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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Starts Today And Will Hit 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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Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two Video | Great Bend, KS to Kearney, NE | Kearney Raceway Park

Here’s the Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two video and boy is it a fun one. We’re talking on the road, on the track and more! It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and...

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The $5,000 LS Swap Challenge: Is a Budget LS swap Still Possible? We’ll Find Out, as Hagerty is Building the Ultimate Sleeper Barn Find!

The $250 LS engine. It sparked a movement that has out paced even the experts biggest expectations, and has created an entire group of new companies in the automotive aftermarket. On top of that, it...

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Touring Car Icons Reunited for the Heritage Touring Cup Round 1 at the Spa Classic by Peter Auto Le Mans Classic

Every spring, the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit becomes what they call “a living theater of automotive history.”Classic cars, classic engines, and some of the finest historic and vintage car...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 3!

It’s alive! Here’s the Part 3 video in the series, and that means actual driving! Yes, this thing is going down the road in this one and showing off all the bits underneath. I love donor...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Sheet Metal Madness – The FJ Gets A Glove Box, Floor Mods And Doghouse Fab

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the roof and dash coming along, as well as the pedals and steering in a second video. There is a lot more going on as well, but that’s the fab...

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Killer Video: Cruising in a 650hp, 409 powered, 5-Speed, 1955 Chevy

One of the coolest cars owned by a BangShift forum member is the 1955 Chevy owned by our forum freak Monk. This car is equipped with a 650hp 409, and most importantly a 5-gear manual transmission. We...

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A Sneak Peek at the East Coast’s Newest Nostalgia Nitro Flopper Build

The nostalgia Funny Car craze is still going strong. Evidence of that comes in the form of this sneak peek at Dana Hard’s flopper build which is set to kick into high gear this winter. A 1969...

The Indoor Professional Racing Facility Dream: Still Pie in the Sky

After reading up on and thinking about the now infamous indoor drag races held in Chicago during the early 1960s, our thoughts turned to some modern attempts to create an indoor venue that could host...

Spied: Jason Carter’s Bad Ass, Twin Turbo, ’78 Malibu at DMC Racing

Small tire drag cars tend not to live the longest or easiest of lives. Shoving all that power down to the ground on a little 10.5 or 10.5W tire can be really tricky for both tuning and driving. Many...

Vintage Drag Video: A Cool 1970s TV Ad for England’s Santa Pod Raceway

This cool video caught both our eyes and our ears when we first saw it. Our eyes because it shows some awesome old school drag iron running down the strip, and our ears because of the voice over...

eBay Find: A 1998 Firebird with SEMA and Lingenfelter History

We decided to go hunting for cars with some SEMA show history on eBay, due to the fact that the big show in Las Vegas goes down this week. We managed to find a bunch of awful, lifted, blinged out...

Event Coverage: 2010 Good Guys Southeastern Nationals at Charlotte Motor Speedway

2010 marks the 17th running of the Good Guys Southeastern Nationals, and since we were going to be there announcing the Good Guys Street Challenge Autocross, we decided to bring you a gallery of...

Event Coverage: 80 Photos of Detroit Speed’s 2010 Open House, BBQ, and Shop Tour

Detroit Speed’s Open House and BBQ is a must attend event each year during the Good Guys South Eastern Nationals. Since we were at Charlotte Motor Speedway to announce the Good Guys Street...

The Parting Shift: How to Scare Your Wife With a Four Speed

With Halloween just a couple days away we have the ultimate stick shift fright video. The driver of this blown Mustang decided that he was going to scare his wife and tape it. To say that she...

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Video: The History of the Hemi Under Glass

The famed Hurst Hemi Under Glass Barracuda, driven by Bob Riggle, has been an icon in the sport of drag racing for decades. We found video of Riggle as his illustrious career behind the wheel was...

2010 SEMA Show Car Preview

The Sema Show is not only the premier spot for the latest and greatest parts from the automotive aftermarket, it’s also THE place to see the years baddest show cars. And amazing number of...

Aeromotive’s new Twin Turbo Mustang runs 6.89 at 204 on first pass

The Aeromotive, RoushYates, 2010 Mustang Pro Mod car is on track for it’s first weekend of competition on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. And while the much anticipated RoushYates 500...

Video: Hanging with Paul Romine and the Man o War Funny Car Crew at the California Hot Rod Reunion

Along with sponsoring our live broadcast of the 2010 California Hot Rod Reunion, Aeromotive Fuel Systems also helped three time IHRA Top Fuel Champion Paul Romine and the Man O War Nostalgia Funny...

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Video Burnoutapalooza! ! ! ! ! ! ! Have the Aussies perfected the Burnout?

Burnouts rule. Let’s face it, if you are into cars, you like tire smoke. Granted, some of us enjoy blazing the tires more than others, but nothing stirs a crowd of car lovers up more than the...