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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Main Event At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Top Fuel, FIA Championship Drags, And More!

One of the biggest drag racing events in Europe is on this weekend and you can watch it right here, live! The event is the kickoff for the 2026 FIA Championship drag racing season and it is also...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Indy 500 Driver’s Meeting! With All This Qualifying And Practice Done It’s Almost Time To Race! Watch It All Live Here! INDYCAR SERIES

We’ve got a few days until the start of the Indy 500, but there is plenty of practice and qualifying action to watch until then! We’ve got live streaming video from the Indianapolis Motor...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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Saturday $20,000 Race AND Wheelie Contest! Wasting Fuel Productions Coal Rush $20ks Big Money Bracket Racing Weekend LIVE!

It’s time for more LIVE big money bracket racing. This weekend’s Coal Rush 20s start now and promise tight racing and big payouts. With other races being cancelled this weekend due to...

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Building The Rearend and Custom Race Steering Wheel For The Martin Lundqvist Racing Street Week Sweden Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project!

Project 508 is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple videos to share below and will be bringing you more in the coming weeks as...

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FREE Drag Racing Livestream: 9th Annual Strange Engineering Ronnie Buff Memorial Friday

There is soooo much going on at the 9th Annual Ronnie Buff Memorial race at Shadyside this weekend! No matter what kind of racing you are into, there is going to be something here for you to enjoy....

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“Hellaflush” Stanced Vehicles Now Illegal in Quebec, yo.

“Hellaflush”, or “stanced” cars, have now been officially banned in the Canadian province of Quebec. Citing concerns over safety in regards to vehicle handling, the SAAQ...

Honda NSX Burns Down At Nürburgring…It’s Official, It’s A Modern Supercar!

We’re pretty sure that if you utter the words “trial by fire” anywhere near a Honda tester right now, you’ll be knocked the hell out. During testing at the Nürburgring...

Volvo Introduces System That Keeps Drivers From Making Unsafe Left Turns As Part Of Their “No Deaths” Promise

Volvo and safety go together like peanut butter and jelly. From the rolling bricks that were 242’s to today, if there is only one word to describe the cars turned out by the company,...

Diesel Power Challenge Week: Quarter Mile Heads-Up Drag Racing At Bandimere

Last week I went on a bit of a rant when internet keyboard jockeys everywhere started calling out the Challenge Hellcat for running 12s at Bandimere when it had run in the low 11s on street tires at...

Lions Super Pull Of The South Coverage: Modified Mini-Tractors Take On The Sled – Fuel Altereds Of The Pulling World

(Words and photos by Bryan McTaggart) – If the National Tractor Pulling Association wanted to accurately name the Modified Mini-Tractor class, the name would have to include at least one swear...

Cruise Gallery: More Cool Cars And Trucks From The Kearney Cruise Kickoff Party – Kearney, Nebraska

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – When our pal Scott Liggett decided to ditch out on life in Los Angeles for a job with Blueprint Engines located in the heartland of America known as Nebraska we...

If You Want Trick, Check Out These Ultra Trick Billet Aluminum Spindles From Chassisworks

We see a lot of cool parts around here, but we have to say that the gang at Chassisworks may have just come out with the most bitchin looking spindle ever. And based on the specs, and possible...

Meltdown Drags 2014 Coverage: The Cars Came From All Over And The Show Will Be Talked About For Days

(PHOTOS BY GREG ROURKE AND BOB CHILUK) – We’re back with more sweet, sweet action photos from the  Meltdown Drags 2014 that happened at Byron Dragway last weekend. With more than 500...

The Incredible Photo Sequence Of The Tugboat Cahaba – How It Managed To Submerge Under A Bridge And Live – Detroit Diesel Power FTW

(Words by Greg Rourke – Photos by Unknown) – Here on BangShift we see all sorts of great drivers making all sorts of brilliant saves on drag strips, oval tracks, and autocross events....

This 1963 Dodge D300 Wrecker Is Awesome And Insanely Cheap – It Was Saved Once And Now Needs A Good Home

This is a live breaking report from the Brian Lohnes home for wayward tow trucks. There’s a wrecker out there that needs a new home and YOU…yes, YOU are the one to grab it. The truck was...

Nut Driver: Evolution Driving School And Flying Parts!

[“Nut Driver” features updates on Dave Nutting’s attempts to daily drive his 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in Massachusetts 365 days a year] Before continuing on, if you want to catch up on the...

BangShift Public Service Announcement: Don’t Ever Get Into A Motorized Lift With This Guy

Consider this the best advice that we’ll give you all day. DO NOT, under any circumstances get into a motorized lift with the guy in the video below. Why? Well you’ll see when you...

Ebay Find: Testing The Limits Of Celebrity And The “Low Mileage” Mark With A Clean K-car LeBaron. How Much Will It Sell For?

“Low Miles” and “Celebrity Owned”. As a general rule, your eyes roll when you see those two phrases as you troll eBay looking at stuff you can’t possibly afford. But...

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Caption This: No, It’s Ok…I Can Get A New Car.

Bees are good for many things: beeswax has many uses, honey is very delicious, they pollinate flowers and assist in the creation of food. Bees have two downsides: they swarm and they sting. The...