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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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That Went Well: Watch A Polish Motorcycle Rider Turn A Burnout Into A Ghost Rider Remake

Ok, I’m going to let fly an opinion here that may tweak some people the wrong way. Basically, motorcycle burnouts, unless there is a slick tire involved or some sort of racing about to happen,...

Kansas City Cash Days! Super-Close Racing With A Mix Of Rides On The Plains!

There’s nothing like close, tight racing that leaves everybody wondering just who in the hell took the stripe at the end. Nothing. And when it’s two cars that are fighting and losing the...

Could Be Fun: This 1972 Pontiac Wagon Has The Fun Bits Ready…How Would You Finish It?

Creating a phantom musclecar out of an otherwise ho-hum station wagon variant of the same model is always a popular idea. Satellites into Road Runner wagons, a Vista Cruiser turned 442 W-30, even the...

Would You Rather: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Vs. 1972 Ford Gran Torino!

The midsize sedan is a dying breed, according to every rag and blog out there right now. Whatever…they can sing the praises of crossovers and cars that drive themselves until they are blue in...

2018 NHRA New England Nationals: From Stock Eliminator To Top Fuel and Prep Tractors our Last Blast Of Photos Has It All

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – It’s hard to believe that it was basically a week ago when we were up in Epping, New Hampshire sucking snoot full of nitromethane and watching super stockers...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Would You Hand Over Your Driving Data For Gifts?

Most people know that when they reach rock bottom, that they should stop digging. Apparently the minds at Mitsubishi decided that once the shovel quit being useful, that they would ask for a...

Morning Symphony: The 2018 Goodwood Festival Of Speed’s First Day Of Action!

That little green speck you are seeing in the lead photo is an Aston Martin Cygnet. A rebadged Scion iQ that was actually sold to the public, it might be the most off-putting rebadge since a Chevy...

2018 Hot Rod Power Tour Photos – From Lowered Four Doors To Buses, This Event Has Them All!

(Photos by Mike and Jon Brooks) –  We’re back with more Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour photos! This time we have everything from lowered four doors to buses because Mike and Jon Brooks took...

Red Bull Literally Pits A Rugby Team Against An F1 Car – Insane And Awesome

We often marvel at the disposable income a company like Red Bull has. The good thing is that it allows them to do insane things like produce a video called F1 Scrum where they pit the slightly...

Morning Symphony: This Diesel-Swapped Trabant Is Rocking Diesel Power!

What turbodiesel mill could run 180 horsepower, yet make a Trabant 601 move out at a blistering pace? We are going to spitball a guess and say that it’s probably a Volkswagen TDI mill that has...

2018 NHRA New England Nationals Action Photo Coverage: More Nitro and Pro NHRA Action

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – We’re back with more photos from the blown out 2018 NHRA New England Nationals. Dave Nutting killed the images at this race, capturing one of the most rarely...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Older Car Would You Use As An Investment?

It’s almost a no-brainer: holding onto a classic car as an investment is a solid financial decision, provided you bought low and found the nicest, most original example of the breed you could...

Ten Years Too Long: The Tata Nano, The World’s Cheapest Car, Is Dead

When word starting floating around that the Indian manufacturer Tata was going to produce the Nano, a small four-door, exceptionally basic car whose price would undercut not only new cars, but used...

Classic YouTube: When The Chutes Don’t Come Out, Just Take Turn One!

Whether or not you realize it, you develop a pattern when you operate machinery every day. You get in the car, key the ignition, make sure the engine is running, select gear and drive. When you park,...