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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Pro Stock, Pro Stock Bikes, And Factory Stock 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’s HELLA 2026! COURSE 2 RACING ACTION

If you are new around there then you might not know that we seriously dig Formula Off-Road racing here at BANGshift.com. This is high flying, loud, and intense racing that involves what look to be...

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Ford Big-Blocks Unleashed! FE Race & Reunion Muncie Dragway! 352, 390, 406, 427, 428, SOHC!

The Ford FE powerplant is arguably one of the most important engines in Ford’s racing heritage. Sure there have been plenty of other powerful combos over the years, but when Chevrolet and Ford...

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A Freiburger and Turk Adventure Video: THEY FIXED JUNK, HIT A DEER, and SAW THE USA In A Beat Up Old Ford.

Freiburger and Turk have had plenty of adventures over the years, and some of them have resulted in awesome records around the world at a variety of races, but some have also just been while cruising...

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Dirt Track Racer Charged With Assault After Ramming Other Car In The Pits: On Track Contact Leads To Race Rage Incident and Ban From Racing.

Every racer and fan knows that in the heat of competition emotions and adrenaline run high. We’ve all seen it, when a couple of drivers bump and bang and then it continues off track. But...

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Punish the Pad New Zealand Burnout Competition Video: Destroying Tires, Lighting Fires, and Entertaining The Masses!

Australians get all the credit for big burnout competitions, but their neighbors the Kiwis also know what they are doing when it comes to creating big tire smoke. With huge “Australian...

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Event Coverage: Loring Timing Association 2009 Meet

Land Speed Racing officially exists in Maine with the successful completion of the Loring Timing Association’s inaugural 2009 event. Held on a 2.5 mile runway formerly used to launch and...

Hennessey Performance Expands Operation, Brings on New Partner

Hennessey Performance Engineering, the tuner/supercar builder from Sealy, Texas, has announced that the company is expanding its business and bringin in another parter. This positive news flies in...

Kansas State Fair Featured Combine Demo Derby; How the Hell Did We Miss Out On This?!

Once we heard that there was a combine demo derby at the Central Kansas Free State Fair we were immediately disappointed we weren’t there to see it. Bus demo derbies we have seen, standard...

Daily Dose of Mayfield: A Hilarious Timeline of the Whole Saga

This is far and away the funniest thing we have read on the Jeremy Mayfield versus NASCAR situation. ThatsRacin.com’s Larry Woody penned a timeline of all the “events” that have...

New York Times Embeds Reporter at Woodward Dream Cruise; We’re Bringing the Thunder Too

With the sorry state of the newspaper business these days we were surprised to read that the New York Times will be providing lots of coverage from the Detroit area’s Woodward Dream Cruise from...

Site of the Week: All about Burt Munro

With Bonneville Speed Week 2009 set to begin in mere hours, we thought it would be appropriate to look back at one of the legends of the salt. New Zealander Burt Munro is one of the most...

Here Come Da Judge: New GT2 Corvette Released for Public Viewing

Yesterday the much talked about Corvette C6.R GT2 road racing Corvettes were revealed to the world. These pieces, the follow up to the much heralded GT1 Corvettes, are set to begin hand-to-hand...

Unearthed: The Government Instructions on Killing “Clunker” Engines

We have located and read the sickening instructions being handed down by the government to be used by car dealers to kill the motors of “Cash for Clunkers” trade-ins. This whole thing is...

Felipe Massa Recovering; Eager to Return to Racing

Felipe Massa, the Ferrari F1 team driver who was struck in the head by an errant spring during the Hungarian Grand Prix a couple weeks ago, is recovering in Brazil and is very anxious to get back...

T-Shirt of the Day; Got the Guts to Wear it in Detroit?

Every once in a while a shirt comes along that is brilliant in a dastardly way and for today, this one mocking GM has the top spot. You could totally pull this off at any Ford or Mopar event in the...

It’s Coming and You Can’t Stop It: The BangShift.com East Feast October 17th at Beaver Springs Dragway

What started as some chatter on the BangShift.com forums has quickly become a weekend of fun at Beaver Springs Dragway in scenic and beautiful Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania. This is not some kind of...

Great Rant: Are New Cars Ruining Old Car Shows?

Jim Sutherland of TheTruthAboutCars.com is up on the chip in an editorial about car shows and how it seems that many organizers have decided to relax any standards they had for what can and...

Smart Guy Eloquently Says Cash for Clunkers Sucks

Jeffrey Miron is an economics lecturer at Harvard and an occasional contributor to CNN.com. In his most recent piece Miron blows massive holes in the reasoning behind the Cash for Clunkers program...

Speed Week’s Closing In and the Salt Looks Great According to the SCTA

One thing is for sure, if you are heading to Bonneville with a racer this year, the course under your tires will be one of the best in years according to the SCTA. Three courses have been laid out...