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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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Buford T Justice Update: It Lives Again Thanks to a Down and Dirty Driveway Thrash and Junkyard Parts

Back in May, as I am sure you remember, Buford T Justice spit the bit during dyno session hi-jinx. The car spit the drive shaft out violently, busted the hell out of the 700R4 transmission, and was...

Clean Up Your Carb With a Jiffy-Tite Carb Fittings Kit – No Leaks, Easy Removal, Track Tested and Proven

Over the course of my weekend in Bowling Green at the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion I took more than 1500 photos of about as many cars. I was able to crawl all over them, look at details, and...

Gallery: Vintage Sports Car Action From Watkins Glen International Raceway

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Lest you think that Grippo is only capable of aiming his photo equipment at Fords, he took the time to cruise the rest of the pits at Watkins Glen International and...

Event Gallery: Race Cars at the Shelby American Automobile Club National Convention – Watkins Glen International Raceway

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – This year’s Shelby American Automobile Club national convention, held at Watkins Glen International Raceway in New York certainly came under different...

Watch the Most Horrendous Crash at the 2012 24 Hours of LeMans – Drivers OK – Cars Annihilated

We missed watching the 24 Hours of LeMans last weekend due to our attendance of the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion. We did manage to catch some highlights and we saw the replay that you will...

Arizona’s Speedworld Raceway Locked in Fight With County Over Permitting Issues, May Be Forced to Close

In news that will probably make your blood boil like ours, Arizona’s Speedworld Raceway Park is in a pitched battle with county officials over permitting and red tape issues that may result in...

The 2012 Hunnert Car Heads Up – Bitchin’ Nostalgia Drag Action Gallery

(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – While Chad and I were jamming photos and video down in Bowling Green, Kentucky, our two Midwestern lensmen, Greg Rourke and Bob Chulik hit historic...

The 48th Annual LA Roadster Show Photo Extravaganza: Hundreds of Windowless Wonders

While Brian and Chad were out “enjoying” Kentucky, Daphne was at home slaving over a sick kid, and covering the LA Roadster Show for us. The cool part is the fact that there are a ton of...

Over 1000 Photos, Multiple Galleries: The Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green

What a weekend! The 2012 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion was full of surprises, cool cars, and bitchin nostalgia drag racing action. Brian and Chad were once again on the scene shooting...

BangShift LIVE FREE Streaming Video from the 2012 NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

BangShift.com is once again provide live streaming FREE broadcast coverage of the 2012 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion from historic Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. From the...

Action Gallery: Road Course Photos From the 2012 Optima Face Off at Eagles Canyon Raceway

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – After the first day of autocross and speed stop fun, the field of competitors at the Optima Face Off road tripped 70 miles north to Decatur, Texas and the...

Big News: Baer Brakes Joins the BangShift Family of Sponsors!

Chad and I are so very proud to announce that Baer Brakes has joined the BangShift family of sponsors. For more than 40 years Baer has been in the business of making everything from street machines...

Action Gallery: The 2012 Optima Face Off Autocross – Grand Prairie, Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The 2012 Optima Face off was a qualifying event for the 2012 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational to be held in Nevada after the close of the SEMA show in...

Power Tour Gallery: Grand Prairie, Texas – The Final Stop

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The final day of the 2012 Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour was held in Grand Prairie, Texas at a massive multi-use facility that housed a AAA-baseball stadium, huge...