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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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Featured Products: Budget Beasts! YOST Sealed Back HD Mechanics Vises From Eastwood. A Stout New Vise Line At A Great Price

When I was growing up my grandpa had some really cool tools. Not because they were fancy necessarily, but because they were insanely beefy and built to last. I can’t even imagine the number of...

Steve Magnante Wagon Week Continues! Junkyard Find Chevrolet Kingswood Wagon. Full Size Chevrolet Goodness

If you don’t like a classic wagon, then we can’t be friends. Last time I told you that if you didn’t like custom vans, we “probably” couldn’t be friends. With wagons it is...

Watch The 1980s Monster Truck Excaliber Fail Miserably At Floating In A Quarry – InstaSink

You can almost hear the conversation. Two guys, likely jawing after a couple of beers talking about the merits of floating a monster truck on the water. One guy owns the truck and thinks it can...

Happy Mother’s Day From All Of Us At BangShift.com

Without moms, there would be no hot rodding, plain and simple. All of us here at BangShift would like to wish moms in all corners of the globe a happy Mother’s Day today and express our gratitude...

The TURBO Pacer BLEW UP! Or Did Derek Blow It Up? Or Was It A Fan? Same Same – On The Flip Side, He Got 2ND Place In The Indy 800!

He’s back at it, with more fun action and some more carnage. This time he blew up a car that is too cool to ruin. Ooops. A guy has to do what a guy has to do though to keep the fans happy. You...

Fun Video: The Best Supercars Of The 1970s…That Are Not The Lamborghini Countach!

While we here in America all remember the 1970s for their lack of horsepower, tubby, wallowing cars, and avocado colored appliances, there were incredible things happening in the automotive world....

Twisted Steel and Sex Appeal: Watch This Neat Film Made At The 1964 NASCAR Riverside 500 In California

This is some quality stuff right here. If you love old stock car racing like we do, you’ll appreciate this film that Grant Piston Rings paid for to have made at the 1964 NASCAR Riverside 500 in...

Watcha Gonna Do When They Come For You? Bad Boys, Bad Boys: Street Racer ARRESTED at Cash Days Race in Texas!

Anyone who ever street raced back in the day knows that there is always a risk of getting caught and getting into some real trouble. In recent years though there have been so many street racing...

Is This The Cheapest DIY Way To Preserve Your Wood Deck Trailer? Cause Free Is Good, But Is It Good Enough?

I own two trailers, both of which are wood decked, and I’ve really only wished for one of them to have a steel deck on a couple of occasions. When you consider that I bought the trailer in...

You’re Using a Torque Wrench Wrong! Or Are You Using A Torque Wrench Right? MythBusting: The 10 Do’s & Dont’s Of Torque Wrenching

I’m writing this BEFORE watching the video, because I don’t want to be prejudiced by what the Torque Test Channel is trying to teach us all about using a torque wrench properly. And...

Hellacious RPM Video: Ride In-Truck With A Big Block Chevy Equipped Puller As It Screams To The Moon!

(Editor’s note: If you are going straight to the video, skip to 2:00! That’s when the action starts!) I’ve often said that part of the attraction of watching truck and/or tractor...

Wild Video: Watch Gilles Villeneuve Driving Like A Man Possessed At The Argentina Grand Prix 1980

This right here is one of the most stark examples of how much Formula One racing has changed over the years. When you see the legendary Gilles Villeneuve drive like a man who is fully possessed by...

Italian Concerto: Watch And Listen To This Freshly Rebuilt Ferrari Dino V6 Go To Work On The Dyno

This is a neat video that’s frankly a little bit unexpected. Why? The FullBoost guys make awesome content but we’re just used to seeing crazy horsepower, drag racing stuff, and more hot...

800hp, 10,000lbs of Downforce, and Looks To Kill – Ride Along In The 1991 Corvette Intrepid RM-1

Walking the ragged edge of technology is what racing is about. Making decisions on how to design strengths into your race car and minimize weaknesses is also what racing is about. The 1991 Corvette...