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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 Qualifying Is On! 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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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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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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Testing Video: Chaos SuperNationals Testing at Summit Motorsports Park. Funny Cars, Fuel Altereds, and More!

The Chaos Series has been going hot and heavy so far this season, and with lots more racing left there are a lot of teams out there battling it out for points. And the competition is getting tougher,...

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We’ve Seen Some Funny Gift Guides For Men, But This Video Just Might Take The Cake

What does every man need for Christmas? Well, according to the girl in this video the answer is…hubcaps. Or wheel covers as she points out, in technical terms. Apparently the folks at...

The Roadkill to End All Roadkills – Motorhome Mayhem Saves A 1968 Charger

Truth be told, I got to sneak peek this episode during the PRI show one nice after we finished up on Roadkill LIVE for the day. We all huddled around the video guy’s computer and watched this...

NutJob: Performance Modifications And Diminishing Returns

Yesterday, Rodney wrote a really interesting piece on the cost of building a high performance car and how in many cases it may make more sense to purchase a finished product if you in any way value...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: Does Your Significant Other Think You Are As Hard To Shop For As Mine Does?

While finishing up the last of our Christmas shopping last night, Daphne turns to me and says “I’m just not happy with anything I got you. None of it is very personal. You suck because...

Merry Christmas Year One Style: Turbos, Trans Ams, and Tire Smoke Oh My!

If you aren’t familiar with the guys over at Year One, then you haven’t built a car in the last 15 years. And if you don’t know about their affinity for burnouts, then this video...

Mix One Old Nissan Maxima, One Talented Filmmaker, And Plenty Of Sarcasm, And Nissan Will Buy It Back!

This video is hilarious. Apparently when Luke Akers decided to sell his aging Nissan Maxima he thought the most fun way to do it would be to use his creative skills as a filmmaker and showcase...

Watch This! The Biggest Tree Trimming Saw Ever And The Crazy Bastard That Wields It!

We are fans of crazy cool stuff around here, and it really doesn’t matter what it is as long as it’s motorized. Well, this is one bad ass motorized mother of mayhem. It’s actually...

The Parting Shift: A 1950 GMC with Two Transmissions and Two Screaming Strokes of Detroit Diesel Power!

Oh man, is this cool! We stumbled upon this video of a kick ass 1950 GMC truck zipping down the road and making sweet, sweet diesel noise from the turbocharged four cylinder Detroit engine and...

Shell Prelude: Watch the world’s largest floating facility float out of dry dock

Say what you will about how things made today aren’t up to the quality standards of years past, but the Shell Prelude is proof that man can still accomplish amazing engineering feats when tasked to...

The 2013 BangShift Awards – Awards That Have No Meaning And Very Little Value Inside!

(Photos by Dave Nutting, the author, random people about town, Charles Wickam, and a cat named Boots) – Hello and welcome to the 2013 BangShift Awards For Automotive Excellence. These awards...

New Product: Hotchkis Sport Suspension Announces New APS Adjustable Shocks Are Available Now

Shocks seem to be the hottest thing in the aftermarket lately, and the guys at Hotchkis have decided they are going to jump in with both feet with the introduction of their new APS Adjustable shocks...

“I will not ship these wheels to North Korea, for matters of national security” – The Most Awesome Craigslist Ad For Wheels Ever

Those of you out there who are automotive journalist-philes (otherwise known as stalkers in the eyes of the law) probably know the name Ezra Dyer. Ezra has been writing for publications...

Sideways With Rodney Prouty: How To Build A Thirty Five Thousand Dollar Car, By Spending Fifty Thousand!

(Text by Rodney Prouty, Photos By Rodney Prouty and Suzy Bauter) So, you’ve decided you want a hot rod? You start scanning the internet for ideas and opportunities. You start scouring the forums...

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BangShift 2013 Highlight Reel: Tommy Lee Byrd’s Favorite Shots From The Year That Was!

(Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – It’s the end of the year, and for me, it’s hard to remember all the places I’ve been in the past 12 months. Drag strips, car shows, trade shows, road trips...