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LIVE Big Money Bracket Racing: The West Coast Bracket Races Southwest Showdown Is LIVE Right Here All Weekend Long!

It’s that time of year again, when racers from the western states and beyond show up at Tucson Dragway for what has become the premier event of the West Coast Bracket Races series. The Southwest...

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Desert Off-Road Racing Livestream: The 2026 King Shocks 39th SCORE San Felipe 250 – Qualifying, Contingency, And Racing!

Desert off-road racing is some of my favorite off-road action, and having been to Ensenada for the BAJA 1000, the King Shocks San Felipe 250 is near and dear to my heart as well. If you dig desert...

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FREE LIVE NHRA Regional Racing Action: Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At No Problem Raceway – Friday

Free live drag racing starts here and continues all weekend long from the NHRA Regional at No Problem Raceway In Louisiana. We’re talking all kinds of Sportsman Drag racing which means wheels up...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This 428 Cobra Jet Torino Is Ford Big Block Greatness! Someone Save This Thing!

When I see this 428 Cobra Jet Torino, I think about the ones that raced in Stock Eliminator as I was growing up and still do today. This is a rare example of the muscle that Ford flexed when it came...

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2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos: Side By Side Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Sportsman Door Cars, Pro Mods, Pro Stock Bikes And More!

We’ve shared a few galleries of photos from David Whealon already but now we’re getting into some of the photos from Richard Pasley too. Check them all out below by using the link to all...

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Testing The Largest Pistol Impact Guns On The Market: So How Much Power Do These Beasts Really Make?

Most of us only have a 1/2 inch impact in our toolbox. Whether it is air operated or cordless, that’s still about all we need for most hot rod and racing jobs. And even those things are...

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Horror Story: Man Escapes Death in a Bad Wreck While Towing a ’69 Camaro Pace Car

We were tipped to loo at a thread over at Yenko.net by BangShift forum member antmnte. The story is awful. A man purchased a pristine 1969 Camaro Pace Car at the massive Turkey Rod Run that is held...

Tourism by Go Kart: Would you do this?

We love seeing new places, but we’re not sure we want to do it in a go kart. A company in San Diego, California, allows you to tour the city in what amounts to a GPS equipped, amusement park go...

Virgin’s New Craft Uses Nitrous Oxide to Launch Private Parties Into Space

If you think our headline sounds funny, you should see the one that caught our eye at England’s The Enterprise. It said, “Virgin joins 70-mile-high club with launch of spaceship.”...

George Ray is Dead but Thankfully His Wildcat Hot Rod Dragstrip is Not

George Ray, the owner and operator of George Ray’s Wildcat Hot Rod Dragstrip in Paragould, Arkansas, died on December 5th. George ran what many consider to be the coolest drag strip on planet...

Who’s Steering NASCAR?

Fox Sports reporter Lee Spencer recently wrote a thought provoking piece that takes a long look at the state of NASCAR and the challenges facing the organization going forward. One of the most...

Must be the Metric System: Focus RS For Muscle Car of the Year?

It has been said that Americans and Brits are people separated by a common language. After hearing that the Ford Focus RS–a 300hp, front wheel drive, “hot hatch”–was voted as...

Chrysler CEO Takes Swipes at European Bailouts, May Actually Have the Stones to Save Chrysler

Sergio Marchionne, the CEO of Chrysler (and Fiat) made a speech to an economic think tank recently and took some big swings at the efforts of European governments to bail out their own auto...

Killer Vintage Digger for Sale

We found the perfect place for the big Mickey Thompson hemi-headed 427ci Ford that is currently for sale on eBay. It would fit nicely in the front of this vintage front-engine dragster that is also...

EPA Gets Even More Powerful, Targets Nitrous Oxide; Climate Conference Airs Outrageous Propaganda Video

Here’s a quote from EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson: “These long-overdue findings cement 2009’s place in history as the year when the United States Government began addressing the...

Unobtanium on eBay: Mickey Thompson Hemi-Headed 427 Side Oiler

There have been some neat and rare parts crossing the eBay waves as of late, but nothing comes close to this. A seller has put up for auction a 427ci side-oiler Ford motor equipped with insanely rare...

Carnage Video: The Monster 800-Horsepower Shredder That Can Destroy Almost Anything

We’ll start off your day with some old fashioned destruction. A company called SSI is in the industrial shredder business and they outdid themselves when they constructed the 800hp Monster...

New BangShift.com Apparel! Just in time for the Holidays.

We know how hard it is to find that special someone the perfect gift during the holidays, so the elves here at BangShift.com are doing our part to help you out with even more apparel choices. Whether...

Carnage Video: Smashing a Ford Aspire at 650 MPH

It seems this was on Mythbusters TV earlier in 2009, but we missed it until we were tipped to it by an item on Autoblog. Now that we have seen this video clip, we’re not sure how our lives were...

2009 SEMA Show to Air on SPEED TV on December 13, 14, and 20

BangShift.com is lucky to be allowed into the business-only SEMA Show, but most car people are not able to attend the trade show that has become one of the best car shows anywhere in addition to...