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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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FREE DRAG RACING DOWN UNDER: The Gulf Western Oil Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway Australia Right Here!

The Aussies are as ate up with drag racing as we are, and this weekend’s Gulf Western Oil Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway prove it. This is a great race track with great crowds and great...

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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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Watch This Big Block Ford Powered Monster Pickup Haul The Sled And Pull Wheelies

Ok, consider this this big block powered Ford truck is too cool not to share. Sitting on big 2.5-ton Rockwell axles and sounding all the world like it is ready to bust free from the sled and make a...

Amazing Videos: Footage From The National Challenge ’72 -Garlits VS Wally!

It is one of the coolest drag racing tales of the last 50 years and we told you the whole story of “National Challenge ’72” the rogue drag race that Don Garlits dreamed up, Jim...

Up What Creek, Again? Finding Quicksand On An Australian Off-Roading Adventure

It’s been fall for roughly a week in Western Kentucky and frankly, I’m already sick of it. I’m sick of watching the sun hit the horizon earlier and earlier. I’m not thrilled...

Video: The Most Insanely Complex, Smokey, and Slow Motorcycle Ever Built

We applaud creativity here. We applaud people who are individuals and that are not encumbered by the hum-drum normal thought process everyone else seems to be. These are often the most interesting...

French Delicacy: The Renault-Alpine A110 1600S – Over The Roads Avec Style!

One word that I often hear associated with the French is “arrogant”. It’s true. French people themselves will tell you as such. Their food is top-tier when done by the best chefs...

KABOOM! A Pair Of Starting Line Manifold Explosions That Got Everyone’s Attention

Big nitrous engines provide some of the most entertaining thrills at drag races across the country. When things are on and going right, there are few things cooler than a 900ci engine thundering down...

Battle Barge: This Buick Park Avenue Has Big Block Olds Power And Is One Sneaky Grudge Machine

It took me exactly 3.4 seconds to find the video below which was posted on the VictoryRedColorado YouTube page. Shot at Byron Dragway in Illinois this video features an unlikely grudge racing hero....

Awesome Historical Video: GM’s Parade of Progress, With Futureliner Action

The General Motors Parade of Progress was a traveling road show that crisscrossed the country during the 1940s and 1950s, stopping only for WWII. Its purpose was to show people new advances in...

The Upcoming Tesla Model S Plaid Is A Maniac Sedan With 1,080hp and More Torque

(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you want the quickest current production car with the most boring name on a current production car? Well, Tesla has you covered with the Model S Plaid. With a claimed...

Hot Parts: Mark Williams Enterprises upgrade for the C4 Corvette Rear Wheel Hub Shaft Solves The Problems Of Breakage

The C4 Corvette is one of the hottest platforms in hot rodding these days. Why? The cars can be had cheaply, there’s loads of hot parts available for the chassis, engine swaps are becoming more...

Transmission Tech Video: Reassembling A Chrysler A-833 Four Speed – Grabbing Gears The Old School Way

The four-speed manual transmission transformed the mighty cars go the early 1960s from slip sliding automatic equipped beasts to the straight line missiles that we all still admire and love. They...

It’s The Van, Man: This 1975 Chevrolet Promotional Film Hawking Vans Is Pretty Awesome

What’s old is cool again, right? In many ways that line is the truth for all automotive enthusiasts who love the machines that carried us around decades ago, but the van world is booming right...

Turbonique Video: Watch This Amazing Footage Of Jack McClure On His Turbonique Rocket Go Kart

We have talked a lot about Captain Jack McClure here on BangShift over the years and that’s because the guy deserves it. He is nearly 90 years old and has the attitude of a 25 year old and the...

The Fuel Finals: Watch Tommy Johnson Jr and Doug Kalitta Score Victories At The NHRA Midwest Nationals

Yesterday we told you about the insanity that was Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway and the Mopar Expresslane NHRA Midwest Nationals. Today we’re going to show you the final round runs of...