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NHRA Pro Mod Series Qualifying Session 1 LIVE from the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte. Ultimate Door Car Action!

NHRA 4-Wide Drag Racing is going on in Charlotte this weekend and that means Pro Mods! 4-Wide Pro Mod drag racing might be some of the coolest, and the action is always amazing at this race. We know...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Friday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Thursday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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New Junkyard Inventory: Dent Side Ford Pickup Trucks from the 1970’s! Including an XLT 4X4!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more new rides coming into the wrecking yard this week. Just when you think there can’t possibly be anymore old Ford trucks sitting around, he shows up with some...

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What Makes the East Coast Gear Supply KP 540 Axle Housing So Good? Ian Johnson Walks Us Through Them.

Heavy duty axles for off-road rigs have come a long way over the years and putting “tons” under a Jeep, or anything else for that matter, is the norm anymore. And you can buy all kinds of...

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Factory Hemi Superbird Feature Video: This 1,500-Mile HEMI Superbird Has SERIOUS Drag Racing History!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it and in this video below you are going to get a look at an awesome 1970 Plymouth Superbird that came from the factory with the famed 426 Hemi under...

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Video Bonanza: In Car Camera Footage From All Different Types of Racing

The in-car camera has to be the most important development in racing media history. Being able to literally ride along with the driver and see what’s happening in the cockipit of the car makes...

NASCAR Tracks Reduce Seating Capacity Due to Falling Ticket Sales

Several top shelf NASCAR facilities have decided to lower their seating capacities after seeing several seasons of falling NASCAR ticket sales. Some tracks have decided to widen existing seats and...

Busted: Memphis City Official Spends $20K of City Money to Personalize City Vehicle

According to a story on The Memphis Commercial Appeal website, former Memphis General Service Director Estrice Boone spent more than $20,000 to have a crashed Dodge Charger police car rehabbed and...

Fake Hemi ‘Cuda Owned by Beach Boys Member Al Jardine Briefly Seized at Barrett-Jackson

Apparently bidders are not the only ones who scrutinize the cars at Barrett-Jackson. The police get in on the act too and their involvement led to the “recreation” ’71 Hemi...

NHRA Forms NHRA Worldwide Network

The NHRA has announced the formation of the NHRA Worldwide Network which will allow drag strips all over the world to apply for and get sanctioned by the NHRA. We’re thinking they should change...

Monday Time Killer: Coachbuilt.com

Holy time suction vortex, Batman! Coachbuilt.com is an amazing and very comprehensive site that deals strictly with American coachbuilders of the past (and perhaps a few of the present). When we were...

eBay Find: Neat 1964 Buick Wildcat

We’ve got kind of a weird fascination with Buick Wildcats that began when we were kids. There was a guy with a beautiful ’65 who lived by our local ice cream stand for many years. It was...

eBay Find: The Cleanest 1971 Chevy Caprice on Earth

Every now and again a car will hit the web that appears to have been in a time warp. This amazing 1971 Caprice coupe is one of those cars. It literally appears to have rolled off the lot yesterday....

Aussie Government to Auction Brett Stevens Entire Racing Operation

The Australian government plans ot auction off the entire racing operation of Brett Stevens, one of the legends of straight line racing down under. Last February Stevens was arrested in a sweeping...

The Parting Shift: Rowing Gears in a 455 4-Speed Buick Skylark

We’ve left you hanging without a good BangShift.com Parting Shift for a couple of weeks, but we’re back strong with this torque monster Buick clip. In it, we take a trip down the asphalt...

Killer Photos: Dakar Rally 2010

The 2010 Dakar Rally is nearing completion with several of the classes still up for grabs. The rally which used to be called the Paris to Dakar rally due to it’s longtime route, is now...

Former F1 Driver Piquet Jr. Heads to NASCAR, BangShift.com Lends Advice

Nelson Piquet Jr., whose most notable accomplishment in an 18-month Formula One career was crashing his car on purpose, will be competing in NASCAR for 2010. Piquet has not revealed which team he...

Contents of Shuttered Delaware Chrysler Plant Up For Auction

Talk about conflicting emotions. On one hand we’re saddened by the fact that the Newark, Delaware, Chrysler plant is closed and will never produce another automobile. On the other hand we think...

Gallery: Van Nuys Blvd. Cruise Night, January 2010

On Wednesday night we headed to Van Nuys, California, for the new tradition of the revised cruise night on famous Van Nuys Blvd. It was the first one of the new year, and it was ice cold for So Cal,...