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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million’s Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – $30k Thursday

It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring Fling Million. We love this event...

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More IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT.

(Photos by David Whealon) If you live under a rock and haven’t realized how huge of a splash the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series made in 2025, then are you in for a treat! With amazing events, huge...

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AS SEEN ON TV Tools that Beat Yours: Are As Seen on TV Tools Better Than We’ve Been Giving Them Credit For?

AS SEEN ON TV! We’ve all fallen for the trap at some point or another and bought some kitchen gadget, tool, or “performance” part that had huge claims as to how wonderful it was....

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Taylor Gang Route 66 Road Trip: Two Hot Rods And Lots Of Los Angeles Sightseeing! Fast And Furious Included!

The Taylor Gang is back at it, with Alex, Dennis, Nick, Megan, Todd, and Kelsey hitting the road from SoCal in a couple of hot rods. Their goal is to road trip this Nova and 3rd Gen Camaro down Route...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This FORD WOODY WAGON Would Make One Hell of A Hot Rod

Woodies are cool. They always have been, but the 1949-1951 Fords are some of the most beloved. These things make great hot rods and are super cool to find because they are pretty rare. One thing...

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Here Are All The American Powertrain Shifter Fitment Options On TREMEC 5 & 6 Speed Transmissions For Your Project

Wondering if there is a way to get your Tremec transmission’s shifter to line up in your application? Have a weird one and want to move the shifter forward or back to make it just right? In the...

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Video: Bringing An Old Army Truck Back To Life And Four Wheeling It In Alabama – Dirt Every Day!

I’ve been enjoying the Dirt Every Day series of videos that have been appearing on the MotorTrend YouTube channel. Fred Williams of 4-Wheel and Off Road magazine is the lead man on these and...

Videos: The Motorcycle Engined Mini-Slingshot Hits The Dyno And A Clandestine Testing Location In England!

The Postman Pat guys have their new tiny slingshot dragster pretty well sorted out and are making final prep to get the car onto a drag strip asap. These two videos below show the car running at a...

Insane: This Is The Craziest Drag Racing Promotion We Have Ever Seen – A Pro Drag Race In Cuba With A Million Dollar Purse

There have been some wild drag racing promotions over the years and very few of them have ended up being what the promoter planned or intended. There was the infamous “AutoFest 2000” held...

eBay Find: Mickey Thompson’s Famous “Big Red” 1972 Chevy C20 Baja Truck! Big Block Power And Big History!

We’ve found several old Mickey Thompson race cars and trucks on eBay over the years but this one may be the coolest yet. The truck you’ll see below  is Mickey’s famed “Big...

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Wreckage: This Is The Worst Mud Bog Racing Crash We Have Ever Seen – Driver Walks Away!

We’ve got to thank the guys from Lucas Oil on this one as they were the folks that pit the footage of this amazingly violent wreck up on YouTube. The video shows a racer with the ironic last...

Gallery: The 57th Annual Sycamore, Illinois Threshing Bee – Huge Engines, Cool Tractors, BangShifty Stuff Galore!

(Words and Photos by Greg Rourke) – This year was the 57th annual Threshing Bee put on by the Northern Illinois Steam Power Club. It’s held on the Taylor Marshall Farm north of Sycamore,...

BangShift Question of the Day: Are You a Driver or a Crew Chief?

The racing world is full of interesting characters on both sides of the coin. From the publicity loving drivers to the crew chiefs who’d prefer that they dealt with dynos and data only. There...

Video: An Incredible Look At Art Arfons Quest For The LSR Record In The 1960s – Ultra Rare Interviews, Period Footage, Must See!

With Bonneville Speed Week nearing its end tomorrow, I’m still living on a salt high from our time at the event. As such I wanted to share one of the coolest Bonneville and land speed racing...

Wild Video: A History Of Insane Rally Crashes At WRC Finland From The 1980s To Today!

I’ve begun wading through all the emails and notes we received on the tip line over the last week since Chad and I have been AWOL in Bonneville and there’s some real gold in this mine!...

Freaky or Fun? An Edsel Speedster From Bonneville Speed Week 2013

If this car doesn’t support the notion of, “you never know what the hell you’re going to see at Bonneville” than nothing really does. While certainly not a racing vehicle,...

The Underdogs: Can They Knock Out The Speed Demon? Or Will They Be It’s Next Victim?

We’ve already discussed the Battle Royale that was/is expected between the Poteet and Main Speed Demon and the Team Vesco Turbinator. What we haven’t told you is that there are two...

The SCOOP: The Info On EVERY Car Running For A Record Today And The Newest Minted SCTA Record Holders -Click Here!

Alrighty! By the time most of you have read this, record runs will have been made at Bonneville on Wednesday. If anything insane happened, trust us, we’d have told you about it already! As the...

Bonneville Speed Week 2013 – Tuesday Morning Sunrise Impound And Qualifier Convoy Gallery

This morning was my last at SCTA Bonneville Speed Week 2013. As I write this, I am riding with a buddy back to the LA area to catch a plane home in the morning. I made sure to get one last sunrise...

This Is Bonneville: Another Awesome “Half A Motor” – This Time It Is A Windsor Ford!

Yesterday we showed you a bitchin’ “half a hemi” that was making a Bonneville lakester fly down the salt with aplomb. We reveled in the fact that the team was using a full V8 hemi...