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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Friday $50,000 Big Money Race #1

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 Am Eliminations & Pro Mod And Top Fuel Qualifying 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 Friday, Plus A $5,000 16 Car 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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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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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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The Fall Pigeon Forge Rod Run Photos! Thousands of Hot Rods Packed into a Tourist Town

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) -Earlier this year, Tommy Lee Byrd provided a gallery of photos from the Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run (formerly known as the Grand Run). The awesome turnout of hot...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Best Thrash You’ve Ever Been Involved With?

With Drag Week having just finished up some competitors have awesome stories of thrashing up until they had a couple days left to get their cars assembled and on the road to Bowling Green for opening...

Lambrecht Collection Auction Online Bidding Has Begun, Some Prices Already Insane

Are we the only ones that didn’t know the auction for the Lambrecht Collection has effectively begun with online bidding? The bad news for us is that they aren’t accepting gum and pocket...

Barnstormin’: Cruise Ships, Drag Races, And A Speed Obsessed Summer…..A Rant

This weekend I’ll be in Tulsa, Oklahoma yelling into a microphone at a big diesel truck drag race. It’ll be the sixth strip I’ve visited since September first and the umpteenth I...

Historic Trans Am And Racing Photos From Lime Rock – Iconic Machines On An Iconic Course!

(Photos by Glenn Perry) – When professional photographer Glenn Perry asked if we’d be interested in running a gallery of his photos from the Lime Rock historics weekend that included the...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Best Way To Sell An Old Car?

I was cruising down the road yesterday minding my own business when I spotted this cool old Buick Riviera for sale on the side of the road. The gigantic FOR SALE slathered across the windshield...

Hotchkis Unveils New Bolt In Suspension Upgrades For 1964-1966 Mustangs! No Excuses For Sloppy Handling Anymore!

The first generation Mustang is one of the most popular cars in the BangShifting universe, so when we got news that Hotchkis had developed a bolt in TVS suspension setup for them, we needed to share...

Drag Week 2013 Photos – Action Shots From The Last Day At Beech Bend Raceway In Bowling Green

(Photos by Justin Oney) – The last day of Hot Rod Drag Week is interesting every year. For the start of the session it is tense and potentially drama filled as guys make a last clean run to...

1969 Camaro Dragged From Bottom Of Oklahoma Lake Full Of Corpses – 1950 Chevy As Well! Creepy News!

CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE REST OF OUR CONTENT FOR TODAY! In a news story that seems to come right of the screen of a Wes Craven movie, police in Oklahoma discovered two cars submerged at the bottom...

2013 NHRA New England Hot Rod Reunion – More Great Wheels Up Photos!

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – We told you yesterday that seemingly every car on the grounds of New England Dragway at the 2013 NHRA New England Hot Rod Reunion was capable of yanking huge...

Brian Darwas Turns The Camera On Himself – Here’s The Trailer To His Newest Film Called “Livin’ It”

We’ve long been fans of Brian Darwas and both his hot rods and his films. He’s documented some cool stuff like cars cruising across the country to Bonneville, ancient motorcycles racing...

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Regular Car Review: This Is The Most Hilarious Video You Will See All Day!

Every once in a while, a reader tips us off to a true gem and thanks to Jeremy, we have fallen into the rabbit hole known as the “Regular Car Review Channel” on YouTube. The dude who runs...

Watch An Old Fuel Dragster Suffer A Blower Explosion During A Burnout And Shoot Shrapnel Everywhere – Nitro = Danger!

Chad and I both love nostalgia drag racing very much. Some would say too much, but that is another story for another day. One of the things that is both cool and really freaking dangerous at...

Tom Bailey’s 6.83 Drag Week Average Is The Biggest Drag Racing Feat In Decades – Here’s Why

(Photos by John Gatliff) – While Tom Bailey’s mind-blowing 6.83 average upon completion of Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2013 is most certainly the single greatest accomplishment for a...