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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Continues Today as We are Heading for The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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The Hot Rod Hoarder Gasser Henry J Project Part 8: Putting a HISTORIC Gasser Back on the Track Feels Oh So Good!

Tommy and the kids are back at it, because this beast is getting closer and closer to being a runner! The big block should be fun with all the new parts that have been going into it, and in this...

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Music To Your Ears: Watch, And Listen, To The Best Sounding Cars From Goodwood’s 83rd Members Meet Right Here!

Whether you love the sound of a great American V8 at full song, the shreak of a V12 Aston Martin, or the songs that Ferraris and F1 cars make, you’ll love this video. This is nothing but on track...

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EPIC FORMULA OFFROAD RACING VIDEO FROM ICELAND’S STANGARHYLUR 2026! COURSE 4 and 5 RACING ACTION

It’s time for the 2nd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are in for a treat. It’s all big...

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NHRA Division 6 Divisional Drag Racing Livestream: Catch All The Racing Action LIVE From Mission Raceway

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 6! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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Lost Buckeye Skips Drag and Drive Photos! Check Out The On Track Action and Checkpoint Photos Right Here!

When BANGshifter Neal Sabo said he was going to head down to Buckeye Skips 2025 Drag and Drive, to snap pictures and check out the cool stuff going on, we were like “Hell yeah!” He hit...

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2021 SoCal Quarantine Cruise Photo Coverage: We’re Back With One Last Blast Of Images From This Large By Huge Event

As I write this, there’s a blanket of snow on the ground outside the windows of the Eastern BangShift world HQ building and there’s no sign of temps much above freezing for the...

Blown Godzilla Lives! Watch What A 3.0L Whipple Blower On A Hot Rodded 7.3L Godzilla Does For The Power Numbers – Insane!

When last we left you, the Brian Wolfe Godzilla 7.3 Ford V8 project made about 800hp naturally aspirated on the dyno and was awaiting the installation of a healthy 3.0L Whipple supercharger. This...

Buy It Now: A 1956 Chevy That Comes Complete, Runs 10s, and Cost $20,000??! What Are YOU Waiting For?!

Now this is a deal. Seriously, this complete, running, driving, throw some gas in it and go drag racing 1956 Chevy is for sale as you see it for $20,000. It’s a super street car which means...

Speed Secrets: Is The 305 Small Block Chevrolet Worth Hopping Up, Or Should You Just Step Up To The 350?

Is bigger always better? In engines looking to make the most power, then yes. But…does that mean you shouldn’t hop up your 305 if you already have one? Or that you should swap out the 305...

Tech Tip Wednesday: Weight Bias, It’s Not What You Think Anymore!

Back in the day drag racers did everything they could to get as much weight on the rear tires of their cars. With the wheels in the air, traction was at it’s highest, and cars would haul ass....

What The Hell Is Really Going On Here? When Two Good Cars Are Combined To Make Something That Should NOT Go Together. What Were They Thinking?

Sometimes I wonder what are people thinking? This is a question we all ask ourselves when we see some cars, houses, boats, art, you name it. Basically, any item who’s design is open to opinion...

Road Tour Episode 3: 1500 Miles In Epic Hot Rods Like This ’70 Chevelle and ’63 Impala

Here is Episode Three of the Road Tour video series. We shared episode one and two already but if you missed them, then use the link below to watch them both. An epic ’55 Chevy was the special...

Subaru Has Slow Sales In Europe But Stateside Things Are Looking Bright – The Balance Of Global Automakers

(By Tom Lohnes) – After selling a disappointing 951 cars in the UK last year, Subaru is determined to stay in the game in Europe, just with apparently accepted smaller sales numbers. Subaru...

Fitzee Shows Us How To Build Rust Repair Panels From Scratch. This Stuff Isn’t As Hard As You’d Think!

Fitzee’s Fabrications is building a car that he calls Crusty, because it is just that. Because the car is getting built into a cool drag car, and a ton of the rusty crusty bits have to be cut...

Awesome Project Video: Check Out The Teardown And Start Of A Honda Trail 70 Restoration!

If there’s one thing we know it’s that there are certain vehicles on two wheels or four that everyone wants or wants back. The awesome little Honda Trail 70 is one of them. Sold by the...

2021 SoCal Quarantine Cruise Coverage: More Amazing Photos From The Massive Gathering Of Hot Rods!

It was a perfect day to burn some gasoline and hang out with fellow lovers of cars, trucks, and motorcycles, last weekend. As we told you about yesterday, this event was packed with more than 1,000...

Are The V8 Raptor Rumors True? Is A Baby Godzilla On The Way? More Here –

(By Tom Lohnes) – Well, it appears after almost a year of hype for a V8 powered Raptor, a new one is coming…with the same Ecoboost V6 from the old one. Retaining the 3.5-liter Ecoboost...

NHRA Insider Podcast: The Grudge Men Cometh – Joey Gladstone and JR Gray Talk NHRA, Grudge Racing, and More

Joey Gladstone and JR Gray join Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. Both men have backgrounds in drag racing’s grudge scene and have worked their way to the worlds of NHRA...

Second Gen GMC Canyon And Colorado Truck; Making A Secure Space With Goose-Gear!

(Words and photos by Darr Hawthorne) – When I purchased a new pickup, I thought there’d be room for everything, cameras, suitcase, ice chest, etc.  Well, in the end of 2019 a brand-new GMC...