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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 – Saturday

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 – Saturday

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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FREE BRACKET RACE LIVESTREAM At The AUTOLAND DOOR CAR CHALLENGE – Saturday $50,000

The Autoland Door Car Challenge is on this weekend at Tri-State Raceway in Iowa and we dig it. We’re door car drag racers around here, although I have driven a few dragsters in my day as well. But...

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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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Roadside Find: A 2003 Unimog That Is Set Up As The Ultimate Blizzard Fighter!

While cruising home from a feature car shoot with Dave Nutting yesterday morning, my dad called to let me know that he stumbled upon an auction site that listed a 2003 Unimog U500 for sale. I thought...

Gallery: Vintage Trucks And Tractors At The Central NY Living History Museum

(Photos by Jeremy George) – There are bitchin’ museums spread all over this country. Literally every state has a fistful of them filled with cool old machinery, cars, trucks, and...

Caption These Photos: Bringing A New Meaning To Road Ranger

(Photos by Jon Wall) – My pal and funny car driving hot shoe Jon Wall went on a mission on Saturday to NJ with another dude to inspect a funny car that was for sale. On the way down they passed...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Mustang Sally Bought A GTO – John Lee Hooker (Release Date Unknown)

John Lee Hooker is an American blues legend. His collection of songs is so long that we’d need to fire up another server to list them all. This is one of our favorites and it is a bit of an...

Gallery: Killer Top End Action Shots From The 2012 March Meet

(Photos from the BangShift archive) – In three days, Chad and I will be hauling ass towards Bakersfield to get our gear set up for the LIVE STREAMING BROADCAST OF THE 2013 MARCH MEET RIGHT HERE...

BangShift Sunday Movie Day: A Pair Of Massive Trucks Engage In A Tug Of War Battle – Ford Versus Dodge!

At the Vermonster event last weekend, Dave Nutting and I got a kick out of seeing some of the big “mega-truck” class competitors hook up in a tug of war. At the Vermster Snow Bog, there...

BangShift Sunday Movie Day: A 1989 9C1 Caprice Gets It Done On The Autocross Course

This is a cool piece of video showing a 1989 Caprice that I would argue is actually uglier than Buford T Justice getting after it on an autocross course with a driver who seems to have some skills....

BangShift Sunday Movie Day: Watch A Big Block, 4-Speed Camaro Tear Around A Swedish Dirt Track

We’ve featured a lot of videos from Jobergg’s YouTube channel over the years here on BangShift and he rules the scene in Sweden when it comes to cool hot rodding content. In this video,...

BangShift Sunday Tune Up: Fuel – Metallica (1998)

Super early this morning, Dave Nutting and I will be headed off on another adventure, this time to the smallest state in the union, Rhode Island. We’re heading down to shoot a feature on a car...

Awesome Ebay Find: If You Want To Have The Rarest Jeep On The Block, This One Is It.

As soon as BangShift web geek Michael Julian from Route2Media sent me this one, I laughed my ass off. Not only because he was being funny, but also because I knew that Brian would want this little...

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Our 15 Favorite Door Slammers From the 2012 March Meet

The two things that put the March Meet in a different class than other nostalgia drag races are the history that surrounds the event and the cars. Simply put, there are hot rods you’ll see at...

Video: TRARS!

It’s Friday and that means the weekend is nearly here, which means our serious, news hunting, journalist-selves are in the mood for some fun. We’re getting our jollies this week by...

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Video: Follow Along As Chuck Hanson Starts A Budget Chevelle Pro Touring Build With LS Power And Holley Parts

Chuck Hanson is a really cool guy and he is an absolute expert with regard to Chevelles. The dude knows Chevelles like Chad knows beards. No more needs to be added there. Hanson is embarking on a new...

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BangShift Daily Tune Up: Whoever You Are – Geggy Tah (1996)

A bit of a confession here. This song is a guilty pleasure of mine because I got my driver’s license in 1996 and that’s the year it peaked at #16 on the Billboard charts. This is a...