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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got Dan Grippo Photos Right Here!

(Words by Joe Grippo, photos by Dan Grippo) We hauled the race cars up to picturesque Beaver Springs Dragway the other weekend for the annual All Ford Race and Car Show. Sunshine, blue skies, and...

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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing– Thursday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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LIVE: LARIS Motorsports Insurance $100K Presented by Vintage – Thursday

Watch the Motormania LIVE Coverage from the TB Promotions Laris Insurance $100k at Bowling Green. This is going to be some great racing with a $25K race, two $50k races, and the big $100,000...

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FREE Big Money Bracket Racing LIVESTREAM: The SuperBucks Showdown Presented by Get’M Performance All Run Thursday Warmup $5k

More big money bracket racing coming to you live! It’s Thursday at the SuperBucks Showdown presented by Get’M Performance and that means there is $5,000 on the line to warm up everyone for two...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! More Day 1 Racing at Darana Raceway National Trail in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 1, when the driver’s...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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This Scrappy Little Kia Sportage Proves You Don’t Need A Ton Of Money To Go Rockcrawling

A Kia Sportage on the front page of BangShift.com…yes, there’s a good reason for it, I promise. Think about it: these things are dirt-cheap, have a sewing machine for a motor, and have...

Classic YouTube: Chad Reed’s Flight At The 2011 Spring Creek Nationals in Millville

I love dirt bikes. I have great respect for dirt bikes, because most of my early teenage years I spent lots of free time trying to kill myself on dirt bikes. Even the best riders can tell you that...

Beating A Live Horse: This King Cobra Mustang II Gets Flat-Out Abused And Comes Back For More

I’ve admitted in the past that I have a fascination with one particular car build: a flat-black beater small Ford that can tolerate all of the abuse I could ever throw at it with a screaming...

Eastern European Off-Roading At It’s Finest: A Trabant Trar!

The lowly Trabant 601, the car that took three people to assemble: one to cut, one to fold, and one to paste. These two-stroke-powered little beasts were the most popular car in East Germany, but...

Carnage Video: Wreckage From Pikes Peak – Fire and Falls, This Video Has It All

The Camaro laying on it’s side on one of the last stretches of the old dirt section of Pikes Peak illustrates nicely why the mountain and the race are an international focal point in...

WILD RIDE: Top Sportsman Racer, Ronnie Proctor, Goes For One Hell Of A Ride

Sometimes stuff just doesn’t go the way you think it’s going to go, and sometimes when that happens it will get your attention in a hurry. Such is the case with poor Ronnie Proctor, who...

Bad Words Incoming: The Stump Fights Back Against The Suburban!

For most people, the whole “F**k Luck” movement is meant to mean that luck does not exist, and that what most people perceive as luck is more a reflection of proper planning, use of...

Historical Footage: Al Unser, Jr.’s Trip To Lake Lloyd At Daytona During A 1978 IROC Race

IROC racing in 1978 was a grab bag of everything: drivers came from NASCAR, SCCA, Indy, drag racing and even outlaws. The Camaro used was the 1978 body, which was more NASCAR than the street cars...

Hyper Spin Cycle: What Happens If You Hot-Rod The Washing Machine?

When my wife and I purchased our house back in 2015, we went a bit nuts with the appliances. Our refrigerator unit is wicked. Our stove is amazing. Our dryer is a beast, especially given how much cat...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: That Ain’t New, Chief.

As a general rule, when you finally break down, drive to the parts house, and break out your wallet for it’s next fleecing, you at least want a new (or properly re-conditioned) part in return...

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Heat Stroke Of Genius: Waking Up A Storage Locker Olds Cutlass!

Let’s start this piece honestly: if this car had a price tag, I’d be spending money right freaking now. I’m not brand specific, but you do not have to work to convince me that most...

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Watch Some High Flying, Bone Jarring, Gnarly Looking Tuff Truck Racing At Dennis Anderson’s Off Road Park

Clearly Dennis Anderson’s largest contribution to society is the Grave Digger monster truck but a growing second is the off-road park that he opened up a couple of years ago and has been...

Epic Win: How A Lowly Midget Race Car Beat The Best Sports Cars In The World At A Wild Race In 1959

The greatest upset in the history of road racing in America came on July 25, 1959 at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut. It was on that day that Rodger Ward drove a direct drive, hand brake, single speed,...

Random Car Review: It’s A Car Up Front, An RV In The Back, And It Doesn’t Look Like An Aztek…It’s The 1972 Toyota RV-2 Concept

Saying “Toyota RV” conjures up images of one of those tiny little Hilux-based cube vans, doesn’t it? You know the ones, it’s half Toyota 2wd truck up front, and one huge box...