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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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CL Find: This Beat Looking F-150 Has A Twin Turbo 351 And All The Makings Of The Best Sleeper In America

Normally we limit ourselves to one Craigslist Find per day but the tip we just got on this sleeper Ford pickup that is currently for sale on Craigslist was too good to sit on, we had to run it! This...

Pat Van Racing’s Tom Armitage Gives Us The Tech And Specs Behind The Team’s 10-second Mini-Slingshot Dragster – This Rules

After running the video of Team Pat Van Racing’s miniature, motorcycle powered slingshot running down into the 10-second zone at England’s York Raceway, we reached out to Tom and asked...

Have You Checked Out Jiffy-Tite’s Online Catalog Yet? There’s Tech, Products, and More In There

Jiffy-Tite fittings have been on our brain as of late because we’ve seen them installed on trucks at the Diesel Power Challenge, drag cars at NHRA events from coast to coast,  and on land...

Watching This Hemi Powered Model A Rip Around The Streets At Sunrise With No Mufflers Is Good For Your Soul

(Words by Greg Rourke) – This video has been around for a little while, but it says it all. A primer gray Model A, Chrysler Fire Power Hemi with a half dozen Strombergs, mufflers left at the...

Craigslist Find: The Most Genius Use For An Old School Bus Ever – Conversion Trailer Greatness

Mark Covey is the inspired BangShifter that tipped us off to the most genius use for an old school bus ever which is currently for sale on Craigslist. The premise is insanely simple in the fact that...

Gallery: 50 Photos of Engines

Since we’ve been mowing down the “50 photos” galleries of different styles of cars, we thought it was time to switch gears a little and showcase the coolest part of any hot rod, the...

CLICK HERE FOR LIVE Streaming Video From Mooneyes Mother’s Day Show And Drags This Weekend!

That’s right folks, get your drag racing in on Saturday and then take momma out on Sunday! The Mooneyes Mother’s Day Show and Drags is going on this Saturday, May 10th, at Irwindale...

Hilarious Video: Watch An Estonian Rally Fan Catch A Rock In The Yam Bag And Go Down For The Count

(Editor’s note: This is a re-run but here at BS eastern world HQ, we needed a laugh on a rainy and depressing Saturday. Sure it is at the expense of a guy getting hit in the junk but sometimes...

Ride On The World’s Quickest And Fastest Single Engine Flathead Powered Dragster- 7s On Nitro And Lots Of Boost

The Ford flathead V8 is one of the reasons any of us even know what a hot rod is. Sure, guys were messing around with little four banger engines back in the day but it is was the V8 engine that...

Diggerland USA Is The Most BangShift Approved Amusement Park Ever And It Opens In June

I couldn’t actually allow myself to believe that Diggerland USA was a real thing until I did more investigation and actually determined that it really is a construction equipment themed...

This Fun Recreation Of The Car Chase From Bullitt Pits The Mustang And The Charger Against Each Other On The Historic Silverstone Track In England

We have to give the folks at England’s Silverstone race course for coming up with a unique way to promote their upcoming Silverstone Classic event which will celebrate the 50th birthday of the...

eBay Find: This Sand Buggy Was Built In 1965 And Is A Perfectly Preserved Piece Of Dune Running History

In today’s world of turbocharged, wheelstanding, sand flinging, tube chassied sad cars we often forget the roots of the hobby and cars like this little dune buggy/hot rod that was built in 1965...

We’re Pretty Sure Crashing A Lamborghini Is The Biggest Possible Fail For A Valet (Video)

  In high school I had a buddy that worked at a car wash/ detail shop. He had worked there for years and the place was kind of our clubhouse/hang out. Anyway, when you do stuff for years you...

Gene Fulton Built A Killer Old School Gasser And This Is Video Of His First Time Out With It – Jamming Gears And All!

Gene Fulton is one of the great names in door slammer drag racing history. His engines has powered some of the most fearsome drag race cars of all time and Fulton was a multi-time national champion...