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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Sportsman Nationals At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Sportsman, Nostalgia Classes, and More!

Enjoy all the racing action from Santa Pod’s Sportsman Nationals this weekend, as Nostalgia Drag Racing and National Championship drag racing competitors battle it out head to head to see...

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FREE Bracket Racing Livestream: 8th Annual Spring King Of The Creek Bracket Racing Is LIVE Right Here – Saturday

Maryland International Raceway is home to the King of the Creek, and this weekend’s spring event is as big and competitive as always. With classes for everyone, and some of the Mid-Atlantic’s...

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The Lake Effect Showdown at Kuhnle Motorsports Park Is Small Tire Drag Racing Greatness! Lil Gangstas, Small Tire

The Lake Effect Showdown brings the excitement of small tire racing to Lil Gangstas’ racing to Kuhnle Motorsports Park on Saturday June 13th, 2026! This unique event will be a first for the area on...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: STREAMING VIDEO From The 21st Annual Ultimate 64 Bracket Race From Darana Kil-Kare Raceway – Saturday

Kil-Kare Raceway is home to some awesome events, including the 21st annual Ultimate 64 Big Money Bracket Races this weekend. This is one of the older events in the mid west and racers flock to this...

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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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The Hot Rod Hoarder Gasser Henry J Project Part 8: Putting a HISTORIC Gasser Back on the Track Feels Oh So Good!

Tommy and the kids are back at it, and it’s a runner! They are hitting the dragstrip to bring this project full circle, so check it out. The big block should be fun with all the new parts that...

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Great News: Drag Race Central Is NOT Dead!

Rumors of Drag Race Central’s demise were apparently greatly exaggerated, which is great news for fans of straight line action all over the world. We have received confirmation from DRC’s...

NitroAmerica’s Epic Behind The Scenes Video Of Tony Bartone’s First Win In Nostalgia Top Fuel

At the 2013 New England Hot Rod Reunion, we watched the fastest Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragster in history get it’s first win. Despite previous attempts at victory at both the March Meet and...

Craigslist Find: This 1960 International B-162 Wrecker Is The Greatest

I once considered myself lucky to be surrounded by gearhead friends. You know the ones. The people always supporting wacky ideas regarding project cars, the ones you’d drink beer and thrash...

This Video For The 2014 Claas Xerion Will Make You Understand Why I Love Tractors

…or it won’t, either way I’m good with it. I have to thank BangShift reader Jason Reinert for sending me the link to this video in an email entitled, “Holy crap you will love...

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Video: This 10,000 RPM Dyno Pull Of A 500ci A/Dragster Comp Eliminator Motor Is The Best Thing You Will Hear All Week

Book Racing Engines is a place we have told you about before. From pro stock mills to competition eliminator killers, the crew at BRE build some really awesome engines. In this video you’ll see...

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PRO Winter Warmup 2014 Racing And Interviews Video Replay

Here you go folks. If you missed any of our LIVE streaming video broadcast from the 2014 PRO Winter Warmup at Palm Beach International Raceway, you missed a lot. But don’t fret, cause...

Racing Video: Watch This Subaru Bang Gears Into The 8s

I have a serious infatuation with Subarus, to be more specific the ‘93-’01 generation of Impreza WRX and STi. For reasons still inexcusable to me, the remainder of the world was offered these...

Action Gallery: The 2014 Chili Bowl! Wheels Up, Sideways, Clay Flying Photos!

(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) –  So, it’s the middle of winter and all the drag cars are still in hibernation in our neck of the woods and we needed a fix of racing fuel fumes to help...

Ridetech’s Barrett Jackson Week Is Over: Both Cars Sold And Fun Was Had By All

Last week, and through the weekend, the guys from Ridetech were at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale Arizona. We were completely jealous because of all the cool stuff they got...

An Awesome Henry J Gasser Project We Found On Craigslist And Want Bad!

Gassers are cool. And Henry J’s are cool as gassers, so when we found this one on Craigslist here in Southern California we started drooling immediately. It’s got some cool patina to it...

Gallery: We Drop In On Redline Motorsports – A High Performance Powerhouse In Florida!

When I arrived in Florida last week, Chad was still several hours behind me as his flight was still making its way toward the Sunshine State. With time to kill and a camera to use I headed down to...

This High Speed On-Truck Video From Ford’s Dakar Effort Is Screaming V8 Goodness

While the Ford V8 powered Ranger completed the 2014 Dakar Rally and landed in 22nd place and fought through some troubles along the way, we’d call the effort somewhat of a success. First off,...

BangShift Becomes Official Media Partner Of ChumpCar World Series! Your Home For All Things Chump Is Right Here!

We’ve never argued the fact that Chad and I are a couple of chumps, but we have now made it 100% official! We’re beyond proud to announce that BangShift.com is now the official media...

Two Time AHRA Pro Stock Champion Ken Dondero Has Died – Noted Driver For Grumpy Jenkins

UPDATE: Our friend Dave Wallace Jr. knew Ken Dondero, and sent out an email to all of his friends that included Ken’s obituary and words written by Dave himself. After reading the words written...