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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – $30,000 Saturday!

It’s time to finish off the Spring Fling Million in Las Vegas, after one heck of a Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the country’s big dollar bracket racers head...

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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million Dollar Main Event! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – Million Dollar Friday!

It’s Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring...

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$43,000 to Win!!! Cleetus’ AWD vs RWD Shootout At Bradenton Motorsports Park was INTENSE, Fun, And Surprising! Who Took It All?

When Cleetus first put up the challenge to pit the best two wheel drive no prep rides up against the best all wheel drive no prep rides, the world lost its mind. The arguing, smack talk, bragging,...

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Stories N’ Steel: Rick Lefever – From a small town to becoming one of the countries most sought after fabricators.

Our friend Brad King, an amazing pinstriper and letterer, is back with another Stories N’ Steel episode where he is interviewing another legend of the hot rodding world. This time it’s...

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ROAD TRIP GOLD with David Freiburger and an AMAZING SURVIVOR 1961 Plymouth Belvedere

Man these cars are something. Ugly? Kinda. Weird? Absolutely. 100% Mopar? You ain’t kidding. There is something about the 1950s to mid 1960s Mopars that makes them really stand out. Styling...

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BangShift Daily Tune Up: Trans Am (Highway Wonderland) – Sammy Hagar (1979)

Sammy Hagar is back on the BS Daily Tune up docket today. Last time we saw Sammy he was younger, wearing embarrassing pants, and singing about motorcycles with Montrose. Today we’re...

F’ing Epic Video: Jumping A Driverless Ford Pickup Off A Cliff

OH MY GOD!!!! This is awesome. If it wasn’t cell phone video it would be slightly cooler, but only a little. Take two dudes, one Ford truck, copious amounts of gumption, and some ingenuity, and...

Video: Driving Test Hidden Camera. What This Kid Puts His Instructors Through Rules

Yesterday Brian’s BangShift Question of the Day was asking what was the first thing you ever drove. In honor of that, I found this funny video of a kid giving his driving instructors fits. He...

Video: Big Hemi Wheelstand During Qualifying For 2013 NHRA 4-Wide Nationals

The NHRA is in Charlotte this weekend, for the NHRA Dollar General 4-Wide Nationals at ZMax Dragway, and while we dig watching our friends in the Fuel cars and Pro Stock, it’s Stock and Super...

eBay Find: A Stretched 1989 Dually With Big Block Power And A Low Budget Porno Interior

BangShift forum member Tardis454 tipped us off to this eBay ad for a truly strange machine. This is a 1989 Chevy one ton dually crew cab which had its bed stretched a number of feet and said bed was...

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BangShift Daily Tune Up: Beer For My Horses – Toby Keith (2005)

We don’t do lots of country music here for our BS Daily Tune Ups and we certainly don’t do many songs that have nothing to do with cars or driving, but today is an exception. I wanted to...

Dyno Video: Watch A Twin Turbo, Real Deal Steel 1934 Ford Put Down Almost 1300hp…At The Tire

There’s something awesome about a full tilt car built from original period steel. Such is the case with this radical 1934 Ford which was built by the guys at Eddie’s Chop Shop in...

Cruise Gallery: The Mass. Cruisers Association Bass Pro Shops Patriots Place Cruise Night

One of the largest regularly occurring cruise nights in the nation has opened its 2013 season! The Mass. Cruisers Association cruise night at the Bass Pro Shops located in the massive Patriots Place...

Video: Ridetech’s Bret Voelkel On Goodguys TV

Check it out. BangShift sponsor and dude of dudes Bret Voelkel was interviewed at the Goodguys Del Mar Nationals a couple weeks ago, and here is the video. He talks about autocross, racing the Lambo...

Funny Car News: Auto Club Famoso Raceway and Boise’s Firebird Raceway Create AA/Funny Car “Blitz” Series

Our pal Darr Hawthorne just sent us this announcement about a great new 4 race series that is being put on by Auto Club Famoso Raceway and Boise’s Firebird Raceway. All the details are in this...

Bonus Swap Meet Gallery: The Pomona Swap Meet – April 2013 – More Killer Photos

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – We love gawking a swap meet photos, especially those from the coast with the most out west. Yesterday’s gallery was full of cool and unique cars along with...

Craigslist Find: A Bitchin ’65 Chevy Push Truck That Has BangShift History

This ’65 Chevy Pickup is one cool push truck. Plus, it has a chassis and suspension that is just a little out of the norm, but with reliability that makes this the perfect daily driver hot rod....

Celebrity Car Death Match- Awesome Chase Edition: The 1971 LeMans From The French Connection VS The Caprice 9C1 From To Live And Die In LA (w/video)

Oh yeah, today we’re going full on chase hero mode with two awesome celebrity car death match opponents. These two cars were highlighted in chase scenes directed by the same guy, William...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Red Barchetta – Rush (1981)

Recently the Canadian band Rush got an honor many people felt was long over due. The group was chosen to be added to the already amazing docket at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rush is one of those...