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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 – Friday

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 – Thursday

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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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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Pre-War Perfection: Formula One Racing Action From The Monaco Historic Grand Prix

Here we go with more awesome vintage F1 action from the streets of Monaco! The Monaco Historic Grand Prix is one hell of an event, and it’s back after a few years off! If you dig old race cars, you...

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Fun Video: A Gumby Short Featuring A T-Bucket, The Drags, High Speed Claymation Chase!

It is kind of amazing to think about but Gumby was on television from 1955-1989. That’s one hell of a run. We can remember watching the short claymation sketches as kids and we’re sure...

Craigslist Fun: This 1973 Plymouth Duster Would Make A Great Project For The Dedicated Mopar Fan –

The humor on Craigslist ranges from the long, draw-out diatribes that we sometimes find to this end of the scale which is the “let’s say it with a straight face” brand of automotive...

Video: Watch A Horrifying High Speed Wreck From Brazil’s Formula Truck Big Rig Racing Series

The wreck is so crazy, so over the top, and appears so violent as to be fatal we need to let you know that the driver lived. Sure, he was pretty busted up and is sure to be recovering for a long...

Gallery: 50 Photos of Old Cars With Patina

Patina. Some guys love it, some guys hate it, some guys fake it, and some guys just call it rust. Us? We prefer to call it character! It can be argued that our own Chad Reynolds and his infamous...

Craigslist Find: A 1965 Military Alvis Stallwart 6×6 Amphibious Truck We Want Bad. Real Bad.

There is quite literally no reason why we need this truck. None. But that doesn’t mean we don’t want it really bad. And the fact that it’s less than 6 miles from my house is...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Big Or Small? Which Tires Do You Like Most On Drag Cars?

With South Georgia Motorsports Park’s “Lights Out V” race set to take place next weekend, everyone has Drag Radial on the brain right now. And with the advancements in Drag Radial...

Video: This Old Italian Mechanic Finds, And Restores, The First Porsche Ever Built

Take one gnarly old Italian Mechanic, let him tell the story of his escapades as a kid with the family auto repair business. Sprinkle in the history of an incredibly bitchin collection of Italian...

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Mad Science! A Drag Racer Sliced And Diced A Pair Of LS Heads, Stuck Them Together And Mounted Them On A Ford Inline Six

Now this is really something! A short while back, a thread popped up in the BangShift forums about a racer who had taken a pair of cathedral port LS Chevy cylinder heads, shortened them by one hole a...

This Little Kid’s Reaction To Drifting Around In A Car With His Dad Is Flipping Awesome

What you see in the lead photos is the face of unbridled joy and happiness. What you see in the lead photo is the birth of a gearhead. What you see in the lead photo is a moment lots of us...

Electro-Freak Show: This 1979 Citivan Electric Car Could Be Yours!

We know you you’re thinking and yes, this amazing machine could be yours and the owner would even trade you some junky muscle car for it! Got a Chevelle or maybe a Charger that you just...

Fantastic Video Of Ab Jenkins Hauling Ass For 24 Hours Straight (By Himself) At Bonneville In 1932

We’ve all pushed our own limits, driven through the night, seen things that weren’t really there due to exhaustion and maybe even nodded off at the wheel. Chances are, we did it in a...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Car Did You Take Driver’s Ed In?

A conversation with our own Craig Fitzgerald led to this question of the day. He gave me a smart ass answer to a question I asked him and that answer involved the words Dodge Omni. Like someone...

Ford Fans Rejoice! A Blown Coyote Super Stocker To Kill ‘Em All Is Being Built In Michigan Right Now!

(By Bret Kepner) –  One year ago, Watson Racing teamed with veteran Chris Holbrook to produce the quickest and fastest production car in drag racing history. In the team’s first event,...

This 1978 Kenworth Big Rig Has Marmon Herrington AWD And You Car Buy It Off Of Craigslist

(By Greg Rourke) –  Marmon Herrington was an offshoot of the Marmon Motor Car Company, builder of the winning entry in the first Indy 500.  Walter Marmon later teamed up with Arthur...