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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Laris Motorsports Insurance $75K Big Money Bracket Racing Livestream! Saturday $75k!

It’s time for more LIVE drag racing, and this time it is from the big money bracket races at Darana Raceway National Trail in Hebron Ohio as they Laris Motorsports Insurance $75,000 To Win race...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: War in the Woods at Brown County Dragway – NO PREP DRAG RACING GREATNESS – Friday

If you don’t know Brown County, and the War in the Woods races, then you don’t follow No Prep because this is one of the most famous races and tracks in the No Prep drag racing world. Thanks to...

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Free Livestream: Check Out Qualifying From The Shakedown At US131 As The Mid West Drag Racing Series And Radial Outlaws Prepare For The Weekend!

US 131 has been open for testing the past few days as both the Mid West Drag Racing Series and Radial Outlaws Racing Series prepare to take over the famed US 131 Motorsports Park. I’ve raced...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 5 At Tri-State Raceway – Friday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 5! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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Pavement Pounder Events Motor City To Wheel Hub LIVE Event Did Not Disappoint! Our Photo Coverage Starts Right Now!

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) We came out to hang with Cole Quinnell and his event Pavement Pounder’s Motor City to Wheel Hub Live about one minute after we got our ’65 Impala SS...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Final Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos From Charlotte!

Here’s our final nitro gallery from the NHRA Four Wide Nationals in Charlotte. If you missed our previous photos, use the link below to check out all our Four Wide photos. (Photos by David...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: What Section Of The Gearhead World Is Doing The Best Job Of Getting Young Guys And Girls Involved?

(Photo courtesy of Tulsa Raceway Park) – So last weekend I was in Tulsa at a track both Chad and I seem to find ourselves at with frequency, the well known Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park. I...

3rd Annual River Rockets Flat Bottom Regatta Photos – A Gallery Of The Wildest Hot Rod Boats

(Photos by Jay Waxler) –  Every once in a while, we run an item here that is out of even our sweeping wheelhouse. This is one of those events. Called the River Rockets Flat Bottom Regatta, it...

Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Straps A Brand New C7 Corvette To The Dyno For Baseline Testing – See What The New LT1 Makes For HP! (Video)

Chad and I recently cornered Mike Copeland from Lingenfelter Performance Engineering while he was at the Holley LS Fest in Bowling Green, Kentucky. We asked him point blank whether or not LPE had...

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Redneck Rumble 2013 Photos – A Cool Show With Lots Of Interesting Iron!

(Photos by Charles Murphree) – For eight years, the Redneck Rumble has been going on as a fun hot rod, rat rod, and kustom show in Tennessee. Featuring cruises, a demo derby, live music, and...

Video: Gear Jamming, Wheels Up, Crossed Up, Sideways, Drag Radial Action. Oh And It’s A Mazda!

This little bastard is awesome. It gives me lumber. I want to drive it. And after you watch this video, so will you. While searching for some drag radial video I found this great video from the guys...

BangShift Goes LIVE At The Shakedown! Pro Mod, 10.5, Drag Radial And More! Here’s What You Can Expect

That’s right folks, BangShift.com will be bringing you exclusive FREE LIVE STREAMING VIDEO from The Shakedown at the Summit October 4-6, 2013 as the event formerly known as The Skakedown at...

Dream Engine Find: A Real Deal DZ302 That You Can Buy For Your Hot Rod! Make Anything A Z28

Okay, so maybe you can’t make anything a Z28, but you sure can make your hot rod feel like one. This Craigslist ad from the DFW area is for a nearly complete DZ302 Chevrolet. For those of you...

American Powertrain rolls out new ProFit kit for 1964-1972 GM Half Ton Trucks! Pro Touring, Street Machine, Etc All Handled!

1964-1972 GM trucks have long been popular among hot rodders and truck enthusiasts but over the last couple of years, their popularity has gone nuts among the pro touring crowd as well. With more and...

Question of the Day: Who’s The Most Legendary Crew Chief In American Racing History?

For most “normal” people who are fans of racing, they concentrate their energies on the driver. It is the driver who gets the glory and the fame while the crew guys break their ass during...

Rich Siroonian, Ultra-Talented Gasser And Funny Car Driver Passes – Drag Racing’s First 220-mph Flopper Pilot

We’ve received word that Richard Siroonian, nephew of the late “Big John” Mazmanian and the man best known for driving the drag race cars his uncle owned and maintained through the...

eBay Find: The Epic Combo Of A Ranger Body, A Heavy Duty Truck Chassis, Lots Of Exhaust Stacks, And A Big Block

So even I, the dude who loves big trucks of all shapes and sizes is speechless over this creation. It looks like a movie prop, and then there’s one angle where I was almost willing to dig it a...

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The Fall 2013 Chattanooga Cruise In – More Killer Photos From The Event!

(Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Late last week we hit you upside the head with an awesome gallery of photos from the Fall 2013 Chattanooga Cruise-In, well we’re back with another load of...

Site of the Week: The Greatest Collection of 4×4 Van Videos the World Has Ever Known

We were tipped off to this pretty cool site that has a collection of videos featuring four wheel drive vans from the mild, like stocker Quigley conversions all the way up to van monster trucks....

Mini-Bike Jump of Doom Video: Loose Pants and a Rough Landing

We once wrecked a BMX bike off a jump hard during our childhood. That pretty much cured us off the jumping bug. Obviously this dude didn’t shake the need to experience flight on a two wheeled...