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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million’s Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – $30k Thursday

It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring Fling Million. We love this event...

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More IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT.

(Photos by David Whealon) If you live under a rock and haven’t realized how huge of a splash the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series made in 2025, then are you in for a treat! With amazing events, huge...

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AS SEEN ON TV Tools that Beat Yours: Are As Seen on TV Tools Better Than We’ve Been Giving Them Credit For?

AS SEEN ON TV! We’ve all fallen for the trap at some point or another and bought some kitchen gadget, tool, or “performance” part that had huge claims as to how wonderful it was....

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Taylor Gang Route 66 Road Trip: Two Hot Rods And Lots Of Los Angeles Sightseeing! Fast And Furious Included!

The Taylor Gang is back at it, with Alex, Dennis, Nick, Megan, Todd, and Kelsey hitting the road from SoCal in a couple of hot rods. Their goal is to road trip this Nova and 3rd Gen Camaro down Route...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This FORD WOODY WAGON Would Make One Hell of A Hot Rod

Woodies are cool. They always have been, but the 1949-1951 Fords are some of the most beloved. These things make great hot rods and are super cool to find because they are pretty rare. One thing...

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Here Are All The American Powertrain Shifter Fitment Options On TREMEC 5 & 6 Speed Transmissions For Your Project

Wondering if there is a way to get your Tremec transmission’s shifter to line up in your application? Have a weird one and want to move the shifter forward or back to make it just right? In the...

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More Painful And Impossible European Hill Climb Video – Rachau Hillclimb Circa 1998

It was a couple of weeks ago that we showed you footage from a hillclimb event in Belgium that we deemed completely impossible. Well, we’re back with more video of another hill climb that may...

BangShift Question of the Day: Which Failed Car Brand Has the Worst Reputation in America?

So yesterday I was driving down the road and nearly crashed when an old Peugeot 505 passed me going in the other direction. I had not seen one of these things in years, let along spoken to anyone who...

The American Powertrain Parting Shift: 292 Cubes of De-Stroked Boss 302 at 9500 RPM

For this week’s parting shift we head to an unknown eighth-mile drag strip where a kick ass Super Stock four-speed Mustang makes a honkin’ lap after launching at more than 9,000 RPM. Even...

Omaha Autorama Car Show Photos Continue Right Here!

We told you we were going to share all of Scott’s photos from the Omaha Autorama, and here they are! If you missed any of our previous galleries, click the link below! (Words and Photos by Scott...

Watch The Real Stone Woods and Cook Willys Make A Pass At Fremont In The 1980s

Now THIS is some nostalgia drag racing footage. Taken sometime in the mid-1980s at Baylands Raceway (Fremont Raceway) you are going to see the real Stone Woods and Cook Willys make a screaming rip...

Nitro, Turbo, Or Gasoline? All Three Are Tried On This Briggs and Stratton With Fun Results

Here’s one of the weirdest and coolest engine power adder comparisons we have er seen. The guy with the famed Briggs and Stratton that runs a clear head decided to really put his little engine...

Mopar Enthusiasts Rejoice! QA1 Expands To Include Gerst Tubular Suspension For Mopars

The guys and gals at QA1 were so genuinely excited about this that they called to tell me about it so I’d share it with all of you Mopar freaks that really drive and enjoy your hot rods. While...

Drag History Video: Awesome Quick 8 action from Shuffletown in 1988 – Big Names, Cool Cars

This weekend the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads to the palatial zMax Dragway in Concord, North Carolina. The state of North Carolina has been a hot bed of drag racing for decades and the...

Turbo Terror: Watch This Brazilian Chevy Opala Cruise The Streets And Hit The Dyno With The Angriest Chevy Six Ever

  Listen, I know that I am mental but for the life of me I cannot shake an addiction to searching our drag racing and hot car videos from South America. This time rather than hitting the strip...

We’ve Got Goodguys Spring Lone Star Nationals Photos Right Here!

(Photos by Rob Bennett) The Goodguys Spring Lone Star Nationals was a great show that marked a start to automotive events in the Lone Star State for 2021, and a destination that saw folks from all...

Cool Video: Travel The Same Path Air Does Through A Rolls Royce Locomotive Diesel Engine

It is pretty incredible what people can do with animations these days. In this video we get to travel as air through a Rolls Royce locomotive diesel engine and it’s pretty great. While there is...

Watch The 1929 Miss Daytona Hydroplane Come Back To Life And Roar! Miller Engine Perfection (Video)

Two boat posts in three days? Are we becoming BoatShift? Of course not because that would make no sense. We’re just sticking to our philosophy that stuff we dig is probably stuff you’ll...

It’s Indoor Car Show Season, And We’ve Got More Photos From The Omaha Autorama

We told you we were going to share all of Scott’s photos from the Omaha Autorama, so here is the second gallery for you to enjoy. This is a cool show and had an interesting and cool selection...

Dyno Music: Watch A 378ci Naturally Aspirated Cleveland Ford Crank Out 780+ HP At 8,000+ RPM

Our recent dyno videos have been Chevy-centric. That’s not because we were digging for Chevy videos, but more because those clips had jumped off the page at us. Today we’re going to the...

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