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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Saturday $50,000 Big Money Race #2

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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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: The Spring GALOT 250 Bracket Race Is On With $20,000 To Win Saturday, Plus A $5,000 Shootout!

Dan Fletcher entered the promotion game a couple of years ago, putting on the Fall GALOT 250. Last year he got the Spring Galot 250 going as well! This event is a single entry event, limited to 250...

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The Mickey Thompson Turn And Burn: 6 Second Passes, 200 mph Cars, And Plenty of Carnage Already.

Alex and Nick Taylor, along with a bunch of other sicko drag and drive folks, are in Norwalk Ohio of the Mickey Thompson Tires Turn and Burn. This is the inaugural event, and it is the kind of drag...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: Here’s Our Final Gallery from the 37th Annual Run to the Sun Car Show Custom Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, And More!

Here’s our 5th, and final, gallery from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them...

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We’ve Got NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: 4-Wide Drag Racing Is Right Here!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: Here’s Another Gallery from the 37th Annual Run to the Sun Car Show Custom Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, And More!

Here’s our 4th gallery from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them out too....

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Question of the Day: What’s The Best Bolt On Upgrade You Have Ever Made To A Project?

So I’ve been wrenching hard on ol’ Bufort T Justice this week installing the Hotchkis Sport Suspension parts and pieces. It has been a long process mainly because I am taking my time and...

Carnage Video: Duramax Trucks Experiencing Tie Rod and Driveshaft Failures at the Truck Pulls

The independent front suspension used in GM trucks has long been the bane of hard core truck guys. IFS is a pain the rear end to deal with when lifting a 4×4 as opposed to the simplicity of a...

Craigslist Find: A Homebuilt 1977 Ford Monster Truck That We Want For Absolutely No Good Reason

Craigslist finds always seem to have more totally off the wall charm than similar things on eBay or RacingJunk. There’s a certain down home nature to the stuff we find or are tipped off to on...

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Vermont Farmer Flips Out And Uses Massive Tractor To Crush Half of Town’s Police Cars!

In what can only be described as the craziest story we have heard about in a while, a Vermont farmer who was apparently fed up with the local police department, fired up his huge, four wheel drive...

Roadside Find Gallery: Moyock Muscle Cars – Moyock, North Carolina – Lots of Neat Projects For Sale!

While on a recent road trip through the Carolinas, my mother and father in law happened upon a pretty neat place in the town of Moyock, North Carolina. At first blush it looks to be a classic car...

Guest Blog: Broadway Bob Metzler Remembered By Bret Kepner – The Epic Stories Were All True

(Editor’s note – We’re honored to have this guest submission from Bret Kepner that stands as the definitive chronicle of “Broadway” Bob Metzler’s life and career...

BS Approved Video: The Late Tom Hnatiw and Peter Klutt Thrashing A Roush Powered Starsky and Hutch Torino On the Track!

Yesterday we told you about the passing of Tom Hnatiw, the very well liked and respected race announcer and TV guy. The show those of you in the USA remember Hnatiw on best was the SPEED...

This Guy Drove His RV Into A Pool A Few Miles From BS Eastern World HQ (W/Video!)

Let’s set the scene. I had been wrenching on Project Buford T Justice all day. I was working up a pretty good sweat, I had not eaten in hours and then I smashed myself in the head with a...

Project Car Introduction: American Powertrain’s Project “Magnum 44” 1966 Dodge Coronet Convertible

This is the first installment in what will be a hella cool build from the boys at American Powertrain. Gray Fredrick, who is the CEO of American Powertrain scooped up a 1966 Dodge Coronet off of eBay...

Is This The Mug Shot of Former Torco/Knoll Gas CFO Latrell Preston?

While doing research for an upcoming story about the saga that was drag racing’s “Steroids Era”, a.k.a the Eval Knoll scandal, I happened to find this mug shot of a man named...

UPDATE: Joe’s Minibike Reunion SoCal August 4th: BangShift Exclusive With Ms. Minibike! and More!

UPDATE: We are super excited about the 1st Annual Joe’s Minibike Reunion in La Crescenta (a couple miles north of Pasadena for you guys that don’t know) and Joe has just added even more...

Carnage Video Bonanza: Wreckage From Circle Track Spectator Drags

There are few things more entertaining to watch than the spectator drags at a local circle track. Never seen them? After watching this grouping of videos you’ll be seeking them out. Basically...

Tom Hnatiw, Well Known Race Announcer and Automotive TV Personality Has Died

Well known racing announcer, journalist, and automotive television personality Tom Hnatiw has died. Chances are you have seen Hnatiw on TV or read something he has written in a myriad of car...

Insane Dyno Video: Nelson Racing Engines Unleashes a Twin Turbo, 632ci, 2200hp Dyno Destroyer!

The other day we asked you, “How much horsepower is ‘enough’?” The responses varied from pretty normal estimates of 400-500hp all the way to the guys who want a top fuel...

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