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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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Caption This Photo: Back to the Trailer

When Charles Wickam was on his way from Houston, Texas, to Bowling Green, Kentucky, he spotted all kinds of junk on the highway. The most interesting of these sightings was either a dead nuts replica...

RacingJunk Find: A Stock Bodied 2010 Camaro SS Tube Chassis Drag Car

Tube chassis race cars that use unaltered stock bodies make us happy. Nothing is cooler than retaining a true factory look but packing big power, killer suspension, and advanced chassis technology...

Cool Drag Video: The Story Behind Alexis DeJoria’s Scary 2009 E-Town Wreck

Alexis DeJoria is a hard running NHRA Alcohol Funny Car racer. She’s also the heiress to the Paul Mitchell hair products empire, as well as the Patron Tequila fortune. With that on the table we...

Bad Weekend For Danica Patrick in New Hampshire

Danica Patrick’s NASCAR education continued this past weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Let’s just say that class was rough. She had early race contact with 68-year old Morgan...

A Louisiana Shop Tour and Yard Crawl All at Once

When BangShift.com photo contributor Charles Wickam left Bowling Green, Kentucky, after the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, he didn’t head straight back to him home in the Houston...

Awesome Historic Video: AJ Foyt at His Best

The don’t build them like AJ Foyt any more. Formed like a tree stump and packing the competitove spirit and heart of a Roman gladiator, Foyt was an incredible race car driver during his era and...

MoPower: Chrysler Reportedly to Up Horsepower in Challenger Models

The Mopar mavens over at AllPar.com are reporting that the 2011 Dodge Challenger will receive numerous upgrades, the most important to us involves a 60hp jump for the SRT8 model. With Ford punching...

Goner: Ford Officially Announces Death of Crown Vic/Town Car Next Year

We knew it was coming, but not when. Ford has announced that they will close the plant currently building the Ford Crown Victoria and Lincoln Town Car in a little more than a year. Currently the...

The Parting Shift: An Odd Sequential Shifter for Late Model Mustangs

There’s a European company called SSS Drive that apparently develops sequential shift systems for late model cars. In this week’s Parting Shift we’re bringing you the...

MORE: TECH, Videos

eBay Find: A 1969 Rokon Trail Breaker 2X2 Motorcycle

The Rokon Trail Breaker is a tractor dressed up like a motorcycle. Featuring two-wheel drive, gearing that will allow it to climb walls, hollow wheels that allow it to be floated across rivers, and a...

V-6 Mustang Makes 1,457 laps of Bristol, Averages 48.5 MPG

A bone stock 2011 Ford Mustang packing the new 3.7L V6 made 1,457 laps of Bristol Motor Speedway at an average speed of 43.5 mph and 48.5 mpg. The feat took more than 17 hours to complete and the...

Race Track for sale: Abilene Dragstrip Could be Yours for $1.2M

Hate your office job? Looking to make a switch into the exciting world of race track operations? We’ve got a deal for you! Abilene Dragstrip (not shockingly, located in Abilene, Texas) is for...

Mega Carnage Video: A Combine Demo Derby in All its Glory!

The XXL carnage you’ll see by watching this video of a combine demolition derby is truly awesome. Being that we’re based in New England and Southern California we’ve never seen one...

Event Coverage: The 2010 Pennsylvania Mini-Bike Reunion

Nope, we’re not making this up, there’s a real mini-bike reunion and it’s huge enough to allow Joe Grippo, our intrepid photo contributor, to shoot nearly 300 photos of it! Staged...