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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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Money No Object: The “Orange Krush” 2009 Dodge Challenger Is Sitting On A Dealership Lot!

(Photos: Speedy’s Garage) Jay Orrand isn’t a name too familiar to BangShift, but you’ve seen his handiwork. Better known as Speedy, he is the driving force behind the ChallengerFest...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh-“Worthy News! This Week: Charity Done Right and More!

1. EcoBusted.(Photo: Ford) Need another set of headlights to memorize as you tear up the Interstate, late as usual? Here you go: Ford has unveiled Special Service Vehicle variations of the F-150 and...

Hellcat The Third: Meet The 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk

While FCA hasn’t dragged out the introduction of the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk as long as the Challenger SRT Demon, make no mistake that the hot-rod Grand Cherokee has been a long time...

This Video Of A Crazy 767 Landing Will Make You Want To High Five The Guys That Designed The Landing Gear

If you have ever ridden in an airplane, chances are that you’ve experienced a landing that wasn’t the smoothest. Lots of times pilots are working against wind and other weather conditions...

Watching This BMW Engine Pump Water Out Of It Spark Plug Holes Is Like A Gearhead Water Fountain

I have no actual concrete reason why but something triggered me to go looking for videos of hydrolocked engines on YouTube. You know the ones. These are the people who decided that their (insert your...

This 1950s Footage That Shows A Rolligon Equipped Army Truck Being Tested Makes Us Crave More Rolligon In Our Lives

The Albee Rolligon is one of the 20th century’s coolest looking inventions and they are functional as well. Still used on specialty vehicles that need to traverse horrid terrain and need very...

27 Hours To La Paz Is A Bitchin’ Period Film From The First Mexican 1000 – Killer Cars, Trucks, And A Familiar Looking Ranchero!

The 1967 Mexican 1000 was one of those races that took a LOT of stones to show up for and compete at. Any time you are going hurtling into the desert for the first time along a route that no one...

Watch This 255hp Rated Stock Eliminator 350 Spin To Nearly 7,600 RPM, Make Nearly 500 lb/ft And Close To 500hp?!

If you are unfamiliar with NHRA or IHRA stock eliminator racing, cars are classed by using a formula that takes the cars weight divided by the advertised horsepower of the engine combo from the...

In Argentina They Put The Motors Inside Their Chevys….Literally Inside Their Chevys

I love falling down the various worm holes that the internet opens up for me because I get to share stuff with all of you that otherwise we’d collectively never know about. Take these videos...

Super Sano Sleeper: This 1974 Chevrolet Vega Can Make You Forget Those Nasty Issues From The Past!

The trials and tribulations of the Chevrolet Vega are well known. GM wanted a small car to take on a new section of market and produced a very handsome vehicle with some major flaws. Pick your...

Hellacious Dyno Video: A Twin Turbo 481x Pro Mod Engine On The Dyno At Darren Mayer Performance Engineering

We’ve been showing you some engine videos this week ranging from old chuffing stationaries to some wicked drag race engines. Well those engines are going to look like a couple of pea shooters...

Unhinged: Removing The Heart Of The Beast (And Cleaning Up The Blood)

“I’ve only got three bolts holding in a crossmember. We undo those, and wrestle everything out, and we will be done. Should be a piece of cake. You in?” Famous last words. After...

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This Guy Wins Plowing With An Awesome Miniature John Deere 9630 – Dual Tires, Perfect Looks!

One of the things I really love about some of the stuff we post is that it shows the ingenuity sand skill of the garage tinkerer. Whether it is a hot rod or something as awesome as this miniature...

The RTRA Texas Radial Round Up Is LIVE Saturday Right Here!

Last year’s RTRA, Radial Tire Racing Association, events at Denton’s Northstar Dragway were some of the record settingest races we’ve ever been a part of, and this weekend’s...