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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Division 7 Regional From The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Friday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 7! 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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Drag Racing Photos: Our Final Gallery Of Photos From The PDRA Carolina Nationals 2026 At Darlington Dragway!

Here’s the 4th, and final, gallery of photos from the PDRA Carolina Nationals at Darlington. Check them out below and if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link for that too! (Photos by...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: From Chassis to Rolling! 4 Link, Axles, Crossmembers & More!

Shannon and Jess are moving right along on the FJ40 and things just keep getting better. If you like a Landcruiser, you’ll dig this one. But if restored to factory is your jam, this one might not...

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Semi-Final and Final Round Racing From The Postponed PDRA Carolina Nationals 2026 At Darlington Dragway!

Our friend NC Promoder was on hand for testing at the PDRA East Coast Nationals yesterday and caught all the semi final and final round racing action from the postponed Carolina Nationals...

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Drag Racing Photos: More Photos From The PDRA Carolina Nationals 2026 At Darlington Dragway. Great Cars And Action!

Here’s the 3rd gallery of photos from the PDRA Carolina Nationals at Darlington. Check them out below and if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link for that too! (Photos by David...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: Check Out The PDRA Testing and Carolina Nationals Eliminations from Darana Motorsports Park in Benson NC

We’ve got some live track testing going on at Darana Motorsports Park where PDRA’s top teams are on hand to see what kind of improvements they can make as they get ready for this...

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BangShift Question of The Day: What Is The Most Annoying Automotive Debate?

I spent the weekend announcing at the 2013 Chevy High Performance Nationals at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia. One night over an adult beverages or two a bunch of us automotive writers were...

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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