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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Day 5 at Hi-Line Dragstrip in Malta Montana Was Drama Filled!

Big Sky Race Week coverage continuos thanks to Bill and the crew at BANGshift Billy. This time it is their Day 5 video from Hi-Line dragstrip on Big Sky Raceweek.  Can Bill hang on and finish the...

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LIVE STREAMING | Race 1 and 2 | Misano | GT World Challenge powered by AWS 2026

It is endurance racing season, and boy is it in full swing! There have been more endurance races in the last few weeks than we could imagine, and there are even more to come. It’s summertime racing...

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IHRA F1 Powerboats Livestream: Round Round 5 – Alton Powerboat Nationals F1 Powerboat Showdown – Sunday

Boat racing is on! If you aren’t familiar with F1 boat racing, you’re in for a treat. This is side by side racing, “door handle to door handle” so to speak, and these drivers are giving it...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: CASH DAYS at The Hill with Happy and Limpy! KD Dragways Hosts One Hell Of An Event! Watch Here All Weekend!

It doesn’t matter whether you call it KD Motorsports Park, KD Dragway, or The Hill, everyone knows that some bad ass no prep races go on there and that it is one of the more unique drag strips in...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The ACE Triple $20,000 Races Are LIVE From Darana Dragway 42 – SUNDAY

The ACE Triple $20,000 Races are live this weekend from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio, and we’ve got all the action coming to you live and free right here thanks to our friends at MotorManiaTV. Racing...

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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Day 4 Adventures Continue For All The Racers. And It Rains!

Big Sky Race Week coverage continues thanks to Bill and the crew at BANGshift Billy. This time it is their Day 4 video from a rain soaked highway somewhere.  Can Bill hang on to 1st place on Day 4....

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Land Speed Gallery: The East Coast Timing Association Spring 2014 Meet

Land speed racing season is officially on for the East Coast Timing Association! We’re here in Wilmington, Ohio to take in the action and actually participate in the event as I serve as the...

Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Ed Cole

Over the course of General Motors history, there have been guys that stand alone with respect to their accomplishments. Over the weekend we were hanging out in Texas at the Optima Face Off and got...

Holley Offers Complete LS Accessory Drive Solutions For Virtually Any Swap

One of the things that lots of guys seem to forget about when contemplating a swap, especially of the LS variety is the accessory drive setup on the front of the engine. Yes, you can grab el cheapo...

Camaro Z/28 Components Available from Chevrolet Performance This Summer – Not Just Dress Up Stuff, Lots Of Killer Parts

The all-new Camaro Z/28 is one of the most hardcore and impressive offerings in the form of a Chevrolet performance car ever. This is not a Camaro with some nifty ground effects and a few pounds...

Meet The Field For The 2014 Diesel Power Challenge – Big Power Heading To Denver

As some of you may remember, I was the host for the 2013 Diesel Power Challenge that is put on each year by Diesel Power Magazine. I’ll be reprising my role doing that this year. This is the...

eBay Find: This 1949 Diamond T 306 Truck Just Needs A Little Finish Work To Be Perfection

Hey, it is Sunday and as you are reading this, I am out announcing the ECTA Spring Meet where some of the fastest hot rods in the country are hauling ass at speeds well in excess of 200 mph on the...

Our Last Blast Of Ford Drag Perfection From The 2014 FE Race And Reunion – Until Next Year!

Well, this is officially it. We’re through all of the awesome photos that Joe Grippo sent us from the 2014 FE Race and Reunion which was held about a week ago at Beaver Springs Dragway in...

QuickTrick’s American Success Story Is Getting Ready To Grab Another Gear – Here’s How You Can Get Involved

QuickTrick is a very cool company for any number of reasons. Their products are American made. Their products are the direct result of innovative thinking, scrappy determination, and the genuine...

Elvis Presley’s Custom Built 1972 Cadillac Station Wagon Is For Sale – Need A Cool Half Million To Buy It!

If you have about half a million dollars lying around and you love station wagons and Elvis, we have the deal of the freaking century for you! That’s right kids, the King’s 1972 Cadillac...

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Alan Mulally Announces Retirement From Ford – Will Leave Legacy Of Product Advancement And Success Behind

When Alan Mulally loads the last of the trinkets from his office into the cardboard box he’ll carry out of Dearborn on July 1st he’ll be walking out the door as one of the most important...

Great Videos Of A 1964 Tempest Turbocharged Vintage Pontiac Four Cylinder Shredding Tires!

Some guys know and some guys don’t, but back in the early 1960s, Pontiac built a 194ci four cylinder engine and used it in a few of their production models. The engine was literally half of a...

Gallery: 50 Photos of Pontiacs from the BangShift Photo Archives

Recently, I went back into our digital archive of images to dig up another set of make specific photos. This time we’re looking at Pontiacs of all shapes and sizes. Of all the dead GM brands,...

The Worst 1955 Chevy Ever Built Is For Sale On Craigslist – This One Hurts

BangShift reader Mike Kenworthy sent in this tip and when I am able to get a night’s sleep again after washing the image of this car out of them with steel wool and hydrochloric acid, I will...

Watch Don Garlits Make Runs In The SR-37 Electric Dragster From All Angles

As we have been reporting, Don Garlits and the SR-37 Quest team have been active over the last few days making test passes for the first time just days ago. While the team did not clip 200mph yet,...