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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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New Parts: Killer New 2005-2010 Mustang Radiator from Be Cool

As more and more hot rodders start wrenching more power out of late model Mustangs, the limitations of factory parts are becoming apparent. One of those weak links in the chain is the factory cooling...

Killer Video: Stacey David Tools on the Cherry Bomb Dodge Truck

We’re envious of the guys over at Cherry Bomb. First they unveil the kick ass “Disturbing the Peace” Camaro project renderings, and then they drop their newest TV spot on us. It...

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Ford to Lay off 900 at Mustang Plant; Camaro and Slow Sales are to Blame

Ford plans to cut 900 jobs from its Flat Rock, Michigan, assembly plant soon. The cuts come on the heels of a tough sales year for the Mustang, which saw volume drop 27% amid competition from the...

Caption This Photo: The Instant Convertible

In our never ending quest to get great captions to funny photos, we’re back with another installment of our ever popular caption challenge. To set the scene, this photo was taken at an SCCA...

Video Bonanza: Classic Chevelle TV Ads

No conversation about American muscle cars could be considered complete without the mention of the venerable Chevrolet Chevelle. Rolled out in 1964, the mid-sized Chevelle would become the...

Frozen Hell: The Iron Dog, a 2,000 mile Snowmobile Race Across Alaska

We here at BangShift.com are all about events that pit man and machine against the elements, but the Iron Dog snowmobile race, held in Alaska, is sado-masochism. Riders traverse 2,000 miles of Alaska...

Blind South African Man Plans to Tackle Road Course (with co-driver)

Hein Wagner hails from Cape Town, South Africa. He’s blind but has still managed an amazing list of life accomplishments including the title of land speed record holder for the blind. The man...

Fun Video: A Russian-Sized Pothole

With the world’s most famous pothole now residing in Daytona, Florida, we wanted to scan the globe for gory pothole videos. Sadly, there isn’t much cool stuff out there. We did locate one...

Scottish Guy Busted for Speeding in Worked Over Ford GT, Claims Stuck Throttle

Well-to-do Scotsman Richard Billings was recently nabbed by police for doing 127 mph on a supposedly busy highway. Billings claims that he was out testing the car, and magically, when he went hauling...

Speedy Says: Grading Daytona’s Pothole 500

John Force’s brilliant return to victory in his Castrol Ford Mustang AA/FC at the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona wasn’t the only happening in motorsports on Valentine’s Day 2010....

Rustbucket Tulsa Time-Capsule Plymouth Currently Resides in Jersey

We were like everyone else back in 2007 when the now infamous 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that had been buried in a vault underground for 50 years was unearthed. We were sad. The car, despite being...

Freaky Carnage Video: Fuel Altered Stuck In Reverse, Flips Over the Push Truck!

AA/Fuel Altereds are without question, the most stupidly brutal and maladjusted cars to ever set slick on a drag strip. Essentially an engine stand with a supercharged fuel burning engine bolted to...

Report: GM’s Tonawanda Plant to Start Building New Motor, Sadly Not a Big Block

The Buffalo News is reporting that GM’s Tonawanda engine plant will be getting the nod to produce a new engine for the company. This will result in the retention of existing workers and...

Inappropriately Dressed 70-Year Old Selling Super Rare 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt for $1.5 Million

Gerard DePersio is the owner of an uber rare 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt. The car, one of five ever made, was used as a promotional tool, touring the country to drum up interest in Chrysler offerings...