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

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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Pre-War Perfection: Formula One Racing Action From The Monaco Historic Grand Prix

Here we go with more awesome vintage F1 action from the streets of Monaco! The Monaco Historic Grand Prix is one hell of an event, and it’s back after a few years off! If you dig old race cars, you...

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The Mario Andretti Story: Racing’s Most Versatile Driver? America’s Greatest American Racer? Watch

Mario Andretti was a household name when I was growing up watching him race at the Indy 500 and such. His career is insane, with more wins and championships than you can shake a stick at. But what...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 2 of 5 – His Bandit Trans Am Gets New Suspension Installed!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In the...

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Mecum Classic Car Auction Indy Is LIVE Right Here! Watch All The Bidding Action On Your Favorites.

Classic car auctions, hell any car auction, is a good time. Auctions in general are a fun way to maybe get a deal and to have a better time doing it than just walking up and making a purchase. They...

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Unveiled: Tesla Cybertruck – Who Ordered The DeLorean Crossover?

On one hand, it’s easy to count how many times Tesla was underrated, expected to fail, seen as a hopeless money pit and wound up delivering. The first Roadster, the Model S, Model 3, Model...

Random Car Review: The Chrysler Kit Car Program – The Original Saturday Night Special

It is strange to picture just how incompetent management inside of Chrysler actually was during the 1970s. Lynn Townsend, who had been a strong benefit to Chrysler after the disastrous 1957 model...

The “WTF?!” Files: 1JZ-Swapped Ford Taurus – Um…What?!

The Ford Taurus has a fantastic reputation from the moment it was introduced as Ford’s eye to the future of the family car for 1986 through 1995. After that, things went…well, okay, they...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: Is There Really A Justification For The V8?

I hear the buzzing, I see the nest perfectly fine, and yet I’m still picking up the stick and preparing to swing. It seems like the perfect time to smack the hornet’s nest with this...

Smoking Hot: Five Corvettes At Fire Sale Prices!

I don’t need to know the person who wrote this ad to understand what is going through their mind. The listing and the pictures say it all: five Corvettes – a 1961, a 1964, a 1970, a 1972,...

Get Your Popcorn: General Motors Just Filed A RICO Lawsuit Against FCA!

Ladies and gentlemen, settle down and prepare to witness a very entertaining spectacle. On November 20, 2019, General Motors filed a RICO lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, claiming that FCA...

Tough Ride: This Look Back At The Wreck Frank Soldridge Had In His ProLine Powered Mustang At Sweet 16 Is Hardcore

Hans at Free Life Films is one of the hardest hustlers in the drag racing video game. This is a guy who has amassed a huge archive of footage from any number of different events. He is a staple at...

Incredible: Jianna Salinas’ NHRA Finals Victory Was Among The Most Improbably Awesome In History (Video)

There are ways to get your first win and then there’s how Jianna Salinas did it at the 2019 NHRA Finals. Not only was it her first win, it was on a deciding pass for the world championship of...

Million Dollar Baby: This Ferrari 250 GTE/GTO Reconstruction Is An Interesting Piece Of History

The Ferrari 250 GTO is the most valuable car in the world. The few that have been sold at auction bring tens of millions of dollars and they escalate in value each time one of the rare machines is...

Finnegan’s Winter Project: Getting His Twin-Turbo Jet Boat Closer To The Water!

For quite a bit of time now, most of what we’ve seen out of Mike Finnegan has involved his 1955 Chevrolet, “Blasphemi”, and his racing trips that occur in-between rebuilds of the...

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Money No Object: 1966 Chevrolet Caprice 427 – Aiming Much Higher

It’s 1966, and while some understand what’s going on, it’ll be a couple more years before the first musclecar era goes from low-key to buck wild. Chevelles, Polaras,...

Bob Mayer Versus The 1979 AMC Spirit: Mr. Honesty Checks Out The Liftback!

He has a face that is full of happiness and honesty. He has a voice perfectly suited for the evening news. And he has the ability to tell the truth about a car without one single shining letter...

NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Photo Coverage From Pomona’s World Finals Right Here

The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing series has come to an end for 2019, but not before a great season that ended with multiple class championships relying on the final few rounds at the final event of...

Cummins Into A Komatsu, Part 2: Getting The Dodge-Swapped Bulldozer Up And Going

How many of you would actually and honestly attempt to perform an engine swap on a bulldozer? We’re not talking, “oh, we broke it, get a new engine for it”, we’re talking new...