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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Saturday $50,000 Big Money Race #2

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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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Mod, Mountain Motor Pro Stock, Top Fuel, And More! Pro Eliminations From Darana National Trail 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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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: The Spring GALOT 250 Bracket Race Is On With $20,000 To Win Saturday, Plus A $5,000 Shootout!

Dan Fletcher entered the promotion game a couple of years ago, putting on the Fall GALOT 250. Last year he got the Spring Galot 250 going as well! This event is a single entry event, limited to 250...

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IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing LIVE: The Paris Grand Prix Hits Texas With Big Power, Big Noise, and Cool Boats! Saturday Qualifying

I love drag boat racing, and this weekend kicks off the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing series at Lake Crook in Paris Texas. I’ve been to this lake once before, to livestream drag boat...

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The Mickey Thompson Turn And Burn: 6 Second Passes, 200 mph Cars, And Plenty of Carnage Already.

Alex and Nick Taylor, along with a bunch of other sicko drag and drive folks, are in Norwalk Ohio of the Mickey Thompson Tires Turn and Burn. This is the inaugural event, and it is the kind of drag...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: Here’s Our Final Gallery from the 37th Annual Run to the Sun Car Show Custom Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, And More!

Here’s our 5th, and final, gallery from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them...

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Unknown Parts Counter Guy Installment One – An Open Memo To Customers, Auto Designers, And Everyone Else

(The axe wielding lunatic you see at the bottom of the page is an actual parts counter guy at an actual large chain parts store. For obvious reasons, he’s writing under the guise of anonymity....

eBay Find: This Dude Put A Hyabusa Engine In The Back Of A Ford Festiva And Now You Can Own It — BS Approved!

Ray Hull gets the BangShift high five for tipping us off to this really cool creation that is currently for sale on eBay. Like we said in the title, a dude in Florida took a 1989 Ford Festiva and...

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Eight Minutes Of Vintage Group B Rally Madness – No Wreckage, Just Great Driving and Incredible Cars

Lots of times when we run rally videos, they contain all number of horrendous crashes and wipe outs but this is not one of those times. Instead you are going to see the greatest fleet of rally cars...

2014 Toyota Tundra Platinum: The Guts With None Of The Glory

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Before last week I had never driven a Toyota Tundra. I have always viewed the Tundra as something akin to a character from a 1980s spy movie. You know the ones...

Trouble Parking Your Massive Cadillac? Not Any More With This Genius Late 1940s Invention!

This is one of those old timey videos that’ll put a smile on your face for sure. Filmed in the Los Angeles area during the late 1940s, it shows an inventor’s great idea to aid in parallel...

King Of The Hammers FRIDAY Live Stream Is Up And Running! Click Here To Watch!

Every Man Challenge day today! This is when the “real” guys get out there and literally beat their junk to pieces. These are homebuilt rigs that aren’t to the level of the full tilt...

Video: Hedman Hedders Returns As Sponsor For NMCA West Nostalgia Street Car Category In 2013 – Wheels Up and Tires Smokin’!

2014 is Hedman Hedders 60th anniversary. That’s bitchin for multiple reasons. Firstly, it means that the company has been making quality products right here in the USA for more than half a...

This full tilt Camaro Set Up For E-Modified Autocross Will Make You Wish For Spring To Be Here Already

(Photos courtesy of SoloMatters.com) With Mother Nature reassuring us, “Yes, winter is still in full-force”, by dropping a foot of snow on the BangShift East Coast Headquarters yesterday, I’m...

Auto Club Dragway In Fontana Is Re-Opening! Tracy Scott Fischle Named New Track Manager

We are so excited for the 2014 Drag Racing Season to be starting at Fontana’s Auto Club Dragway. We’ve been without this 1/4 mile dragstrip for what seems like forever due to a bunch of...

The First CL Ad We Have Ever Seen Of a Burned Up Car That Shows The Fire AND The Firemen Putting It Out!

Brady Basner from Powermaster Starters and Alternators gets all the credit in the world for this completely genius Craigslist find. The ad is for a 1983 Celica that caught fire and burned up. The...

Racepak Is Hiring! Want A Kick Ass Job In The Racing Industry? This Could Be Your Shot

The guys at Racepak sent me an email yesterday saying they needed to hire a new person for their Southern California headquarters. If you are into off road, road racing, or other motorsports, and...

Car Guy Books: Three Great Car Guy Books To Help You Through A Brutal Winter

I was given a Kindle for Christmas, which is among the cooler Christmas gifts I have ever received because it has totally gotten me back in the reading game again. I have been tearing through books...

BangShift Exclusive: Mopar Currently Working On Dodge Dart Funny Car Body – Will Be Released In Little More Than A Month

We have learned from a trusted source that Mopar is in the finishing and final testing phases of an all new funny car body for their NHRA teams. This body will be a “Dodge Dart” based...

Watch Ryan Anderson Make The Greatest “Save” In Monster Truck History – Truck Goes From On Roof To On Wheels!

We love people who simply cannot admit defeat. Ryan Anderson, one of Dennis Anderson’s sons is that type of guy. Having grown up as the spawn of the man who is now the world’s most famous...