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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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Watch Andy Frost in his Red Victor 3 Become the Quickest and Fastest Street Car in the World: Video

We’re stupid late to the game with this news and video, but Andy Frost became the owner and driver of the world’s quickest street legal car a couple weeks back when he blasted off a 6.59...

Power Tour Gallery: The St Louis Stop 2012 by Jeff Lee

Jeff Lee of Nashville, TN got the chance to go on his first Hot Rod Power Tour last week as part of the launch of his family company’s new HammerHead Housing 12 bolt IRS differential for the...

Killer Cruise Gallery: The Forest Lane Reunion Cruise – Dallas, Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Almost every city in America had a hot cruising spot in the 1970s and early 1980s, then as those cities developed and urban sprawl took over, the cruising spots got...

Gallery: 75 Photos of Stock and Super Stock Wheelstands!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Earlier this year Charles Wickam did a great job shooting the NHRA Spring Nationals in Houston, Texas and during that race, he captured a ton of killer stock and...

Watch Finnegan and Freiburger Pit a Rat Rod Against a $400,000 Lamborghini on the Newest Roadkill!

Freiburger and Finnegan are back with their newest episode of the web-show “Roadkill”. In this episode, the dudes take a $400,000 Lamborghini Aentador and a rat rod built as a promotional...

Shop Tour Gallery: Speed Inc. – Schamburg, Illinois – Killer Builds, Burnouts, and More!

(Words and Photos by Bob Chiluk) – What a perfect name for your shop that builds killer LS powered machines! “Speed Inc” and its owner Tom ordered some perfect weather and temps.He...

The 2012 GOJO Giveaway is ON! We Have Two Winners and A New Poll!

As we told you last week, BangShift and GOJO Industries have teamed up on a cool summer giveaway that rewards you hard wrenching guys and girls who are out there getting dirty working on your stuff!...

Question of the Day: Given the Chance, What Historic Race Car Would You Drive?

When writing about Cotton Owens’ passing yesterday, I of course thought of his cool “Cotton Picker” match bash wagon right off the bat. It got me to thinking about what single race...

eBay Find: The Coolest Ramp Truck in America – 1970 Dodge L600 Resto-Mod Truck

We normally keep our eBay finds to a once a week level but after being tipped off to this totally bitchin’ 1970 Dodge L600 ramp truck by BangShift reader Deaf Bob, we had to get it here on the...

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Awesome Video: A Car Smashes Through a Building On the Highway – Check Those Load Straps!

Here’s one for the books. We’ve all been driving down the highway at one time or another and seen a house, or pieces of one being transported on flatbed trailers. Our twisted minds always...

American Powertrain Power Tour Adventure Blog Update – Roadside Finds and a Few Hiccups With The Edsel

(Words and Photos by Matt Graves/American Powertrain) – First a little apology to some Bangshifters that came by our booth today and our man Josh didn’t know about the password. I guess he...

Father and Son Power Tour Adventures: Ridetech Style…With Photos!

For Hot Rod Power Tour 2012, Ridetech Grand Poobah, Bret Voelkel is enjoying the sites and sounds of Hot Rods cruising across America with his 12 year old son Andy. We’ll be bringing you...

NASCAR Legend Cotton Owens – Dead at 88

Cotton Owens, one of the pioneering greats in NASCAR, a recent inductee to the NASCAR hall of fame, a short time match race drag racer, and one of the 50 greatest drivers in NASCAR history has died...

Question of the day: What’s the Best Road Trip Car You Have Ever Owned?

In looking at all of the photos and info we’ve been running from the 2012 Hot Rod Power Tour this week it is clear that every possible type of vehicle has been on the tour at some point. It...