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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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10% OFF: Auto Meter Custom Shop Anniversary Sale. 10% Off On Your Own Custom Designed Gauges

The Auto Meter Custom Shop is celebrating it’s First Anniversary, and in celebration they are giving us all a gift. If you go into the Auto Meter Custom Shop during the month of February and...

American Powertrain Is Having A Super Bowl Sale! February 1st-4th. Order NOW!

American Powertrain has really embraced the sale promotions over the past 6 months or so and their customers are loving it. BangShifters have been buying APT parts like mad, and we’re glad they...

Video: Watch An Evo Pop On The Dyno And Firehose The Cell (Including the Camera)

We’re not running this video as a goof on a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution as we think those cars are pretty tough little customers. The 2.0L four cylinder engines in them can make huge power with...

BangShift Question of the Day: Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Horsepower?

Just like an airplane pilot would tell you that there’s not such thing as too much altitude or too many engines, most hot rodders would tell you that there’s no such thing as too much...

Video: Watch The Staff Of Hot Rod Squirt New Life Onto Freiburger’s Old Impala – Backyard Paint Job!

We’re guessing that most of you remember Freiburger’s old Impala convertible that was wrapped with vinyl flames and was pretty much universally hated. That is one we’re guessing...

Tune In TONIGHT! Powershift LIVE At 6PM Pacific/9PM Eastern — News And Happenings From The Aftermarket And Racing Universe!

It is Thursday, which means that we’ll be coming at you LIVE tonight with Powershift, BangShift’s weekly show featuring your intrepid heroes Brian and Chad. This week we’ll be...

Barnstormin’: Hookers In The Hallway, Lacquer Thinner In The Nitro, A Clearing Of The Notebook From A Wild Trip On Two Coasts

It has become somewhat of a yearly ritual for Chad and I to get together down in West Palm Beach, Florida for the live broadcast of the PRO Winter Warm Up. Then, we both head back to his place...

Sideways, With Rodney Prouty: An Average Hot Rodders Adventures In Car Building And Racing

Rodney Prouty is our hero. He works at one of the most prestigious speed shops on the west coast, drives a bitchin ’68 Camaro every day, races said Camaro on the weekends, and does it all on a...

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Great Video: The Trailer For The Upcoming Documentary Series – Where They Raced – A Neat Look At Long Gone Tracks

Harold Osmer’s books Where They Raced and Where They Raced Lap 2 are essential reading for any fan of American racing history. The two books concentrate on the the amazing auto racing history...

Rental Car Burnout Video: We Don’t Even Know Where To Start On How Great This Is

Yeah yeah yeah we’ve heard it before. We know, it’s not cool to bash rental cars, blah blah blah. This video rules no matter who you are. And if it makes you sleep better, just pretend it...

Ebay Find: A Ridetech Equipped, Laid Out, Bad Ass, ’49 Chevy Pickup, We Want Bad

You know how much we love stuff that sits flat out on the ground. Which is one of the many reasons we love the gang at Ridetech and their trick Air Ride systems. Well today’s Ebay Find is an...

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Video: A Fantastic Look At US 131 Dragway Through The Years From The Early 1960s To Today – Amazing Footage and Photos!

Thanks to pal-o-BangShift Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian we were tipped off to one of the most comprehensive and cool vintage drag racing videos we’ve ever seen on the interwebs. This film starts with...

Auto Meter Gauges Joins BangShift.com! Welcome Our Newest Sponsor, And Build Your Own Custom Gauges Now!

Brian and I, on behalf of all BangShifters out there, as well as the rest of the BangShift.com family of sponsors, are proud to welcome Auto Meter to the fold! You can’t call yourself a hot...

Cruise-In Photos: Busy B’s Bakery In Fort Worth Texas. Where Cinnamon Rolls and Horsepower Rule!

Lately all we’ve heard is Rides and Latte’s is the biggest show ever! There were like 8 jillion cars! And if it wasn’t for the fact that hot rods and muscle cars are taking over...