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Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos Just Keep Coming: Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Door Cars, Pro Mod And More!

Here’s our last blast of photos from David Whealon, but we’ve got more galleries coming still! Use the link below to check out any of the photos you might have missed so far! (Photos by...

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TX2K26 Day 5 From The Texas Motorplex: The CRAZIEST TX2K ENDING Anyone Has Seen In YEARS! $36,000 To Win This Race

Here’s the Day 5 video from The Texas Motorplex and TX2K26! If you missed any of the previous videos, just click the link below to check them out too. With the sale of Houston Raceway Park three...

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How Dangerous Is A 10hp Belt Grinder? The Fireball Tools 5HP Go Kart Belt Sander Is A Scary Machine Now!

The Fireball tools go-kart belt sander is something special, that’s for sure, and with 5 horsepower you’d think that it could hog away any material needed. And it does. But more power is...

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Painting Raised Letter Valve Covers Can Be A Pain, But When Done Right The Results Are Worth The Steps Taken

We’ve all owned a set of valve covers or a timing cover or some other automotive part that has raised letters on them. And sometimes they have a different color of paint on those raised...

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Nitro Video: FUEL ALTERED QUALIFYING FROM THE 2026 IHRA SEASON OPENER AT DARANA MOTORSPORTS PARK

We shared Funny Car action from the IHRA Season Opener at Darana Motorsports Park, formerly GALOT, yesterday and loved the IHRA Nitro action. Fuel Altereds are part of the Nitro show as well, along...

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TX2K26 Day 4 From The Texas Motorplex: The FASTEST Drag Pass in TX2K History & Leroy goes #1

Here’s the Day 4 video from The Texas Motorplex and TX2K26! If you missed any of the previous videos, just click the link below to check them out too. With the sale of Houston Raceway Park three...

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BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Cannon Ball Run” The Theme Song With Opening Scenes

This is the Mad Matt Graves Edition of the Daily Tune Up, because while Matt was expertly honing his craft as the Marketing Guru at American Power Train last week he was also looking at our Stroker...

Video: Bill Elliot’s #94 McDonald’s NASCAR Cup Car On The Chassis Dyno

We never expected to see actual footage of a Cup Car on the chassis dyno, but here it is! This is Bill Eliott’s #94 McDonald’s car that we believe ran in the 2000 season. It makes some...

BangShift Video: A NASCAR RP7 Running On The Dyno At Westech For Lucas Oil Testing

We get to see all kinds of fun stuff run, but sometimes we are not allowed to show it to you. This time we were thanks to Lucas Oil and their strenuous oil testing program. This RP7 has been run a...

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Video: The Best Of 2012 – The NASCAR Crashes You Just Can’t Miss

Earlier we showed you the best of 2013 so far, but that’s not a complete year worth of crashes to compare. This however is the best from 2012, including some incredibly huge ones that drivers...

Video: How Hendrick Racing Decides Who Gets Which Engine Come Race Day

We’ve always wondered how a multi-car team decides who gets which engine for a particular race. Do they duke it out SUMO style? Do they foot race across the parking lot? On tricycles? Drinking...

Video: 2013 NASCAR Crash Compilation. They All Lived, But Their Junk Is TORE UP!

I swear half the NASCAR Cup fans are in it for the crashes. Probably the same percentage for Nationwide series fans too. But at least 75 percent of the Truck Series fans have got to love the crashes....

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Let’s Race” By Mark Kaye “The Endorser”…NASCAR Grammy Coming Soon

We usually hate these kind of songs. And this one is no exception. But it does fit for a Sunday where all our content is NASCAR centric. Click play, and learn to dislike it as much as we do.  

Swamp Buggy Saturday Video: Vintage Swamp Buggy Racing Action

We’re unabashed fan boys of Steve Evans and we’ve made that point well known. The man rocked, and outside of the NHRA coverage, his best work was done covering the unique vehicles and,...

BangShift Saturday Daily Tune Up: Romping Through The Swamp – Dave Van Ronk (1967)

Since today is my turn for Saturday blog action, my theme will be Swamp Buggy Saturday. Every item will be about, around, or related to swamp  buggies of all shapes and sizes. Knowing that, you...

The Parting Shift Video: Quain Stott’s Wheels Up WIlly’s Gasser On Board And Outside The Car

This has got to be one of the best Parting Shifts we have had in quite some time. When Quain Stott sent us this video on Tuesday, there was no doubt it was going to be our Parting Shift for this...

Friday Excuse To Go Home Early And Drink: More NASCAR Racers Headed To Federal Court – No Meth But Another Insane Story

Here’s one that will make you want to go home and drink in celebration of your own life and to be happy about the fact you aren’t a guy named Mike Harmon who races in the NASCAR truck...

Wheels Up Video: Watch Mike Bilina’s Bitchin’ ’56 Chevy Yank Two Sky High Wheelstands On The Same Run!

Know what’s better than watching a gasser style ’56 Chevy yanking huge ass wheelstands? Watching a gasser style ’56 Chevy yanking huge ass wheelstands on a Friday! If this video (or...

Hemmings Find: The Raybestos Racing Giveaway GTO Is Already For Sale! Come On People!

Despite all the incorrect information in the ad, this car is super bad ass. It was built using all of Raybestos’ cool NASCAR race brakes, a kick ass 700 hp Chevy Performance LS454, a Tremec...

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Car Show Gallery: The 2013 Dayton, Tennessee Community Car Show – Mechanical Diversity Defined!

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – There’s one thing about a small town car show, especially one located in the South—you’re almost guaranteed to see some pretty cool stuff. Even if...