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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 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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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 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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Drag Racing Time Travel Video: Relive Epic Moments From 1972-1975 – Wheelies, Fires, The Cars Of Drag Racing Mythology

We’re back with more awesome drag racing footage centering around fun in the 1970s. The same guy who shot the last batch, John Bell, shot this stuff. He was in the right place at the right time...

The Boss: Watch This Massive 1966 Hayes Logging Truck With A 16V-71 Detroit Diesel Engine Rumble Onto The Trailer !

Hayes trucks were basically born to be loggers and this one is the king logger. You are looking at a monster 1966 Hayes logging truck with an equally mighty 16V-71 Detroit Diesel engine. The fully...

Interesting History: The Iconic Mercedes 300SL Was A Pile Of Compromises That Never Should Have Worked

We look at certain cars as if they are works of art. They appear to be beautiful things born from the best thoughts of beautiful minds. The Mercedes 300SL is one of those cars. They sell for huge...

Tool Spotlight: Just Wow! Klein KNECT Pass-through and Metric Deep Flip Socket sets. Klein is on a ModBOX Tool Roll!

It’s a good thing I don’t have any money, because otherwise I’d probably have to add on to my shop just to hold tools. I love them, but I guess so do most car guys. We’ve been...

Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Is Getting Some Massive Suspension Upgrades

In this video from the Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the front suspension get some...

First Heads Up Drag Race At The New Flying H Drag Strip! YES, A BRAND NEW DRAG STRIP, AND IT’S BEAUTIFUL!

Despite the fact that there are more operating dragstrips in the country today than ever in history, the news we are always listening to is that tracks are closing in record numbers. And yes, there...

CHEAP, JUNKYARD M90 VS EBAY TURBO. HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR LOW-BUCK BOOST? M90 VS TURBO 4.8L DYNO TEST.

So which one is better? Should you go for a cheap blower or a cheap turbo on your junkyard LS build? In this video from Richard Holdener, you are going to see both of them put to the test on a mellow...

Upgrade Your 2021-2024 Ford Bronco’s Suspension With ADS Suspension Components. Perform Better, Look Better, And More!

We’ve shared the ADS Coilover systems for newer Broncos here on BANGshift before, and if you’ve even seen one of their systems installed on a rig you know they are pretty bad ass. Not...

Built for Destruction Car Show ‘24 – Imports Invade Killeen Texas And Not Stock Photo Was There For The Video!

While I’m totally a fan of older American automobiles, there are some imports that also turn my crank. Clearly the old stuff is cool, but not just the old stuff. I may only own two imports, an...

Watch Bob Bauman And His Wild Exhibition Pulling Dragster Smoke An Engine And Oil The Dirt In 1988

There’s a lot of awesome in this clip that runs for about five minutes and was captured in 1988 at a pulling event. The main attraction here is a guy named Bob Bauman who has an exhibition...

Killer 1960s Ad: This 1966 Sinclair Gasoline Commercial Features A Lightweight Coronet And A Young Drag Racing Leader In The Making

Here’s a real gem of a TV commercial that was shot in early 1966 at the then brand new Palm Beach International Raceway. The commercial “stars” Jack Thomas a young, up and coming...

Classic Video: This 1973 AMC Jeep Dealer Video Is Full Of Jumps and Neat Old Jeeps

For my taste the Jeep CJ5 is about the coolest one ever made. The styling is timeless (not all Jeep can say that) the performance is there and unfortunately the prices of those things continue to...

Truckin’ History: Check Out This Killer Video Showing GMC Setting Land Speed Records Back In 1989

Call us names if you want but we had no idea that GMC had built a special land speed racing version of the S-15 truck to take to the Bonneville Salt Flats and chase records back in 1989. Like so many...

An East Coasters Tour Of So Cal Hot Rod Shops: Part 2 – Old Anvil Speed Shop Tour Photos From Joe Grippo.

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) We recently returned from a whirlwind week in California, we put a load of miles on our rental F150 crisscrossing the southern end of the state. We stopped at a ton...