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The Lake Effect Showdown at Kuhnle Motorsports Park Is Small Tire Drag Racing Greatness! Lil Gangstas, Small Tire

The Lake Effect Showdown brings the excitement of small tire racing to Lil Gangstas’ racing to Kuhnle Motorsports Park on Saturday June 13th, 2026! This unique event will be a first for the area on...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: STREAMING VIDEO From The 21st Annual Ultimate 64 Bracket Race From Darana Kil-Kare Raceway – Saturday

Kil-Kare Raceway is home to some awesome events, including the 21st annual Ultimate 64 Big Money Bracket Races this weekend. This is one of the older events in the mid west and racers flock to this...

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FREE Bracket Racing Livestream: 8th Annual Spring King Of The Creek Bracket Racing Is LIVE Right Here – Saturday

Maryland International Raceway is home to the King of the Creek, and this weekend’s spring event is as big and competitive as always. With classes for everyone, and some of the Mid-Atlantic’s...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Sportsman Nationals At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Sportsman, Nostalgia Classes, and More!

Enjoy all the racing action from Santa Pod’s Sportsman Nationals this weekend, as Nostalgia Drag Racing and National Championship drag racing competitors battle it out head to head to see...

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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Continues Today as We are Heading for The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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The Hot Rod Hoarder Gasser Henry J Project Part 8: Putting a HISTORIC Gasser Back on the Track Feels Oh So Good!

Tommy and the kids are back at it, and it’s a runner! They are hitting the dragstrip to bring this project full circle, so check it out. The big block should be fun with all the new parts that...

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Caption this Photo: How not to Move a Car on a Train

This photo had our mind reeling with possibilities of awesome captions. We should give you some background info first, though. No one was hurt in this accident. In fact, no one was even in the...

Video: The History and Awesome Personal Story Behind The Meyers Manx – An American Icon

It is a little bit ironic that we’s find this killer Hot Rod Unlimited episode about the famed Meyers Manx on the day when we already ran some air cooled VW content, but it would be appropriate...

Show Gallery: The Belair Plaza Cruise – 2012 Daytona Turkey Run – Pro Street, Hot Rods, and More!

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – The huge gathering of hot rodder known as the yearly Daytona Turkey Run has its own traditions. One of those traditions is an “outlaw” car show at a...

LIVE 6PM Tonight! PowerShift With Chad And Brian: Dragstrips, Power Adders, Choppers, and More!

After last week’s technical issues during our second episode of PowerShift hear on BangShift.com, Chad and Brian will be back at it for Part Deux TONIGHT at 6pm Pacific Time. In this...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Like Christmas Car Art and Cartoons?

We just ran a blog item where the Holley Gearhead News featured a cool Pro Touring Vega backed up to the speed shop and getting all loaded up with goodies by some hot rodder wearing his Santa hat. We...

Coyote Den: This Harmless Looking T-Bird Is One Of The Coolest Sleepers We Have Ever Seen

(Photos by Dave Nutting and Tube Chassis Designz) – We all love sleepers. Whether it is the idea of smashing someone with a flashy ride in the mouth (figuratively speaking) with something that...

Cool Christmas Car Art And More: Holley and Chris Froggett’s Take On Car Guy Christmas

One thing we dig about this time of year is all the funny car guy centric Christmas cartoons that you see depicting car guys decorating a starting line christmas tree rather than a regular green one,...

Car Show Photos: Operation Santa Toy Drive Car Show By La Habra Lions Club

Our SoCal dude on the street Newell Ruggles was back at it this weekend shooting photos at the Operation Santa Toy Drive Car Show hosted by the La Habra Lions Club. He sent us a bunch of cool photos...

Video: Watch A Hyabusa Powered Lawn Tractor Blow Off Cars And Pull High Speed Wheelies

A couple of weeks back we showed you the awesome Australian V8 powered lawn tractor spinning the dyno rollers down under. We’re back today with another exceptionally overpowered lawn tractor...

Ebay Find: Pro Street 1970 GTO. This Goat Has Some Junk In The Trunk!

One of our web geeks, Scott, sent us this one yesterday and we couldn’t pass up throwing it up on the site since we are huge fans of the Pro Street movement around here. We are firm believers...

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Monday Moment of Photo Zen: There are No Words – We Think It Needs A Red Flag On The End

I’ve got to thank my pal Brady Basner from Powermaster Starters and Alternators for this photo that has been making me laugh since he sent it to me a couple weeks ago. He didn’t know...

Brake Tech From Baer: How To Properly Season Your Rotors and Bed Your Brake Pads

High performance brakes are a great upgrade to your street machine, pro touring style car, autocross warrior, or even your daily driver. Most of us start building horsepower before setting the proper...

Video: An Update On The Viper Powered Maverick Project – Fuel Tank Fitment And A Roll Cage Fail With Bonus Guff!

We’ve been following the adventure of our pal Jason Lewis and his cool Maverick project which he has seen fit to jam full of Viper V10 goodness. The car has been an on going project for some...

eBay Find: A Monstrous 1967 Dodge Sweptline Show Truck Rolling On 53″ Rubber – Flawless Paint – Limited Functionality

Functionality is a big part of my automotive tastes. Stuff doesn’t need to be practical, but it needs to function in the manner that you’d expect in my world. My old wrecker runs and...

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