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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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Historic Video: Watch The Semi-Finals and Final Round Of Top Fuel At Indy 1967 – Iconic Garlits

Top fuel at the 1967 NHRA US Nationals represented a lot of things to people that loved the sport back then. Perhaps one of the biggest overtones of the weekend was the end of an era in the class....

Watch This 3D Printed Snow Blower Work Like A Champ On The Front Of An RC Truck

3D printers are amazing pieces of technology. Rapid prototypes, artwork, and other engineering innovations can be produced at an amazing pace with these wonders of the modern world. They can also be...

Historic Pro Stock Video: Southern Fried Pro Stockers From 1974

Pro Stocks circa the mid 1970s were really cool. Tube chassis were not the order of the day yet but there was all kinds of stuff going on beneath the surface of these cars to lighten them, stiffen...

Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest 2020: Blending The Old And The New Together

You couldn’t have two more polar opposites if you tried. Out in the show car fields sat one of my dream cars and a BangShift feature car, Jason McDaniel’s 1969 Shelby GT500. Curving...

It’s The FinalFinal Day Of FREE LIVE Streaming From The Spring Fling Million!$30k Saturday Spills Over To Sunday!

That’s right, the Spring Fling Million, normally held in Las Vegas, and streamed right here on BANGshift.com, that was moved to Bristol, is reaching its final day. It’s $30,000 Saturday...

Day 5: El Toro Update. Build An 8-second Car In 8 Days! They Are Jamming Now

Can they pull it off? An 8-second quarter mile capable car in just 8 days? I think they can and with 5 days down, the boys are making headway. With the talent and resources these guys have they...

Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest 2020: Welcome To The Blue Oval’s Burndown!

LS Fest came and went. MoParty had it’s first showing. That means that it’s time for Mustangs, for Cobras, for Broncos, and every other thing that wears the legacy of Henry Ford on...

Small Block Chevy Power Combos: 400-1000 Horsepower, We Got You Covered Right Here With 7 Different Combos.

I get asked all the time about combinations that will make certain horsepower levels. Whether it’s a small block, an LS, a big block, or whatever, everyone has some magic power number...

Historical Footage: Group A Rallying In The 1990s – Faster Than Group B And Just As Wild!

We tend to look at Group B Rally as the wild era of the sport, and for good reason: manufacturers were all but unchained from regulation, required only the barest minimums of homologated cars, and...

Bargain Racement Part 3: Can You Build A Race Car For The Same Money As A Racing SIM? Watch…

SIM Racing has been getting more and more popular, and the popularity has gone through the roof since COVID-19 came around, and I get why.  But wouldn’t you rather spend that money to go real...

Practical Application: Hydrolocking An Engine Under Load

It’s Engine 101: air compresses, water does not. If you are unlucky enough to have water go down the gullet of your engine and into the bores, your best hope in hell is that you shut the engine...

Bucket List Item: Get A Tour Of A Real-Live Locomotive In Action

Between me and a few friends from my Army days, I am probably the only one who misses railyard detail and working at the Yermo depot whenever we got to go play soldier in the beautiful visage of Fort...

Engin Swap How To: Swap A Gen-3 HEMI Into Your B-Body Mopar With Bolt On Parts!

When engine swaps first started in the early days of hot rodding they were a rarity to see anywhere in public. They were done to race cars and the random hot rod, but not to normal street cars. Over...

Motion Raceworks Is Building An 8 Second Car In 8 Days!!! Meet El Toro!

I’ve been part of a team that built a car in just 48 hours, and I’ve been part of a team that twice built an 8 second car in 10 days, and both required a lot of planning. The task of...