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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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The Mario Andretti Story: Racing’s Most Versatile Driver? America’s Greatest American Racer? Watch

Mario Andretti was a household name when I was growing up watching him race at the Indy 500 and such. His career is insane, with more wins and championships than you can shake a stick at. But what...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 2 of 5 – His Bandit Trans Am Gets New Suspension Installed!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In the...

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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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Car Show Gallery: Super Run 2012 – Henderson, Nevada – Cool Cruise and Killer Cars!

(Photos by Colin Johnson) – BangShifter Colin Johnson recently attended a really neat event in Nevada called the “Super Run”. This yearly event is a four day affair held in...

Incredible Photos From Mike Cook’s Bonneville Shootout Courtesy Of Zane McNary

Mike Cook’s Bonneville Shootout has been going on since 2006 when Mike and Mikey Cook decided that there needed to be an event on the salt that catered to the guys that wanted to go really...

Video: Watch the Preview For the Upcoming Optima Faceoff TV Mini-Series on SPEED

With the onset of fall and the approach of the SEMA show, we’re also getting ready to start looking forward to the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational which is held each year in Pahrump,...

Race Gallery: ChumpCar Action Photos From Shelton, Washington – 100% BS Approved Low Buck Fun!

(Photos by D.V. Klenak) – If you have not heard of the ChumpCar World Series, you must be living under a rock. The low buck, high fun, racing series has been around for years and they run races...

BangShift Exclusive: Larson & Lutz Will Headline Street Car Shootout At NMCA Houston

We’ve just got news that Larry Larson and Jeff Lutz will be headlining an eight-car field of Drag Week style Unlimited street cars running at the Houston NMCA Event November 9-11 . The...

Cruise-In Photos: Northern Tools Burlington North Carolina Cruise-In

BangShift’s newest contributor Dennis White was back at it again this weekend and got us more photos from the killer cruise scene in Burlington, NC. If we didn’t know better we’d...

Video: Comp Cams Explains Camshaft Technology

Comp Cams has got some great new videos up that explain some of the often misunderstood concepts behind camshaft technology. In this video “Comp Cams Technology Explained: Cam Timing”...

Chrysler Shaking Down Dealers For $25,000 In Order To Sell Viper – Exclusivity Is Expensive!

The word surrounding the upcoming 2013 Viper has been “exclusive”. Chrysler is trying to move the car upmarket in image from it’s hairy, Cobra like roots and will do so in several...

Video: More Than Five Minutes of Fires, Crashes, and Explosions From Aussie Burnout Contests!

Showing this video to a person not familiar with the level of insanity that pervades Aussie burnout contests would probably put them into a state of shock. After all, how often do you see a car smoke...

Update: Hotchkis Suspension & AFCO Bushings Transform Our 9C1 Caprice

Well we can officially say that Project Buford T Justice is underway and the transformation from a sad sack, 196,000 mile ex-police vehicle into a fun to drive tire shredder is under way. Using basic...

Video: Watch Lingenfelter Performance Engineering’s COPO #19 Make The Quickest COPO Run Ever At Norwalk

Of all the awesome stuff I saw at the inaugural Lingenfelter Performance Nationals last weekend, it was the run you are about to watch below that stole the whole show. It was the combination of Kurt...

Video Hilarity!: Local Reporter Screams Like A Girl In Ridetech’s ’33 Ford On The Autocross

Dick Wolfsy, a local reporter for the Channel 8 news in Indy went for a ride in Bret Voelkel’s Ridetech ’33 Ford on the Autocross. We totally forced him to do it, and now we know why he...

Road Trip Video: Rodfather Wrapup: Check Out All The Videos Right Here!

We just finished up the first half of the Rodfather Goodguys Road Tour and can’t begin to describe just how bitchin it was. Sure we worked our asses off shooting video and photos and getting...

Event Coverage: Almost 200 Photos From Indianapolis At The Wix Speedway Nationals Goodguys Show

The Goodguys have been holding events in Indy for years, but last year they moved venues to the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. As in, home to the Indy 500! You can imagine the response from Hot...