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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Saturday $50,000 Big Money Race #2

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 Mod, Mountain Motor Pro Stock, Top Fuel, And More! Pro Eliminations 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 Saturday, Plus A $5,000 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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IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing LIVE: The Paris Grand Prix Hits Texas With Big Power, Big Noise, and Cool Boats! Saturday Qualifying

I love drag boat racing, and this weekend kicks off the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing series at Lake Crook in Paris Texas. I’ve been to this lake once before, to livestream drag boat...

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The Mickey Thompson Turn And Burn: 6 Second Passes, 200 mph Cars, And Plenty of Carnage Already.

Alex and Nick Taylor, along with a bunch of other sicko drag and drive folks, are in Norwalk Ohio of the Mickey Thompson Tires Turn and Burn. This is the inaugural event, and it is the kind of drag...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: Here’s Our Final Gallery from the 37th Annual Run to the Sun Car Show Custom Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, And More!

Here’s our 5th, and final, gallery from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them...

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FREE Drag Racing Live Stream: 18th Annual Ultimate 64 – Saturday

Big money bracket racing continues this weekend with the Ultimate 64 race that is coming to you live right here from Kil-Kare Raceway. This is a famous race that has some really storied wins. And...

PRUETT, HIGHT, ENDERS & HERRERA EARN PROVISIONAL NO. 1 SPOTS AT NHRA THUNDER VALLEY NATIONALS

This is going to be an interesting race weekend in Bristol as qualifying is ALSO eliminations from the postponed New England Nationals race. So that’s extra pressure because not only do the...

Sick Summer 2023 Day Five Live Stream From Cordova Dragway, Presented By Gear Vendors

If you want to watch all the racing action from Sick Summer, where folks will race their cars at the track and then drive those same cars to the next track, only to do that over and over for five...

More Historic Gearhead Americana: Barney Oldfield, Classic Truckers, Prehistoric Indy Racers, And More!

Lots of people don’t know it but there is an absolutely digital archive at the Library of Congress. It has become kind of a weird hobby of mine to troll it for neat old photos to show you all....

Win An American Powertrain Complete Overdrive Transmission Swap Kit On Power Tour And Check Out Papaw’s Dually!

American Powertrain is hitting the road for Hot Rod Power Tour 2023 again and you can win big! Plus they are giving away stuff at their booth, will be providing tech support for any of your trans...

How Rustomod Painted Sign Painter Distressed Lettering On Their Vintage C10 Truck The Easy Way!

I’m a big fan of good patina on a hot rod, truck, or even some race cars, but sometimes you need to distress a part in order to make it look like it fits. This is especially true when talking...

Awesome Cars Buried In Trees! 1967 Chevelle Station Wagon, 68 GTO, 55 Bel Air, An Econoline, & MORE!

Chad has hit it out of the park on the cool meter with this one! Check out all these cool rides that are hiding in the trees at this old junkyard he’s going through. Video Description: I was...

DO LS ROLLER ROCKERS MAKE POWER? LS1 CAM VS ROLLER ROCKER TEST. FULL DYNO RESULTS. WHICH ONE WORKS?

Do roller rockers really make power? Sure they do. But how about on an LS engine that already has an ultra-efficient valvetrain? Is a trunion upgrade enough? Richard is testing not only roller...

Race Photos: Grippo Gets Tons Of Wheels Up Lucas Oil Drag Racing Photos From Maple Grove!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series is the sportsmen wing of the NHRA and we here at BangShift are huge fans. Each of the seven NHRA regional divisions holds several...

FREE CAR! – He’s Lost His Mind, Somebody Take The 1966 Chevy Biscayne From DD Speed Shop

Nothing should surprise us when it comes to DD Speed Shop since there is never a dull moment when it comes to his projects. But when this project here first started almost a year ago it was just...

Restoring And Protecting Cast Iron Exhaust Manifolds From Rust AT HOME With Spray Graphite

Spray Graphite is magic! I had no idea how easy it was to apply until I watched this video from Jefferson, but it is a completely DIY process that you can do at home on any of the typical exhaust...

HOW TO MAKE MORE LOW-SPEED TORQUE! 408 LS STROKER CAM TEST-IS MORE PEAK TORQUE REALLY BETTER?

Under the curve. This is a term you hear a lot if you spend time on the dyno, whether it is the engine or the chassis dyno. Once you see two tests overlapped so you can see the differences,...

George Ray’s Wildcat Dragstrip – Where There Has NEVER BEEN PREP!

I went to George Ray’s Wildcat Dragstrip on a road trip home with David Freiburger in 2007 and can tell you that this place is not a racing facility, but more like your buddy’s yard with...

Rebeldryver’s Garage: Rocky Mountain Race Week Prep Of Our 1965 Impala SS, Evil Orchid, Part 2 –

There’s plenty of stuff left to do in order to make sure that Scott’s ’65 Impala is ready to go for Rocky Mountain Race Week. He’s got driveline stuff to sort out, a...