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LIVE Big Money Bracket Racing: The West Coast Bracket Races Southwest Showdown Is LIVE Right Here All Weekend Long!

It’s that time of year again, when racers from the western states and beyond show up at Tucson Dragway for what has become the premier event of the West Coast Bracket Races series. The Southwest...

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Desert Off-Road Racing Livestream: The 2026 King Shocks 39th SCORE San Felipe 250 – Qualifying, Contingency, And Racing!

Desert off-road racing is some of my favorite off-road action, and having been to Ensenada for the BAJA 1000, the King Shocks San Felipe 250 is near and dear to my heart as well. If you dig desert...

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FREE LIVE NHRA Regional Racing Action: Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At No Problem Raceway – Friday

Free live drag racing starts here and continues all weekend long from the NHRA Regional at No Problem Raceway In Louisiana. We’re talking all kinds of Sportsman Drag racing which means wheels up...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This 428 Cobra Jet Torino Is Ford Big Block Greatness! Someone Save This Thing!

When I see this 428 Cobra Jet Torino, I think about the ones that raced in Stock Eliminator as I was growing up and still do today. This is a rare example of the muscle that Ford flexed when it came...

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2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos: Side By Side Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Sportsman Door Cars, Pro Mods, Pro Stock Bikes And More!

We’ve shared a few galleries of photos from David Whealon already but now we’re getting into some of the photos from Richard Pasley too. Check them all out below by using the link to all...

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Testing The Largest Pistol Impact Guns On The Market: So How Much Power Do These Beasts Really Make?

Most of us only have a 1/2 inch impact in our toolbox. Whether it is air operated or cordless, that’s still about all we need for most hot rod and racing jobs. And even those things are...

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Engine Video: Hear the Crazy 12-Rotor Engine Fire Up and Run!

Last week we told you about and showed you a wild 12-rotor Rotary style engine that was on a stand at the 2011 PRI show. In that blog item we mentioned wanting to hear it run. Well, we no longer...

Yellowstone Drag Strip Set to the Auctioned Tomorrow – Nice Facility Outside of Billings Montana

If you have always wanted to own a functional quarter mile drag strip, tomorrow is your lucky day. Yellowstone Drag Strip in Montana is being sold to the highest bidder. The track is not a property...

Vote for the Best V8 Engine of All Time – Help the Guys at Hot Rod Out!

The guys over at Hot Rod Magazine need your help. They’ve compiled the most detailed and thorough survey about American V8 engines anyone ever has, or probably ever will. The Hot Rod staff is...

Mucking Awesome Video: High Flying Highlights From the Bithlo Hill-n-Hole Races – Huge Trucks in Flight

This video 100% solidified the fact that I need to visit the Bithlo Mud Racing complex next year. This is a highlight reel from the 2.5-ton class at a Hill-n-Hole event. The name does not mean the...

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Saab Declared Dead Again: This Time it is Probably True

Like any good brain eating zombie, the Saab brand has been staggering around listlessly for a couple years now. They have not produced a car in months, have not paid their workers in a longer period...

GM Performance Announces Continuation of LSX Challenge Series For 2012

After a successful 2011 run, the four race LSx Challenge series will be back in 2012 per an announcement from GM Performance Parts. The series will comprised of five classes, four of which are heads...

24 Year Old Man Launches Mustang GT Off of a Parking Garage!

We’ve had a busy afternoon in the BangShift news room with tips literally pouring in from all over the world. This one is hot off the presses from Switzerland where a 24-year old man...

The Plot Thickens: Passengers Claiming That Ndamukong Suh Lied to Police About Crash, Injuries

It has been a bad couple of weeks for NFL star Ndamukong Suh and it looks like things are getting worse. Suh was suspended for blatantly stomping on a defenseless Green Bay Packers player during the...

Good Read: Car and Driver Interviews Monster Truck Icon Dennis Anderson

Dennis Anderson is a true American success story. From the most humble of beginnings he has become the most famous guy in modern monster truck racing and the face of the Grave Digger brand that has...

Neat Video: Max Papis Burns the Tires Off the Back of His Stock Car in Front of Fans in Italy

While we may not have invented the burnout here in America, we certainly perfected it. As you’ll see in this video, tire smoke is an international gearhead language. What makes this scene cool...

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Quick Look: Here is the Holley Throttle Body Every NASCAR Team is Mandated to Run in 2012

In the event that you’ve been living under a rock without cable or internet service, it may comes as a shock to you to learn that NASCAR is mandating all of their teams run EFI in 2012. This...

BangShift Product Test: Evapo-Rust – Does It Really Work?

Chad and I were walking through the 2011 SEMA show and came upon the booth for a product called Evapo-Rust that seemed too good to be true. We talked to the folks in the booth and told them that...

PRI 2011: The Mast Motorsports 8.8L Clean Sheet Big Block

While wandering the rows at PRI we saw our pals at Mast Motorsports and dropped into to see what was new in their horsepower building lives. Spotting what looked to be an 8.1L Chevy big block, we...

Crazy Video: Wild Rides Crashes and Wheelstands 2011 by NitroArt Video

Kevin at NitroArt Video is a BS forum member and a super talented guy with a video camera. He shoots a ton of door slammer and small tire races around Texas and the Southeast. His DVDs of the races...