Goodguys...

This 1958 Ford Was Built Into A Junior Stock Drag Car In The 1960s And Now It Is For Sale – Time Capsule

There’s nothing better than seeing a car that was modified back in the day and then never really touched or messed with again after. That’s pretty near the car of thie 1958 Ford which was...

BangShift Version 2.0: What Have We DONE?!

That’s what you are thinking, right? We thought so. Welcome to the new BangShift.com which is both very much the same and very much different than what you were used to seeing even just a few...

IHRA San Antonio 2014 – More Nitro Soaked Photos From The Drags!

(Photos by Bob Snyder) – We have to thank Bob Snyder for this latest batch of photos from the 2014 IHRA Nitro Jam at San Antonio Raceway in Texas. Although it has been a few years since...

Friday BOOM: Watch a Canadian Drag Racer Suffer A Massive Nitrous Explosion at The Grand Bend Motorplex

If nitrous explosions are judged on shrapnel and how high stuff flies, particularly chunks of the hood scoop, this one may be a hall of famer. The video shows a pair of Top Sportsman cars launching...

These bands tour in epic vehicles (featuring music for your Friday!)

Most bands that tour around end up in either a Ford E350 or a Dodge 3500 van. Until some time in 2012 before they really hit it big, the band The Lumineers were touring the country in a Ford Windstar...