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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Wednesday 64 Car Shootout

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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NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert May 1-7!

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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Drill Press Meets Fab Table: Jason From Fireball Tools Built the Drill Press He’s Always Wanted!

Have you ever walked into someone’s shop or garage and seen a tool that got you excited because you realized it is something someone customized? I’ve done it too many times to count, and...

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Free Drag Racing Livestream: Wednesday Testing from the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Nationals at Darana Raceway in Hebron Ohio

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The first two events of the year have been awesome, and this weekend is going to be race #3 from Darana Raceway...

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Chassis, Suspension And Rocker Work On The Martin Lundqvist Racing Fabrication Swedish Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project!

Project 508 is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple videos to share below and will be bringing you more in the coming weeks...

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Rio Heat Show: John Jackson Heads South for the Loudest Show in the Rio Grande Valley! Plus BBQ Joint Visits!

John Jackson is back at it, this time in our home state of Texas as he visits the Rio Grande Valley for the Rio Heat Show. And not only did he capture awesome cars and custom trucks, but also made a...

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Is The Diesel Juice Worth The Wallet Squeeze: We Drive The New Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited EcoDiesel

We’re no stranger to the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited here at BangShift having driven and reviewed various models of the rig over the years. The latest edition of the machine is one that had us...

NHRA Nitro Time Machine: Experience Mark Oswald’s Incredible 1990 Dallas Explosion With Mac and Evans On The Call

Mark Oswald is one of the best funny car racers ever and he graduated that job to become a world champion crew chief who is still in the sport today at the highest levels. As someone who mad this...

Paralysis By Analysis: How Many Different Ways Can You Package A Ram Truck? Let’s Find Out

(By Tom Lohnes) – It’s no mystery that ½ ton trucks have a lot of special editions and trim levels, but I think the Ram 1500 takes the cake for the most. Let’s look at them Now this...

Heavy Haul: Here’s What Happened To That 6-Wheel Chevy From Fast and Furious!

I’ve always maintained that if I was to pick one of the cars from the Fast and Furious franchise, it would be the 1971 Chevrolet Monte Carlo from Tokyo Drift. It’s a primer-painted badass...

Classic YouTube: 1990s World Rally – Not Group B, But Not Bad Either!

The ultimate approval of WRC in the 1990s is this: Toyota, of all the manufacturers, got put on a solid time-out because they engineered a cheat so unbelievably perfect that it bypassed even the most...

New Automobiles: This 1947 Film Has A Message That May Surprise You About Post WWII America

Imagine an automobile industry that was struggling badly, was short on help, raw materials, and was not even close to making their production goals. No, we are not talking about 2020, we’re...

Morning Symphony: The Camshaft Song, Starring This Chevrolet Opala!

The opening to the Van Halen song “Hot For Teacher” is a solid testament to Alex Van Halen’s ability to rig a drum kit to do things far beyond the basics. He effectively connected...

Buy The Book: Don Prudhomme – My Life Beyond The 1320 – Don Prudhomme with Elana Scherr

When it was announced that Elana Scherr and Don Prudhomme were working on a book a couple of years ago, many of us immediately knew that the end result would be great. Between Prudhomme’s...

The New Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer Are On The Way – Luxury SUVs To Compete With The World

(By Tom Lohnes) – The new Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer are out, or at least the concept versions are. Surprisingly not being styled to crazily retro, the new Wagoneer enters the market...

Morning Symphony: The Baddest Buick Electra Around!

The Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is legit. It might weigh as much as the bus I rode to school on, but when you’re powered by the Hellcat engine that Ma Mopar has been handing out to anyone...

Watch Noonan Race Engineering’s Screw Blown Billet LS Engine Make More Than 2,100hp On A Safe Dyno Tune

We remember when the crew at Noonan Race Engineering came to PRI a few years ago and displayed this incredible all-billet LS engine that was wearing a massive screw supercharger. It was a show...

Money No Object: 1977 GMC Sierra C35 – Grandpa Fresh

He got me. Bait, hook, set and all, he got me. Channing Ivey likes to drop me links to interesting vehicles he finds around Virginia. I haven’t looked at vehicles in Virginia with an urge to...

Here’s Our Second Gallery Of Photos From The Rods And Ribs Car Show In Texas

We told you that we had an awesome time at the Rods and Ribs show in Temple this weekend, thanks to our pal Charles Wickam who reminded us it was going on. The show was great, the venue is super...

Git Along, Ol’ Paint: Part Two Of The Crusty Bronco’s Revival Program!

I might have been a bit harsh in calling the 1979 Ford Bronco that Kevin decided to breathe life back into for a cheap truck challenge a “trash can”. It was merely used as one. The second...