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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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Not Surprisingly The Weirdest Automotive CraigsList Ad Ever Is For a VW Van (Bus Transporter)

There are ads on Craigslist for everything. Looking at just the gearhead realm there are tens of thousands of cars, trucks, motorcycles, tractors, and parts listed in virtually every major...

Barnstormin’:The Little Drag Strip That Could, Did…After Almost 50 Years

It will go down as the coolest gearhead non sequitur I have ever seen. Walking up to the old Boston city hall building, deep in the heart of downtown and seeing Bob Tasca III’s nitro funny car...

Event Coverage: Houston Cars and Coffee – Exotics, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Big Trucks!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re pretty sure that this takes the cake of the most diverse gallery we have ever published here on BangShift. Charles Wickam was juiced up to hit the...

Watch Kurt Busch Go From 0 to Complete DB in Mere Seconds While Talking Tough To a Reporter

Monster Energy Drink is getting their money’s worth out of Kurt Busch in their first season as a NASCAR Nationwide Series sponsor. He’s been in the headlines for all kinds of stuff like...

Video: Watch the IndyCar Series Go Back to Being a Sad Joke As Their Detroit Circuit Falls Apart, Causing Wrecks

With my planned day at the drag strip rained out and threatening skies above, me and my boys retired to the confines of BS Eastern World HQ and played Hot Wheels, killed time, and waiting for racing...

Gallery: The Connecting Rods Car Club Cruise – June 2012

I’ve been remiss in some of my cruise reporting duties thus far in 2012, so it was good to sneak out on Friday night with my sons and father in law to hit a local cruise in Halifax,...

Watch Drag Racer Alex Vettros Suffer a Massive Wreck at Cecil County Dragway

After a busy weekend of racing all over the country, there are plenty of wild videos floating around on Monday morning. This piece of video was shot at Cecil County Dragway in Maryland and it shows...

PowerTour Adventure Blog: The Mopar That’s Waiting to Meet the Edsel

(Photos and captions by Jon Clark) – Yesterday we showed you one half of the dynamic duo we’ll be following this year on PowerTour. Matt Graves of American Powertrain is powering north to...

FREE LIVE CHEVY HIGH-PERFORMANCE NATIONALS DRAG RACING NOW!

Our Free LIVE Streaming Video Coverage of the Chevy High Performance Nationals at Atlanta Dragway will start at 12 Noon Eastern Time on Friday June 1st. Coverage will begin again on Saturday and...

Event Gallery: Goodguys Nashville 2012

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – The Goodguys car show series is the biggest and baddest traveling circuit in the country, bar none. At every event, the best and coolest cars in the region show up...

Power Tour Adventure Blog: Matt Graves Hits the Road in a 1959 Edsel Wagon With a 5-speed – Cannonballing to Detroit For a Date With a Barton Hemi!

(Words and Photos by Matt Graves/American Powertrain) Powertour 2012 is upon us again. Last year an ill conceived plan involving me, my wife, Jon Clark and three vehicles in various states of...

Bitchin’ New Part: Aeromotive’s New Stealth Fuel Tanks for First Gen Camaros – Perfect for EFI swaps and big power!

One of the coolest things about the aftermarket industry is that it really exists to solve the problems that hot rodders have. For instance, all of the guys swapping EFI and big power engines into...

Video: Catching Up With Bill Caswell – What’s the Crazy Bastard Doing Now?

Our pal Bill Caswell just did a pretty kick as interview with the Drive channel on YouTube. Hosted by Mike Spinelli, the 25-minute waltz through the past, present, and future of Bill’s...

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Sneak Peek: Ironworks Speed and Kustom Has Some Bitchin Projects in the Works!

Roger and the guys at Ironworks Speed and Kustom in Bakersfield California have been building bitchin chassis and complete cars and trucks for several years now including the 2011 Goodguys Giveaway...