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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Friday $50,000 Big Money Race #1

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 Am Eliminations & Pro Mod And Top Fuel Qualifying 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 Friday, Plus A $5,000 16 Car 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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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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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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Ford Mustang Personality Test: Hemi Powered ’69 Fastback or Brand New Shelby Super Snake?

Ok, here’s a personality test. We made outselves a nuisance at the chassis shop the other day only to find a pair of killer, but completely opposite Mustangs. One is a 1969 fastback sporting...

Car Feature: Jet-X, The 1972 Plymouth GTX that Mopar Never Built

Here’s a car from the cover of the October 2009 Mopar Action magazine, and one that’s being debuted at Chryslers at Carlisle, July 10-12, just as this is being posted at BangShift.com....

Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: China Blows Our Doors Off in Auto Sales

Well that didn’t take long. An AP report published yesterday says that China has passed the US for first place in terms of the sale of new cars. Our junk box of an economy, combined with their...

So You Like the New Camaro? Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That

So you really like the looks of the new Camaro? Into its muscular good looks and high performance? You must have been in GM’s latest target group for potential Camaro buyers: gay men....

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wants to Drive an Indy Car; What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Since he’s handily dominating the world of NASCAR, Dale Jr. is apparently ready to move onto his next area of conquest, Indy. Oh wait a second, he’s not dominating NASCAR? We naturally...

Craigslist Pick of the Week: Vintage 1935 Dodge Jalopy Race car

With this week’s CraigsList pick we’re headed to the backwoods of Thomasville, North Carolina, where we have located a killer, near prehistoric 1935 Dodge jalopy racer. These are the cars...

Silverado Outsells F150; Tundra Sales Plummet

PickupTrucks.com is reporting that the Chevy Silverado outsold the Ford F-150 in June and the Toyota Tundra suffered a major sales volume dip. Meanwhile, the Nissan Titan is quickly becoming a...

Thanks, Captain Obvious: CNN Tells us How to Spot Unmarked Cop Cars

We’re giving a heartfelt thanks to CNN for publishing this groundbreaking story about unmarked police cruisers and how to spot them while driving. They also give the top speed specs of each...

Cool Old Press Photo: The 1957 Butter Face Lincoln Premier

Recently we showed you an old press photo from our personal archive of the stunning 1957 Lincoln Mark II and the not so stunning 1957 Lincoln Premier. That shot did not give the full fledged view of...

It Came From the Fab Shop: All Hail the Old RV

(By Loren Krussow) – Most car guys like what other people call junk. We can’t walk by a broken transmission lying in the mud without a quick glance to see if we know what kind it is. A...

Video of the Week: 1970 Formula A Action from Lime Rock With Narration from James Garner

It’s 1970, James Garner was one of the coolest dudes on Earth, and one of his screaming V8 open-wheel race cars is pounding the pavement at Lime Rock. What could be better? That’s the...

GM Ditches NHRA Teams

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that, during GM’s bankruptcy hearing on Tuesday, the automaker filed papers to sever ties with four NHRA teams: three Pro Stock operations and one Funny Car...

BangShift.com Welcomes MSD Ignition as Sponsor

Today Chad and I are very proud to introduce MSD Ignition as a sponsor of BangShift.com! MSD has a long history of producing high quality, hard working, American-made ignition parts to the automotive...

International Speedway Corp Posts Loss on Declining Attendance Figures

Your eyes weren’t lying. There has been a lot of exposed aluminum at NASCAR races this season and the financial reporting from  International Speedway Corp. proves it beyond a shadow of a...