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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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Goofy Video: Little Car Makes a Big Mess And Nearly Kills Driver In The Process

For starters, we have no idea what country this video was filmed in but we know it is the land that torque forgot. The brain trust involved has a tiny little car hooked up with a chain or some sort...

Morning Symphony: The 2004 Shelby Cobra Concept At M1 Concourse

Ford and “retro” were the perfect pairing in the 2000s. The S197 Mustang did a great job of blending classic lines with a fully redesigned pony, the first full-tilt redesign since 1979....

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Video: A Bill Thomas Cheetah Returns From The Grave To Tear Up The Track – Win!

Few cars have the interesting history that the Bill Thomas Cheetah does. Designed to be Chevrolets answer to the Shelby Cobra, it was an odd looking car that while fast, never had the success on any...

The Most Terrifying Way To The Sevens We Know Of: One Seriously Wicked Turbocharged Hayabusa!

We’ve always watched the drag bike guys with a bit of wonder and amazement, mostly because it must be an absolute bitch to straddle the tank when you have an exorbitant amount of courage in...

Project Phantom, Part 3: Time To Call In The Professionals On Our Project Mustang!

(Words and photos: Joe Grippo) When we last left the saga of Project Phantom, our revival of my wife Stacey’s 1969 Mustang GT, we had made the tough choice to send our ’65 Dodge Coronet down the...

Old Paint: This Ford Pinto Drag Machine Is An Old 1/8th Mile Stormer!

When you’re building a race car, you have to consider weight. That’s not a suggestion, that’s a requirement. Take any kind of racing, and the weight of the machine has to be...

Watch A Guy Chuck A $50-Million Ferrari 250 GTO Around Goodwood Like It Is A Second Gen Camaro – Hero Level!

If there’s such a thing as mechanical royalty we’d say that the early 1960s Ferrari GTO is it. These things sell for tens of millions of dollars, they were killer race cars in their day,...

Bring On The Violence: Rockbouncers Return To Cable Hill

I’m not familiar enough with the rockbouncing community to know the names of just about anywhere they race…except for one location. That would be Cable Hill, which is located within the...

SDBA Drag Boat Races Will Be LIVE Here On BANGshift Starting Sunday Morning!

That’s right folks, we’ve got more Southern Drag Boat Association racing coming to you live right here at BANGshift.com. We were live Saturday morning and will be live again Sunday...

Ask And Ye Shall Receive: The Ford Bronco Can Now Get A 7-Speed With The Sasquatch Off-Road Package

It was one of the most disappointing facets of an otherwise amazing product launch: the seven-speed manual transmission would not be available on the Sasquatch off-road package of the new Ford...

The Challenger Revival Part 24: MoParty And The First Drive

Looking back to the first images of this 1973 Dodge Challenger as it was found, would you have attempted to bring it back to life? Crusted in algae, sinking into the earth, bashed in the...

Homecoming King: A DeKon Monza Recreation Ripping Around Monza

During my early, influenced years, I ate up everything I could about cars that I had an interest in. I knew the  quick origin story of the Mustang before I was in kindergarten. I learned about the...

Gentle, Now: Saving The Jeep That Was Stuck On The Razor Ridge Trail In California

The AllTrails.com description of the Razor Ridge Trail says it clearly: “Razor Ridge Trail and Canyon Road Loop is a 2.7 mile heavily trafficked loop trail located near Loma Linda, California...

Bargain Racement: Can You Build And Race A Car For The Same Or Less Money Than SIM Racing? YES, YES YOU CAN!

Before you start going all gamer bitch on me and start spouting examples of SIM racing setups that are cheap, realize that everyone knows you can do SIM racing at a bunch of different budget levels....