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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million Dollar Main Event! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – Million Dollar Friday!

It’s Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring...

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$43,000 to Win!!! Cleetus’ AWD vs RWD Shootout At Bradenton Motorsports Park was INTENSE, Fun, And Surprising! Who Took It All?

When Cleetus first put up the challenge to pit the best two wheel drive no prep rides up against the best all wheel drive no prep rides, the world lost its mind. The arguing, smack talk, bragging,...

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Stories N’ Steel: Rick Lefever – From a small town to becoming one of the countries most sought after fabricators.

Our friend Brad King, an amazing pinstriper and letterer, is back with another Stories N’ Steel episode where he is interviewing another legend of the hot rodding world. This time it’s...

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ROAD TRIP GOLD with David Freiburger and an AMAZING SURVIVOR 1961 Plymouth Belvedere

Man these cars are something. Ugly? Kinda. Weird? Absolutely. 100% Mopar? You ain’t kidding. There is something about the 1950s to mid 1960s Mopars that makes them really stand out. Styling...

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The Hot Rod Hoarder Shares The HISTORY of Alabama’s Favorite Wheelstanding Farm Truck!

Only in the 1960s did a track like Baileyton Goodtime Dragstrip have an in house wheelstander. I mean it wasn’t theirs, but was regularly seen at the track and there are tons of stories about...

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Show Coverage: 2016 Racecar and Motorsports Expo – Pennsylvania Racers Come Out in Force

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – As the first major snowstorm of the year began to dump 2 plus feet of snow on Southeastern Pa, racers and fans from all over filed into the Greater...

Top 11: Our Favorites From Mecum’s 2016 Kansas City Auction – How Would You Treat Yourself?

Now that Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale auction is over, with any luck prices for cars at auction will drop back into the realm of reality. It’s a hope, anyways…after cruising the...

This Nissan Patrol Still Has The Plastic On The Seats And Less Than 100 KM On The Odometer, But Is Ready To Stomp Lamborghinis!

The Nissan Patrol is a big SUV. In person, it’s pretty comparable to a Chevrolet Tahoe in size, but unlike the Tahoe, you wouldn’t have any reservation about off-roading one. The...

24 Hours Of LeMons Barber Action Gallery and Race Report – Cool Stuff Here!

(By Eric Rood) –  I’ve taken most of the week to catch up on work and sleep after a long drive back to Chicago from the 24 Hours of LeMons race at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham,...

Scary Ride: Watch Gary Densham Suffers A Parachute Failure And Hit The Catch Net Hard At Pomona

Gary Densham is OK after having suffered a very scary incident during qualifying for the 2016 NHRA Circle K Winternationals. As you will see in the video below, Densham suffered a parachute failure...

FREE LIVE STREAMING VIDEO From The IHRA Pro-Am In Bradenton Florida Right Here!

More live drag racing right here at BangShift.com baby! The IHRA Season is in full swing, and the IHRA Pro-Am Series is in Bradenton Florida right now with great side by side drag racing action. If...

Pro Touring Video: A Look At The 2015 Midwest Muscle Car Challenge – Great Action and Fun

The 2015 Midwest Muscle Car Challenge brought some of the coolest pro touring cars and people from across the country to Indiana and they’re planning on doing it again in 2016. The...

Want To Buy The Coolest 1967 Chevelle In The World? Good It Is For Sale Right Here

Sometimes accuracy is overrated. History tells us that a 1967 Chevelle wasn’t much of a contender in the gasser era but it matters not when you look at a car like this and see how flipping cool...

Rough Start: A Lifted, V8 Swapped Ford Explorer, Because The Family Car Shouldn’t Suck

What’s the bane of a young family that has a gearhead? Being reasonable when it comes to the “family car”. Contrary to popular belief, your 1991 Chevy Camaro isn’t going to do...

2016 Cincinnati Cavalcade of Customs: Our Final Look At The Great Show – Mechanical Coolness!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Last gallery from us for this event.  I’ll tell you that I do not overly enjoy shooting indoor.  I don’t hate it, but the lighting just isn’t my...

Classic YouTube: Off-Roading Some Funky Subarus In Washington State

Confession: until about five years ago, I didn’t know what to call the cars you are about to see. All I knew them as were “Subaru wagons”. They weren’t Leones or Loyales or...

Aeromotive Becomes 2016 NHRA Contingency Program Sponsor – Win and WIN!

Good news for you NHRA racers out there as Aeromotive has rejoined the NHRA contingency program in a big way. Aeromotive products will be part of the program in the following classes: Pro Mod Pro...

Muck Tested, Kid Approved: We Try New Muck Daddy Hand Cleaner and Scrubbing Wipes

When it comes to options of cleaning up your grime covered hands at the end of a wrenching session there are a myriad of them to choose from. Some of them work well enough and some of them are total...

Race OR Cruise! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2016 Registration Opens At Noon Eastern Saturday Feb 13th!

RPM Magazine’s Rocky Mountain Race Week is the ULTIMATE test of street car drag racers, competing on quarter mile strips every day for a week while driving 1300 adventurous miles between...