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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Mopar Hemi Shootout On Tap At Indy For 14th Consecutive Year – Elephants Will March At 60th US Nationals

Some good news on the drag racing front today as it has been reported that for the 14th year in a row there will be a super stock Hemi shootout at the US Nationals in August. The 60th US Nationals is...

Freiburger and Finnegan Are Currently Driving Mike’s Hemi Powered 1955 Chevy Gasser Across Country – Follow Along Here!

As lots of you already know, the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour will be kicking off in less than a week and the Roadkill guys have been literally working 20 hours a day to build the 1955 Chevy of...

BangShifty Bits From The Pits A Central Illinois Dragway – Cool Cars, Carnage, And Stuff Galore

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – Last week we showed you Greg Rourke’s great action photos from the strip at Central Illinois Dragway. Today we’re taking you into the pits through the lens...

Watch Gary Courtier Suffer One Of The Most Intense And Raging Pro Mod Fires Of All Time

Gary Courtier has been racing pro modified cars in the New England for more than a decade. His machines have always been nitrous injected, they have always been Camaro bodied, and they have always...

Watch An 8 Second Volkswagen Miss A Shift, Causing An Endo, And Then Still Run 170+ MPH!

When Michel Lubberts sent us the tip on this one, after Brian posted the Parting Shift about how bad it was to go from 3rd gear to 2nd gear, I was intrigued by the photo you see above more than...

Action Gallery: The TS Performance Diesel Drags, Beech Bend Raceway – Crazy, Sideways, Smoking Diesel Action

(Words and photos by Bryan McTaggart) – Question: What has enough torque to slow the Earth’s rotation, enough smoke to justify suspicion of an oil derrick fire, and enough turbine noise to...

Watch Steve Matusek Handle A No Parachute Situation In A Pro Mod Like A Boss

There are few things more hairy than seeing a very fast drag race car head through the timing traps and then not seeing the parachutes blossom. While some tracks are longer than others, you know that...

Tommy Johnson Jr Suffers A Boomer Of A Funny Car Explosion At Englishtown

Tommy Johnson Jr. suffered a pretty nasty explosion while driving the Make A Wish funny car at the Toyota NHRA Summernationals yesterday. The car was on what seemed to be a nice, clean run when it...

The Parting Shift: Powershifting Second Gear From Third Gear Is Not Good

Thus far we’ve showcased guys really getting it done with manual transmissions with our Parting Shift items. Today we take an ominous turn into the world of fail. See that tach needle buried...

Friday BOOM: Here’s A Massive Nitrous Explosion From The 2009 Shakedown At E-Town

This is Jeff Rodgers’ Executioner Pro Mod at the 2009 Shakedown at E-Town in Englishtown, New Jersey and at that race the car suffered one of the more massive nitrous pops we have ever...

Craigslist Find: Is This 383 Chevy Powered, 1984 Pontiac T1000 Worth $4,000?

BangShifter Chris Cabe gets the credit for finding this mean spirited little car for sale on Craigslist and sharing it with us. The mean machine is a 1984 Pontiac T1000 which packs a 383 Chevy small...

Watch Tim Arfons Make A Run In His Front Engine Turbine Dragster – Now With The Devil’s Cigarette Lighter Fire Show

We’ve showed you video of Tim Arfons’ awesome recreation of the Green Monster front engine turbine dragster that he debuted last year before but this is the first one we have seen in 2014...

Last Blast Of Stock And Super Stock Coolness From The Maple Grove NHRA Division One LODRS Race

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Funnily enough, depending on the time of the day that you are looking at this blog item, I may actually be announcing the very cars you see in this gallery at the NHRA...

2014 Throwdown In T-Town – More Gassers, Pro Mods, Motorcycles, Action Galore

(Photos by Brad Klaassen) – Yesterday we showed you a ton of awesome photos from the 2014 Throwdown in T-Town Spring edition. We’re back with more photos today and this gallery is...