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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Thursday Dragster Roller Shootout!

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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NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert May 1-7!

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Am Time Trials & Qualifying From Darana 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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Here’s The Story Of Freiburger’s Original Muscle Truck, And How We Helped Make This Awesome Squarebody A Thing!

I am willing to bet that there probably isn’t anyone who’s cut more stuff off of Freiburger’s Muscle Truck than I have. Since I was there for the original build, as part of our...

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The 2027 Dakar Rally Route Has Been Announced! Check Out Where It’s Going Below!

We’ve been fans of the Dakar Rally for decades, and we love to share coverage from the race here whenever possible. It’s been an interesting journey for the Dakar Rally in the last 10...

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Drag Race Feature: This 900HP, 511 Cubic Inch FE Powered, 1967 Mercury Comet Nostalgia Super Stocker Runs 9s!

This 1967 Mercury Comet is a really cool Nostalgia Super Stocker that brings back memories of some cool Mercury drag cars I grew up with at Fremont Dragstrip in Northern California. One of my...

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ebay Find: Super Rare ’66 Crew Cab Chevy Pickup

While patrolling eBay for truck parts that we can use on our project truck Goliath, we happened upon a very neat and ultra rare Chevy truck that we wish we could afford. It’s a 1966 crew cab...

Patrick Signs Indy Deal; Says NASCAR is Still on the Table

Public opinion lightning rod Danica Patrick has signed a two-year contract with Andretti Autosport. More interesting is that she formally stated her interest to drive in NASCAR as well. Apparently...

The Story of the Grave Digger Monster Truck

The story of Dennis Anderson and his old Chevy panel truck named Grave Digger is pretty cool. The truck is probably as well known as Bigfoot is and even moreso with younger generations of kids....

Former IHRA Star Terry McMillen To Run Entire NHRA Top Fuel Tour in 2010

Terry McMillen, with the backing of the Amalie Oil Company, will run the entire 2010 NHRA tour in his Top Fuel Dragster. McMillen is a long time IHRA stalwart in the Alcohol Funny Car category and a...

Jersey Guy Sells Jeep on Craigslist; Gets Screwed

Like most of you, we practically live on Craigslist. We’re buying and selling stuff left and right, but we adhere to one golden rule. That rule? Cash is king. A guy from New Jersey who recently...

Updated: Shocker! GM Chief Resigns At Behest of Board

GM CEO Fritz Henderson, after only eight months on the job leading the giant automaker, has resigned, effective immediately, after being asked to leave his job by the board of directors. This was...

Details on the MSD 40th Anniversary 6AL Ignition

In the BangShift.com SEMA coverage we showed you the new 40th Anniversary 6AL box from our sponsor MSD, but now there’s a page on the MSD site that tells more. Basically, it’s a 6AL box...

New Helmet Removal System Mandated for NHRA Pro Classes in 2010

An interesting new piece of safety equipment will be mandatory for NHRA competitors in the sanction’s quickest and fastest classes for the 2010 season. The Eject helmet removal system is being...

Pinks All Out Announces 2010 Schedule: Large Venues Abound

Pinks All Out has been a smashing success for the SPEED Network over the last few seasons. The show, which grew out of the original Pinks series, takes 400 racers at each track and boils them down to...

Carnage Video: Un-F’ing-Believable In-Car View of a Massive Clutch Explosion

This one will blow your mind, and driver Tony Defelices is lucky that nothing else got blown off during this massive clutch explosion in his PSI-blown 1967 Camaro. Though the car is left-hand drive,...

Video and Tech: We Fix the Brakes and Drive Goliath, Our Project C50 Truck

We recently made some progress wrenching on our big 1964 Chevy C50 that we’ve named Goliath. We repaired the rear brakes and got the truck functional enough to actually attempt driving it on...

Video: Even More SEMA and Street Car Invitational Coverage From Ridetech.com

The 2009 SEMA Show is a memory by now, but you can relive it with the most recent coverage posted by BangShift.com sponsor Ridetech. The company introduced a bunch of new products at the show,...

Weirdo: The 1969/2010 Camaro SS Concept by Danz Custom

Our friends over at Autoblog unearthed photos of this strange Camaro built by a shop in Wisconsin called Danz Custom. Autoblog totally panned the car. We’re not too hot on the way it looks,...

Abandoned Drag Strip History: Dover Drag Strip in Wingdale, New York, With Video

Dover Drag Strip operated in Wingdale, New York, from 1961-1976, and is now a ghost track with nothing but the return road still in place. The track is still remembered with a web site operated by...