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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The Parting Shift: Watch This Driver Pull Wheelies And Rip Gears In A Beautiful, Clutchless G-Force Equipped Monte Carlo

After Nutting’s transmission spit the bit in his Monte Carlo last week he has been mulling which direction to go with a gearbox. Should he just have the 200 rebuilt and be done with it? Should...

Watch Lee Shepherd and Bob Glidden Square Off In the Pro Stock Final At The ’79 Cajun Nationals! Big Mac and Evans On The Call

Well this video certainly touches ALL the right bases, huh? For starters we have Bob Glidden taking on Lee Shepherd which was a common sight not only in 1979 but in the years follow up until Shepherd...

Indiana Loses A Strip – Can The Eighth Mile At Chandler Motorsports Park Be Saved?

The drag strip at Chandler Motorsports Park in Indiana has been open for more than 50 years but as recent news tell us, the hometown drag strip will no longer be opening its gates for drag racers to...

Dynamite Run – A Documentary About the 1974 AHRA Winternationals

We got a note from pal-o-BangShift Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian cluing us in the on the fact that she unearthed and posted an totally cool old drag racing documentary film called “Dynamite Run”....

Update: 1949 Cadillac Is The Standard Of The World (When It Comes To Sleepers) – A Total Q-Ship From Hell! (And Now It Is For Sale)

When Jon Sandahl called me up and said, “Hey, you should probably come over here and take a look at this thing,” in reference to a 1949 Cadillac coupe, I was a little confused but hey,...

NHRA Sends Letters Announcing License Revocation To Street Outlaws TV Cast – Competition Licenses To Be Revoked If Participation Continues

The NHRA has sent strongly worded letters to virtually everyone who is appearing or has recently appeared on the hit Discovery Channel television show Street Outlaws. This show follows the exploits...

Pro Mod Action Photos From The 2015 US Street Nationals At Bradenton Motorsports Park

(Photos and words by Benoit Pigeon) – I went down to this year’s edition of the Street Nationals knowing that there would be a tv crew from Canada filming Pro Mods.  Sure enough, all week...

Old Funny Car Shopping? This Mustang Body And Chassis Weren’t Born Together But The Have History

Another week, another awesome old race car resurfacing after years of hiding. This time we are talking about a Mustang funny car and like lots of old drag race cars, the body and the chassis have...

These Canted Valve 4.3L Chevy V6 Heads Were Designed For Big RPM And Big Power

The Chevy 4.3L V6 as well all know is basically 75% of a Chevy 350 so it only makes sense that there would be a market for speed parts for these engines but we never knew the extent that Chevy went...

This All-Steel 1949 Anglia Is LS3 Powered And Evil! Finishing Work Needed

I”ve got to thank Wes Tarkington for chirping into my ear about this awesome steel 1949 Anglia that is currently for sale on eBay. The car has an LS3 engine so that’s 400+ horsepower of...

Watch A Pro Mod Body Get Narrowed At 150mph By Both Walls – OUCH

The Pro Mod class has evolved more than perhaps any other in the last 10-15 years. These cars have gone from lots of motor and little chassis to refined beasts that make more power than ever and do a...

Lancaster National Speedway And Dragway Renews IHRA Sanction, Revives Weekly Quick 16 Program

Two great pieces of news for drag racers in the Buffalo, New York area today as the reinvigorated Lancaster National Speedway and Dragway has announced that they have renewed their longstanding...

Love Small Tire Drag Racing? Small Tire Nation Has A Massive Calendar Of Events From Across The Country

Someone finally went and did it. Someone finally did the thing that every small tire drag racing fan in the world has wanted for a long time and that is to create a place where there’s access...

Rough Start: This 1966 Plymouth Fury Is Ready For The Strip Or Could Be Put On The Street In Short Order

We all want to drive something absolutely badass, something that looks the part, can move like none other, and makes the right noises…none of which really works when your budget is...