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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FREE BRACKET RACE LIVESTREAM At The AUTOLAND DOOR CAR CHALLENGE – Sunday $15,000

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

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 – Sunday

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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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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MSHS HEMI’nsanity At Milan Dragway: Modern Mopar Power Screaming In Michigan!

In the predawn hours, the silence was broken, one by one, as Hemi after Hemi was fired up as if to greet the sun in some bizarre ritual. From the lowliest, most basic stocker to the 8-second capable...

DANNY THOMPSON SETS LAND SPEED RECORD ON MICKEY THOMPSON TIRES – A Family Legacy Realized

When Danny Thompson went ripping down the salt on Sunday morning at Bonnville the entire place held their breath. He had qualified on a record at more than 400mph and there was not one person either...

Wanna Buy A Drag Strip? Accelaquarter Raceway In Illinois Is For Sale – Freshened Track Is Beautiful

Every time a drag strip comes up for sale, there’s always a flurry of activity around it because these places are always a big part of the local racing community’s life. In this case...

Is America’s Best New Racing Facility Going To Be Built Outside Of Oklahoma City? Car Show Photos and Iots of Info Here

(Words and photos by Bad Brad’s Speed Shots) – So, you’re thinking “oh great, another car show in the middle of racing season.” Well gang, this event was held as a visual...

Daddy Dave and Kye Kelley To Throw Down At The Upcoming NMCA World Street Finals!

The NMCA World Street Finals are the conclusion of the five month long NMCA series and after all of the action we saw at the NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl in Chicago, we can promise you that this will be one...

Two Extreme eBay Nitro Dragster Finds, You Pick ‘Em!

(Photo courtesy of Jon Asher – Words by Darr Hawthorne) – Recently a friend sent an eBay link to one of my all time favorite SoCal dragsters, the restoration of the legendary Warren...

Watch LIVE FIA Drag Racing From Germany’s Famed Hockenheim Ring This Weekend!

(Words and photos by Dennis Vos) – Once a year the best of the European teams gather on the “Rico Anthes Quartermile” for their joint trial of strength and this wonderful drag...

Tune In To Live Audio From Bonneville Speed Week 2016 – We’ve Got The Link

If you want live video from Bonneville, pay attention to the BangShift Facebook page for videos that Chad and I will do from around the salt over the course of the next week. They will be sporadic...

Street And Strip Master: This 1972 Pontiac Ventura Will Run Tens All Day Long, Then Cruise Home

We like speed on a budget. The less money you have to spend to haul serious ass, the happier we are. And no car has spelled “low-buck” quite like the GM X-cars. The NOVA series (for...

Jason Rupert Repeats With 3rd IHRA Funny Car Championship At Northern Nationals

(Photos by Big Bob Snyder – Words by Darr Hawthorne and IHRA Communications) Mother Nature once again came into play at the IHRA Northern Nationals in Martin, Michigan and prevented teams from...

The Crow Mod Will Be Pontiac Powered At The Chevrolet Performance NHRA US Nationals

(Photos: Jason ‘Nubs’ Dun – Larry Jeffers Race Cars) – So the internet has been openly speculating about what will be powering Justin Shearer’s Crow Mod at the...

Money No Object: This Blown A/Gas 1964 Dodge 330 Is Giving Us Visions Of Racing Heaven!

It’s almost too perfect: a 1964 Dodge, packing a Hemi with a blower, set up to rock A/Gas, so close to being street worthy it’s not funny, painted bright red, with great trim and a stance...

More No Prep Nuttiness! This Radial Equipped Nova Spins A High Speed 360 and Only Hits Cones

We’re back with another crazy video from the no prep race at Kansas Speedway the other night. This time we see a pair of genuinely beautiful Novas lined up next to each other. Both cars have...

Buy These Two Whitney Twin Wasp 800hp Radial Engines And Start Your Bonneville Freak Today!

So this week at the Bonneville Salt Flats has done what it usually does. It gets our brains spinning at like 8,900rpm and we want to build some sort of bizarre freakshow car or truck to come out and...