FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: DOOR SLAMMERS AT SANTA POD IS TAKING OVER THE ENGLISH DRAG RACING SCENE THIS WEEKEND!

Here is your livestream from the 2026 Santa Pod Door Slammers race! If you want to enjoy three days of great drag racing from England, then this is the livestream for you today. With a huge variety...

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LIVE DRAG RACING: 9th Annual Great American Bracket Race – Dream Team – Saturday

Well, there are a lot of big money bracket races going on in 2026, but only one Great American Bracket Race, and only one with a Dream Team race where it isn’t just up to you, but rather your whole...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 4 At The Texas Motorplex – Saturday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 4! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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FREE BRACKET RACE LIVESTREAM At The AUTOLAND DOOR CAR CHALLENGE – Saturday $50,000

The Autoland Door Car Challenge is on this weekend at Tri-State Raceway in Iowa and we dig it. We’re door car drag racers around here, although I have driven a few dragsters in my day as well. But...

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Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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How Much Horsepower Does An Engine Driven Cooling Fan Really Take From Your Engine?

We tested alternators, engine driven fans, and other accessories on the dyno years ago and I can tell you that most of the accessories on the front of your engine take very little power to turn under...

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Awesomely Weird Video: Watch This Swedish TV Coverage Of Funny Car At The 1980 Cajun Nationals With Jon Lundberg On The English Speaking Call!

We know that Swedes love their hot rods, love their racing, and certainly love anything that goes fast. This isn’t anything new, for sure. In fact we have this 40 year old footage from the 1980...

This Drag-N-Drive 1969 Chevy Chevelle SS 396 Was Stolen & Stripped! This Original Paint & Interior Car Has Been Recovered!

It seems like we hear about cars and trucks being stolen at more and more events nowadays. Whether it is from the hotel parking lot or a local restaurant, thieves target hot rods, customs, classics,...

More Drag Race Photo Coverage From The 2024 NHRA Virginia Nationals: Our Wheels Up And Tire Smoking Door Car Photos Continue!

Here’s our second gallery of door car photos from the Virginia Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park and if you missed our first gallery, or our Nitro category photos, use the link below to...

Street Freak – Part 7: This Mid-Engine Drag And Drive Lambo Powered All-Wheel Drive Volvo Needs To Be Ready For Street Week!

Here’s the seventh video in the series, and more fab work is happening because some stuff hasn’t worked out so far. Now that doesn’t mean all is lost, but it does mean the pressure is...

Awesome Build: Watch This Operational Scale Model Of A Rotary Engine Constructed With Lego Blocks!

This is easily one of the most awesome Lego builds we have ever seen. We know we had some rotary stuff on the front page today already but this is in a different league. The whole engine is custom...

Attainable Fantasy Car: This Review Of The 1994 SLP Firebird Firehawk Reminds Us How Awesome It Was

Gearheads are worrywarts, generally speaking. Every time something changes with one of our favorite cars we assume the worst. This is doubly true when it comes to performance models like the Mustang,...

Drag Race Photo Coverage From The 2024 NHRA Virginia Nationals: Nitro, Nitro, And More Nitro! Top Fuel And Funny Car Photos!

Here’s our second gallery of photos from VMP baby! This time it’s all Nitro classes, so if you love nitro then you’ll love this photo gallery. And if you missed the previous photos,...

Pontiac In 1971: This Compilation Of Pontiac Promotional Videos From The 1971 Model Year Is Awesome

We have showed a ton of cool manufacturer promotional films over the years. We have also told you about the training films that the companies would make and still make to train their sales people but...

The Motor Underground: Chinatown Confidential – Street Gassers, In San Francisco, That Were Built, Not Bought! Episode 2

Here is Part 2 of the Chinatown Confidential series, where the Gassers of Chinatown are the stars. And if you are just joining us, and wonder what the hell we are talking about, you need to read...

Drag Race Photo Coverage From The 2024 NHRA Virginia Nationals: Wheels Up And Tire Smoking Door Car Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) It has been a big year for NHRA Drag Racing and the Virginia Nationals were no different. Virginia Motorsports Park always puts on an epic race, and this one is no...

Own A Buick Grand National? OPGI Is The Place For Your Restoration Parts Needs – Check Out These Videos

There were few cooler cars produced in the 1980s than the Buick Grand National. For a run of about a half decade these things were highly sought after by buyers, highly feared by Mustang owners, and...

TAKE ON THE NIGHT: RetroBright LED Headlights For Classic Rides Make Seeing While Driving A Whole New Experience!

We’ve talked about Holley’s RetroBright headlights here before, and I can tell you that no amount of praise is too much for these things. I know that sounds like a stretch, but the truth...

New Wrecking Yard Inventory! Another F Body! 1983 Chevy Camaro Berlinetta! T-Tops, Originally a V-8 car, Solid

Chad’s got some new inventory at the wrecking yard, and if you are looking for a solid 3rd Gen Camaro project to start, then this one might be the right choice for you. It’s a solid car,...

Polishing Turds Season 2: Part 8 – Head Porting Cody’s ProCharged 360 Cubic Inch Small Block, And How A Port Job Really Effects Flow

In the eighth episode of this new Polishing Turds engine project, Pete is going to be performing some cylinder head porting on this little supercharged small-block so it will be able to make big...