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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Thursday Dragster Roller Shootout!

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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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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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Am Time Trials & Qualifying From Darana 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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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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Drag Race Feature: This 900HP, 511 Cubic Inch FE Powered, 1967 Mercury Comet Nostalgia Super Stocker Runs 9s!

This 1967 Mercury Comet is a really cool Nostalgia Super Stocker that brings back memories of some cool Mercury drag cars I grew up with at Fremont Dragstrip in Northern California. One of my...

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Watch Robbie Gordon Dominate A Fair’s Tuff Truck Competition With A Stadium Racing Truck!

When the fine people of Orange County, California are not rioting after surfing competitions, they are going to fairs, specifically the Orange County Fair. Like at many fairs around the nation, this...

Powermaster Alternators and Starters Will Be At The Street Rod Nationals This Weekend In Louisville

This weekend, August 1-3 the huge NSRA Street Rod Nationals show will occupy the fair city of Louisville, Kentucky as they have done for many in the past. Our pals at Powermaster will be there with...

More Killer Photos From The Morgantown, PA Sonic Cruise — Gassers, Race Cars, Pro Street, Rods!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we brought you the first of two galleries from the cool Sonic cruise night in Morgantown, Pennsylvania. We kind of marveled at the quality of cars that were...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Funniest Thing You Have Ever Seen Someone Do While Driving?

We know that this can get way out of hand, and we’re pretty okay with that. We have done some crazy and funny and cool stuff while driving, and we assume all you cool BangShifters have as well,...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Life Is A Highway” Tom Cochrane And Rascal Flatts Versions (1991/2006)

Life is a Highway is a great song that speaks to every single one of our roadtripping genes, and when it was originally sang by Tom Cochrane back in 1991 it was a big hit and has always been a song...

Mini-Feature: An 1960s Ford “Uni-Body” Truck With Bad Ass Paint, Perfect Stance, and Ford Power!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – From 1961-1963 Ford produced a truck that is commonly referred to by hot rodders today as a “uni-body” truck. While this isn’t entirely accurate...

eBay Find: An Awesome And Awesomely Rare 1958 Dodge W100 Factory 4×4 Dually!

My love of big old trucks is a longstanding conversation point among the members of BangShift nation, especially in our forum section. In fact, those intrepid men and woman long ago started a...

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More Donut Derelicts Huntington Beach Cruise Photos. Hot Rods, Trucks, Street Rods, And More.

Every Saturday morning around 6am 150-250 hot rods, muscle cars, street rods, trucks, and bike converge at the corner of Adams and Magnolia in Huntington Beach for a couple hours of hot rod heaven....

Terrifying Wreck Video: Watch A ’33 Willys Outlaw Gasser Get Completely Annihilated At Ohio’s Dragway 42

Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian caught this horrifying video last weekend at the 2013 Rock and Race event held at Ohio’s historic Dragway 42 race track. The event featured all kinds of different stuff like...

Introducing The Wally’s World GTO: Dreams Becoming A Reality. Mullets, Muscle Cars, And More.

Wally Olczak is one of those dudes in the automotive aftermarket that you may not actually know, but you know everything he’s done. We’ll cover some of that later, but the truth is this...

2012 NHRA Champion Get’s His Own Day! The City Of Norco Will Proclaim August 10th “‘Fast Jack’ Beckman Day”.

We think this is awesome because we know that Jack will think they are crazy for doing this but also really really appreciate it. While a lot of professional drivers have moved off to be nearer to...

eBay Find: A Wild 1931 Chevy With A Wedge Chop, A Baby Hemi, One Door And A Flip Top

Maybe it was the gallons of margaritas I slugged down on vacation last week or some of the weird food I ate, but something has caused me to become transfixed on the car shown below. Part of me thinks...

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Cruise Gallery: Morgantown, PA Sonic Cruise -Traditional Hot Rods To Pro Street

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – In terms of pound for pound coolness, the cruise night that Joe Grippo has filed a few galleries from that’s held in the lot of a Sonic restaurant situated in...

BangShift Question of the Day: Screaming Small Blocks or Bellowing Big Big Blocks?

Here’s a debate that will rage for the eternity of BangShiftin’, the epic struggle between high revving small blocks and large big block engines. We love hearing V8 engines touching RPM...