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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing – Sunday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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LIVE: LARIS Motorsports Insurance $100K Presented by Vintage at Beech Bend Raceway Park – Sunday

Watch the Motormania LIVE Coverage from the TB Promotions Laris Insurance $100k at Bowling Green. This is going to be some great racing with a $25K race, two $50k races, and the big $100,000...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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FREE Big Money Bracket Racing LIVESTREAM: The SuperBucks Showdown Presented by Get’M Performance Saturday $20,000

More big money bracket racing coming to you live! It’s Thursday at the SuperBucks Showdown presented by Get’M Performance and that means there is $5,000 on the line to warm up everyone for two...

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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got More Dan Grippo Photos Right Here!

(Words by Joe Grippo, photos by Dan Grippo) We hauled the race cars up to picturesque Beaver Springs Dragway the other weekend for the annual All Ford Race and Car Show. Sunshine, blue skies, and...

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BANGshift.com Would Like To Wish All Of You A Happy And Safe Independence Day! We Hope You Enjoy The Celebration This 4th of July!

On behalf of myself, all our great BANGshift.com contributors, and all our families, BANGshift.com would like to wish you all a happy, healthy, and safe Independence Day. Happy Birthday to the United...

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This Drag Racer Lives By The Mantra Of “Never Lift” And It Sure Makes For A Good Show

There’s a weird duality of celebrating a guy who drives his car way past the point that most others would have thrown in the towel at the drags. On the positive side, there’s a...

Rahn Tobler, NAPA Funny Car Crew Chief Announces his Retirement

Rahn Tobler is one of the cooler nitro crew chiefs in the NHRA ranks. I say this because he’s got some of the coolest experiences, working with some absolutely epic drivers and crews. Plus,...

This 1954 Chevrolet 3800 Flatbed Is Work Truck Greatness That Would Make A Cool Hauler

Big trucks are so big now that we sometimes forget where they started. There was a time when a “Big Rig” had mechanical brakes! Or course they didn’t haul 50,000 pounds around back...

Watch What Happens When A Pro Stock Pulling Big Rig Suffers A Universal Joint Failure While Hauling The Sled

We’ve showed you lots of videos of pulling trucks and tractors suffering big time engine failures while trying to drag the mighty sled down course. This is one of the first videos we’ll...

Watch The 1988 IHRA Super Nationals From Bradenton, Florida Here – This Is Fantastic!

Next weekend I am heading to Florida for the 2021 US Street Nationals, the kick off of the pro mod and drag radial drag racing season. Back in 1988, the IHRA planned on kicking off their season at...

Scott Visits A Super Secret Stash Of Muscle Cars, And Shares It All With Us Right Here!

Every time you hear about a stash of muscle cars, or barn finds, or whatever, you think to yourself that there is no way there could be any more of these to find. And yet somehow there are. Of course...

Project Henry’s Hot Rod Update: Picking Off The Little Stuff And A Late Braking Issue That’s A Potential Nightmare

We’re back with another update on our 1940s mongrel N-series Ford tractor project. If you have not been following since the start, we scored this tractor on the cheap and made it run and...

Freedom Factory Construction Update: Light Poles, Speaker Systems, and The Thrash To Fix The Facility Continues

We have been following along with Cleetus McFarland and his quest to restore the former DeSoto Speedway (now the Freedom Factory) back to operational health. He has had some pay per view events and...

The Mistubishi Lancer Evolution Is Coming Back, Kind Of: New Evo Set To Be Electric Crossover

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution has long been a staple of Japanese performance, with AWD, up to 440 horsepower, and a standard manual transmission, the Evo was about as close...

This Ultra Rad Crown Supercoach Bus Would Make A Killer RV, Party Bus, Or Car Hauler!

I love old busses, whether stock, modified into cool RVs or when customized to haul toys. I have seen a few really cool school bus conversions into both open and enclosed ramp trucks to haul race...

If You Think Outlaw Drag Racing Is New, Think Again. Watch The Huntsville Outlaw Nationals From 2006 Here

Outlaw drag racing has been happening for decades, and some of the best in the south can be seen here thanks to our friends at Urban Hillbilly Video. This is the 2006 Huntsville Outlaw Nationals, and...

Speed Secrets: Does Size Really Matter? How Much? Dyno Testing A 5.3 vs 6.0 Stock, Modified, And Stroked To See How Much Cubes Really Matter

Bigger is always better right?  Well maybe not. Or maybe so. Hmmm, is the jury out? Maybe. In todays horsepower video Richard pits a 5.3 vs a 6.0 to see which one is best stock, modified and then...

Today’s Fab Project: A Custom Plate Rear Bumper You Can Build As Well. Click To Get The Plans For Yourself

If you missed the build of the front bumper, then click the link below so you can see that one go together too. In this video a great custom plate bumper goes together for the back of the truck,...

Mechanized Mayhem: Stevie Fast Jackson Teaches You All You Need To Know About Mechanical Fuel Injection

If Stevie Fast Jackson came onto the scene as a guy people knew for his quick wit, funny videos, and ability to talk trash while kicking butt, the now know him as something else. Jackson has...