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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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Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: California May Ban Black Cars

There are not words to describe the idiocy that has come to define California’s approach to saving the world. The state that each day creeps a step farther and farther toward actually being...

The Art of the Con: Tesla Unveils Sedan to Know-Nothing Media Outlets

Tesla Motors, the wunderkind maker of electric cars (right now only the Tesla Roadster) unveiled its new “flag-ship” model to a horde of journalists on Thursday and managed to brainwash...

Crane Purchase Still On According to Scorpion

We have just spoken to Scott Reynolds, VP of Marketing for Scorpion Performance and he confirmed with us that the company still intends to buy Crane Cams along with its assets and put employees back...

Crane Cams Assets to be Sold at Auction

Word has come that Crane Cams is officially toast. All of the company’s assets and property, physical and intellectual will be sold at auction, ending the run of the storied camshaft supplier....

Arizona’s Manzanita Speedway Closing; Final WoO Race This Weekend

If you are a Sprint Car fan from the Phoenix area, you best be getting yourself out to Manzanita Speedway this weekend for the last ever running of the World of Outlaws series there. The track is...

News Flash! Big Media Does a Drag Racing Story and No One Got Killed!

Check out this MSNBC report on the state of the drag racing world in these trying economic times. We were stunned that the mainstream media decided to do a drag racing story that didn’t involve...

CraigsList Pick of the Week: Jr. Thompson/Mazmanian Opel Gasser!

Wow. Just wow. This may be the Criagslist ad to beat them all. It’s the actual Gasser campaigned by Big John Mazmanian and Junior Thompson in 1968-1970 in match races and competition all across...

F-Bomb Camaro at the Fast and Furious Hollywood Premiere

Better late than never, huh? It was nearly two weeks ago and I’m only reporting on it now, but we did manage to weasel our way in for the hot action when we attended the Fast and Furious...

Gearhead Destination: The Blue Ridge Parkway

A while back we told you to go check out the Tail of the Dragon, an amazing stretch of road that will test your nerve and your ability to toss your junk through the corners. Today we’re sending...

Comp Cams Acquires Quarter Master Clutches

Comp Cams continues to build a portfolio of strong brands with the addition of Quarter Master Industries to its corporate docket. Quarter Master builds high-performance clutches and driveline parts...

Nostalgia Fuel Funny Cars will Assault the East Coast this Summer!

This announcement really kicks some ass for us East Coasters. For too long, the West Coast guys have had a hammerlock on the nostalgia nitro Funny Car craze. Now we’re getting our dose of the...

Video of the Week: Trans-Am 1969

This right here is more than five minutes of video zen of SCCA Trans-Am racing in 1969. It seems to be a portion of a longer video and it has all the feeling of some type of promo. We dig the natural...

F1 Pay Cut: Send Fernando Alonso a Few Bucks

Brother, can you spare a dime for team Renault F1 driver Fernando Alonso? His pay was cut by 33% recently and instead of making a modest $17.5 million dollars a year, he will be forced to scrape by...

Cool Video: King of the Hammers

Three weeks ago our friend Fred Williams at 4-Wheel & Off-Road magazine told us that he was going to compete in King of the Hammers, a rockcrawling off-road race held in Johnson Valley,...