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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Method Race Wheels 58th SCORE BAJA 500 RACE DAY – TT Spec, Class 1, 2WD, Legends, Unlimited

Desert off-road racing is some of my favorite off-road action, and having been to Ensenada for the BAJA 1000, the BAJA 500 is near and dear to my heart as well. If you dig desert off-road racing as...

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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Starts Today And Will Hit 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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FREE LIVESTREAM IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Series: The “Show Me” Shootout – Qualifying from Lake Lucas Indiana

I love drag boat racing, and this weekend is the second race of the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing series at Lake Lucas in Indiana. If you like big power, and big speed, on the water then you want...

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The Inaugural Fendt High Stakes Pulling Event Kicks Off This Weekend! Night 1 and 2 – Dragway 42

Truck and Tractor pulling, like most racing formats, have advanced dramatically in the last few years and that has made the competition at events even closer and closer. This weekend the first, of...

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IHRA Pro Mod Mania Invades Milan Michigan’s Darana Dragway! Huge Purse, Killer Pro Mod and Sportsman Action!

This weekend the International Hot Rod Association visits Milan Michigan for Pro Mod Mania at Darana Dragway which features an insane purse and tons of great racing action. With a total purse of...

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FREE ROAD RACINGL LIVESTREAM: IMSA Mid-Ohio Mustang Challenge, SportsCar Challenge, and Mazda MX-5 Cup Racing LIVE!

Here we go with another great IMSA Racing weekend, this time at the famed Mid Ohio Raceway. The 2026 IMSA Racing season has been hot and this weekend at Mid Ohio features the VP Racing SportsCar...

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The Goldsmobile Is Back On The Road! New Fuel Tank, New Power Steering Pump, And More!

Right place, right time. That is simply the explanation as to how this 1972 Olds Cutlass has returned to the land of the living. The right person was told about the car and instead of being cut up as...

Race Car Or Big Boosted Street Car? Hoonigan Pits The Two Together!

I’m not sure when the A70 Supra gained it’s legendary status. Many will point to the Fast and Furious car from the first film, and that’s not a bad educated guess. But I remember...

A Thousand Times No: Get A Hawk’s Eye View As A Television Antenna Gets Built

To use a quote from James May:  “I genuinely don’t like heights. It’s my biggest failing…among many, I accept.” To me, it’s a matter of platform: the more space I...

2020 FE Race And Reunion Gallery: Delayed Gratification Is Still Gratification!

(Words and photos: Joe Grippo) Well, better late than never, right? After a 5-month Covid causing postponement, the 2020 FE Race and Reunion went down at Beaver Springs Dragway in the rural hills of...

Classic YouTube: The 1973 Dodge Dart Sport “Convertriple”…All The Excitement Over A Fold-Down Seat?

It’s 1973. The party is over, the music has died (except for the shop behind Pontiac’s main office, where you can still hear some early heavy metal blasting.) You’ve got a front row...

Don’t Worry, It’s A Fake: Kicking The Snot Out Of A Restomodded Ferrari 250GTO Tribute

As of now, the most expensive automobile that has ever been purchased was Ferrari chassis# 4153GT, a Ferrari 250GTO. David McNeil, the man who founded WeatherTech, paid a jaw-dropping $70 million...

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Never As Easy As It Looks: Radical Paint Work (And Other Fun With Old Cars)

I am an absolute sucker for super-trick paint. Lowriders, 1970s street machines and disco vans, old hot-rodding fades, metalflake that looks more appropriate on bowling balls than it does on the...

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Funny Car Chaos Season Recap: Nothing Stops The Chaos As Singleton Scores Second Consecutive World Championship

(Words by Chris Graves. Photos by Wes Ramsey, Bob Snyder and Russell Brown)  The challenges faced across the globe due to the pandemic created challenges in motorsports unlike anything we’ve ever...

Project Hay Hauler: We Install The New Engine, A New McLeod RXT Twin Disc Clutch, And Prep For Rocky Mountain Race Week.

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) If you have been following along on my build of 1967 GMC pickup we call Project Hay Hauler, you will have seen I took a 383 I  had collecting dust in the corner...

This Ford Model A Mud Dragger Is Ferocious: 650-cube Big Block And Under 3,000 Pounds!

When the Ford Model A debuted in 1928, the standard engine was a 201 cubic inch four cylinder that made all of forty horsepower. With over three times the engine capacity, and well over 1100...

This Detroit 6V72-Powered International Looks Ready To Rule The Strip In Puerto Rico!

Tractor pulls, diesel drags, and semi-truck racing in Quebec…there’s a lot of room for big rigs to come out and run all-out but without a doubt, the most unique scene in diesel...

Lifter Ill Redux: A Demonstration Of The Gen 3 Hemi Camshaft And Lifter Issue

One of the most infamous videos Uncle Tony has ever released  was his call-out of the cam and lifter issue that third-gen Hemi engines have been known for. The answer is pretty much the same,...

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The Fall Throwdown In T-Town Goes LIVE This Afternoon! FREE Livestreaming Drag Racing Right Here Friday and Saturday!

The Throwdown in T-Town races at Tulsa Raceway Park are some of our favorite events of the year, because not only do they celebrate everything that is awesome in the drag racing world, but they do it...

Radio Silence: Tesla’s PR Team Is Officially Disbanded

I can’t say I’ve got a lot of experience working with manufacturers directly in my few short years of writing for BangShift. I’ve had positive experiences with GM and Ford, and...