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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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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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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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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...

It’s Grandpa’s Beauty: 1978 Dodge W250 Power Wagon Club Cab

I don’t know what was worse: Brodozer Alley at SEMA this year or returning back to Kentucky, the land of Carolina Squat, the diesel farm kids, and the loudest Toyota Tundra I’ve ever...

Bedlam: The Insane Story Of The Bog At The 1974 US Grand Prix

(Lead photo credit: Fox Sports) – Emerson Fittipaldi finished fourth at the 1974 US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International Raceway. By doing so he managed to collect a Formula One...

Money No Object: The “Shart Cat” Dodge Dart – The Other Hellcat Hemi Classic Build!

Holy hell, was this showdown one for the Internet trolls. What started out as a fan suggestion to the guys at Roadkill for a build-off competition with the guys from the television show Fast...

Climbkhana 2: Challenging The Seven-Mile, 99-turn Tianmen Winding Mountain Road In China

Translated from the native tongue, Tiāmén means “Heaven’s Gate”. A mountain with a natural arch over 430 feet tall, Tianmen Mountain is a spectacular geographical wonder of...

NHRA’s World Finals In Pomona Were Crazy And We’ve Got The Photos! Champs Crowned, Punches Thrown!

The NHRA World Finals was certainly a high energy affair that was totally appropriate for closing out the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Season that’s for sure. We’ve got tons of...

Nitrous Dyno Video: Watch This Ford Engine Roar To Life When It Gets A Face Full Of Nitrous – Way Over 1,000hp

In the great debate of dollars spent versus horsepower return, nothing can tough nitrous on the cheapness scale. Kits can be had for a couple hundred bucks, they are relatively easy to install, and...

Hindsight Is Always So Much Better: Redesigning A 1995 Buick Riviera

For 1995, General Motors was, to the average public, on a roll. They were rolling out numerous models, like the…well, let’s see here: Chevrolet Malibu and Oldsmobile Cutlass, the...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: What Should The Next CHP Vehicles Be?

Oh, there’s a good reason for today’s Question of the Day, readers. Here’s the deal: Currently, the State of California and the Federal Government are in a bit of a war over...

Morning Symphony: 1984 Porsche 930 At Imola – Whale-Tail Ride Along!

Whale-tail. Widowmaker. A car whose “Turbo” badge was more than a quick cheap laugh. The Porsche 930, for all of the posters, all of the cheesy late 1980s pictures of it parked next to a...

Satellite Launch, Part 6: Let Their Be Motion To The Rear Wheels!

It might as well be called the Rust Runner. The 1970 Plymouth Sport Satellite that Kevin (Junkyard Digs) and Luke (Thunderhead289) worked to bring back from the dead earlier this summer is the...

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Run, Rabbit, Run: This 1979 VW Rabbit Is A 3.8L Freakshow!

What in the absolute hell is this thing?! I might be a magnet for the weird and strange, but this 1979 VW Rabbit might be the weirdest and strangest thing I’ve come across yet. At first glance,...