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OG SMALL TIRE RACING IN THE MOUNTAINS!!!! KILLER STREET AT ELK CREEK DRAGWAY JUNE 2026!!!!

Oooh yeah! Elk Creek Dragway is something special, and with racing like this we understand why. In this video you’ll see Killer Street 275/28 and more as the 5.30 and 6.30 index classes take...

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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Continues Today as We are Heading for The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Full Race | Bommarito Automotive Group 500 from WWT Raceway

Just a couple of weekss after the famed Indy 500, the IndyCar Series was back at it for another weekend of racing. This time it was at the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 World Wide Technology Raceway...

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Finnegan’s 1961 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Drag Car Build Is Getting Closer! Interior At Home. Check It Out.

I talked to Mike the other day and he said that they are seriously working on the Cadillac to get it on the road this year. Sure, there is a lot to do, but they keep chipping away at it and in the...

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They CLOSED a Public Road for a Street Race and Heavy Hitters Came Out! Cash Days Street Racing Greatness!

We’ve livestreamed a few city sanctioned street race events over the years, and have heard of a few others, but it never gets old to hear that folks want to see Cash Days street races to go...

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New Right-Angle Impact Totally Resets the Scoreboard! These Aren’t Supposed To Be This Good!

Right angle impacts have really made a splash recently, and if you are like me and think they are just an over hyped cordless ratchet, you’d be wrong. Yes, I said it, I was wrong. I love me...

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Unknown Parts Guy: Dealing With The Species Known As The Mega-DB

I take a great pride in my work at the counter. It’s not glamorous, but it gets the job done. I get to help people with real and tangible problems as well as put my near-savant level of automotive...

Wild Video: Watch An RX7 Use An Altered As A Launch Ramp At A Drag Race In Australia

The shutdown area is one of the most dangerous places to be at a drag strip when cars are running. Logic would probably tell you that, right? After all, at that point on the course the cars are...

Check Out The Behind The Scenes Jeep Photos From Backroad Gold!

This Wednesday’s Backroad Gold episode featuring Corky Coker is going to be a good one. Brian’s going to lose his mind. This Jeep CJ5  may be the ultimate Jeep barn find. I...

Cool Video: Down In The Dumps – A Look At English Wrecking Yards And How They Junked Cars In The 1960s

Wrecking yards have been part of the American culture of many, many years. Since there have been cars on the roads, there have been junkyards to serve as their final resting place and to give guys...

Bartone, Day, Hix, Score March Meet Victories – Full NItro Results Here – Bonus Gallery, Too!

When the dust settled at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California, a New Yorker, a Canadian, a couple Arizonians, and a fistful of Californians had won their respective classes at the coolest...

Tulsa Raceway Park Brings Prep To The Next Level. Pro Teams Rejoice!

You know how much we love going to Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park, and now there is even more reason to love it. Track owners Keith Haney and Todd Martin have just stepped up and spent some real...

Great Photos Of Bitchin Cars At The MDA Charity Car Show In Roanoke

(Words and Photos by Benoit Pigeon) Every year in March is the MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) Charity Car Show in Roanoke, VA. The show starts on Friday and runs through Sunday, and features a...

Buy This 57 Year Old Corvette Wrecking Yard, Or Any Of The Vettes In It

This is one of those dream scenarios, that also has a sad twist. After 57 years in business, Wayne Auto Parts in Dover Ohio will be closing this year. The land is for sale, with or without everything...

Hacks of the Week from Reddit/JustRolledIntoTheShop

Up here in New England, we’re in our 342nd week of near zero temperatures, but we had one warm, rainy day last week and it poured, rendering our roads about as smooth as Manuel Noriega’s...

Bottom Dollar Blazer Project – Episode 4: Off to the body shop

As you’ve probably seen the last few weeks, I’ve been doing a lot of prep work on the Blazer to get it ready to head to the body shop. It needs new rockers, new doors and a bit of work to the...

Automotive Crush Of The Week: Toyota Celica GT-Four

Over on the BangShift forums there is a great thread titled “So what car do you want today?”. Started by our own Charles Wickam, this thread is full of photos of vehicles, some common and some...

This 1955 Chevy propaga…err…”Training Film” shows that you buy horsepower, but you drive torque

Explaining torque in the 1950s required an entire film crew, the GM Proving Grounds, and a railcar’s worth of competitive, full-size cars. Yes, friends, it’s another Jam Handy production,...

CLICK HERE To Watch Our REPLAY Of The 2014 Bakersfield March Meet!

Thanks to the management of Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California and our great sponsors, BangShift will return to The Patch in just a couple of weeks to live broadcast the 2014 Bakersfield March...

Sammy Miller’s Restored Spirit Of ’76 Rocket Funny Car To Make Public Debut At Detroit Autorama This Weekend – Awesome

Michigander Steve Atwell has had possession of the world’s first hydrogen peroxide rocket car at his shop for a couple of years and after hearing that he was getting to work on restoring the...