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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: Here Are The NSRA Nostalgia Nationals 2026 LIVE From Santa Pod!

Santa Pod’s National Street Rod Association Nostalgia Nationals are live right here! And thanks to the awesome streaming team at Santa Pod, you can watch live from all over the world for free. You...

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NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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Our 2026 PDRA East Coast Nationals Photos Keep Coming! Big Power, Big Smoke, And A Big Show At GALOT.

Here’s gallery #3, and if you missed the photos we already posted, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by David Whealon) The PDRA East Coast Nationals at GALOT Motorsports Park...

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FREE LIVE IMSA RACING FROM WEATHERTECH RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA! Michelin Pilot Challenge, Mustang Challenge, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, And More!

Here we go. The 2026 IMSA Racing season is in full swing and this weekend the series is visiting Laguna Seca, one of the most famous race tracks in the country! We’re talking the Michelin Pilot...

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Road Racing Livestream From Croft In The UK: The British Automobile Racing Club At Croft Circuit LIVE May 2-3

It’s time for more road racing in Croft! This weekend has the British Automobile Racing Club back at it again with fun racing action at Croft Circuit just outside of Darlington in the Northern UK....

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FREE LIVESTREAM: GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS 2026 At Brands Hatch

Here we go again! We’ve got GT World Challenge Racing going on live right here from the UK! We dig road racing and who doesn’t love the World Challenge series? This weekends racing is coming to...

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Video: What May Be The Best Sounding Chopper Ever. Radial Engine Greatness

Greg Mann sent us this Content Submission saying “I know, I know, it’s a motorcycle, but it may have the best sounding engine I’ve ever heard!”, and we have to agree,...

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BangShift Exclusive: FREE LIVE STREAMING VIDEO From Virginia ADRL Race! Drag Radials Too!

REPLAY AVAILABLE NOW! CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO WATCH THE REPLAY OF THE ADRL U.S. DRAGS IN VIRGINIA ON-DEMAND HERE AT BANGSHIFT.COM. CLICK THIS LINK TO WATCH That’s right folks, it’s on...

Land Speed Gallery: The East Coast Timing Association June 2013 Meet – Wilmington Mile!

So while Chad was at the ADRL race in Virginia, I was at the ECTA meet in Wilmington, Ohio calling the action. It was a weekend of fantastic weather, tons of record breaking runs, and really fast...

BangShift Question of the Day: What was your first car?

At Wilmington this past weekend, there was a 17-year old racer who managed to run 200mph under the guidance of his dad, who is an experienced land speed competitor. The kid kid a great job, followed...

Gallery:Hot Rod Power Tour Chattanooga, Tennessee—Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, More!

The Hot Rod Power Tour made its return to Chattanooga, Tennessee this year, having made its first appearance in 2010. The city welcomed the return, and the Power Tour folks were glad to be back, so...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Rocking Down The Highway – The Doobie Brothers (1972)

So by the time you read this, I’ll have been driving for a bunch of hours on my way home from the ECTA meet in Wilmington, Ohio. Also, I bet there are still a few intrepid Power Tour...

Breaking (Record) News: Hot Rod Power Tour Participants Do The World’s Largest Burnout – 73 Cars At Once!

Short story long, a new unofficial world record for the biggest burnout ever done has been set by 73 Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour participants at zMax Dragway in Concord, North Carolina. Previously,...

Happy National Donut Day! Here’s How The Camaro Team At Chevrolet Celebrates

Happy National Donut Day from a couple of guys who know how to get their eat on. We also know a lot about the other kind of donuts. The tire smoke, fun in parking lots kind. Oh and the ones in the...

Crazy Video: A Drag Bike Runs 6.87 While Pulling a Quarter Mile Wheelie!

Motorcycle drag racer Chip Ellis has competed and won at all levels of the sport and on top of a multitude of different motorcycles. Most of you know his name from NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle...

Gallery: 50 Photos of 1932, 1933, and 1934 Fords!

When the words “hot rod” hit your ears, chances are that an image of a 1932 Ford shows up in your mind’s eye. If there were no 1932 Ford, there is an excellent chance that the car...

Retro-Gallery: 2012 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion – Cacklefest Photo Gallery

(Editor’s note: One week from now, we’ll be in Bowling Green at the Holley National Hot Rod Reunion bringing you live video and great photos. Were going to look back at some of...

Friday Reason To Go Home Early And Drink: The Fisker Karma Is The Modern Delorean

My loathing of Deloreans has been well documented on the pages of BangShift. So well documented, people occasionally taunt me on Facebook regarding it. That wouldn’t bother me much except for...

Drag Week Prep Is ON! Watch Tom Bailey’s Sick Seconds Camaro Put Down 2,108hp At The Tires With Holley EFI!

Oh yeah, Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week prep is in full swing all over the country. Some guys are still cutting and welding, others are making test hits on the strip, and still others have tweaked combos...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: How Important To You Is Using Technology In Your Hot Rod?

After watching the video of the old school gassers getting after it on the eighth mile, it got me to thinking about the use of modern technology in hot rods. Some guys hate it all and won’t...