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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 IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Mod, Mountain Motor Pro Stock, Top Fuel, And More! Pro Eliminations From Darana National Trail Raceway

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Dragway National Trail in Ohio, where racers are going to be battling it out for...

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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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IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing LIVE: The Paris Grand Prix Hits Texas With Big Power, Big Noise, and Cool Boats! Saturday Qualifying

I love drag boat racing, and this weekend kicks off the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing series at Lake Crook in Paris Texas. I’ve been to this lake once before, to livestream drag boat...

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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 More Lone Star Throwdown 2024 Photos: If You Have Missed Any Of The Custom Trucks, Cars, And More From This Bad Ass Show, Click Here!

More Lone Star Throwdown Truck Show photos baby! And if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link below to check them out too. (Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star...

Fun With Cars & Car People at the Track: OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series visits Sebring International Raceway

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) A full moon glided over a clear Florida sky, making way for a warm sunrise and the start of the 11th season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series....

The Most Expensive Engine Mortske Has EVER Bought! Bitchin Supercharged Small Block Chevy! But Will This Project Actually Run?!?

Mortske is usually buying barn finds and old hot rod projects, not supercharged combos like this. I mean this thing looks like it’s nearly ready to race! Okay, so maybe it’s not a hard...

The New Season of FASTER with Newbern and Cotten Is On! And Here’s Some Fun Behind the Scenes Action From The Boys!

It’s time for a new season of Faster: with Newbern and Cotten and we’re super excited. If you haven’t been watching the show, you need to catch up because these two goofballs are...

Pinstriping 101 – Hot Hues Urethane Pinstriping Paint: Hot Rod Jen Gives Us A Guide To Get Started.

We’ve featured some of Hot Rod Jen’s work here on BANGshift lately and appreciate her cool videos that show how to pinstripe, her work flow, and her process for practicing and perfecting designs....

Iron Trap’s Hidden 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod: Installing A Fresh Front Axle To Slam The Front End Of The 1938 Ford Convertible

In today’s video on the 1938 Ford Convertible, the front end gets lowered to match the rear so it has the perfect hot rod stance! In a previous video we shared the 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod...

Who Makes The Best Hand Cleaner? We’ve All Got Favorites, But Which One Works Best? GoJo, Snap On, ZEP And 8 Others Tested To Find Out!

When I was growing up in my grandpa’s auto shop, there were two things I remembered about washing up. One was that he had a Tupperware shaker of dry abrasive hand soap that you shook out and...

LIVE: Division 2 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series From Gainesville Raceway – Monday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 2! 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...

The Greatest Muscle Car Print Ad That You’ve Probably Never Seen – Pontiac Perfection

Pontiac advertising in the 1960s was driven by the colorful, creative, and brilliant Jim Wangers. This ad below which came from a 1964 copy of Road and Track magazine has his finger prints all over...

Did You Know That There’s A World Log Skidder Competition? You Do Now! (Video here)

I know a few guys who operate heavy equipment for a living and they are all rightfully proud of the skills and abilities that they have developed over the years at their job. We’re talking the...

Holding Up? These Guys Stick A 180,000 Mile 1989 Shelby CSX On The Dyno To Check Its Power Levels

As things age they tend to slow down, right? Athletes lose a step of performance, cars give up some of their horsepower through wear, and things just generally soften up. But do thy always? These...

Drag Strip Time Travel: This Late 1960s Footage From New England Dragway Is Spectacular

New England Dragway really is special and right now it is really quiet as the off-season days and weeks tick away. That will end though and when it does the place will be filled with more of the same...

Lone Star Throwdown Photos 2024: More Custom Trucks, Cars, And More From This Bad Ass Must Attend Show.

More Lone Star Throwdown Truck Show photos baby! And if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link below to check them out too. (Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star...

Welding Tips and Tricks: Welding Steel Plate To Cast Steel The Right Way. Will It Still Crack?

Video Description: Here is a fun project! I show my tips and tricks when it comes to welding tabs, brackets, and most importantly , How to weld Steel plate to Cast steel. Tools used: Harris super...