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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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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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Chevrolet Ends Freeze on ZL1 Camaro – Sales, Production and Deliveries Begin Again

The mysterious “quality assessment” of 2012 Camaro ZL1s has come to a close and GM has announced that production, deliveries, and new orders are being processed for the 580hp Camaros....

Live Drag Racing This Weekend: DragStory.com to Webcast the 17th Annual Holcomb Civil Wars on MotorManiaTV.com

Our pal and fellow live streaming comrade Mark Walters will be on the scene at Rockingham Dragway this weekend to broadcast the 17th annual Holcomb Civil Wars event on his site, MotormaniaTV.com. The...

Watch the Rat Trap Fuel Altered Fly Off a Road and Nearly Crash Into a Lake!

This video is pretty damned wild. Apparently Ron Hope and the rest of the Rat Trap crew were in New Zealand to participate in an event called the Leadfoot Festival. From what we can discern this is a...

Thieving Bastards Stole Our Buddy’s Mustang From Delaware — Help Us Find It!

Having stuff stolen is the pits and thieves are total bastards. One of the guys we know over at the MustangForums had his car stolen. Please read below and keep your eyes open as well as sharing this...

So-Cal Challenge Results

Here is the entry list from the SoCal Challenger Pro Touring event. Scroll down for lap time results!  

Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins, One of Drag Racing’s Greatest Drivers and Innovators Passes at 81

The man who was on the vanguard of stock/super stock, and Pro Stock drag racing from the inception of the class to the modern race cars of today has passed away. Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins...

LIVE TODAY – 2012 So-Cal Challenge

Junkyard Stagger: We Found a Load of Soon to be Crushed Classics! Save ‘Em!

We hit the junkyard today in search of a new steering wheel for Buford T Justice, our 1987 9C1 Caprice project. We came up empty handed on that search as every car we found with a suitable wheel had...

Show Gallery: Northeast Rod and Custom Show 2012 – Gallery 2

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Here’s the second installment of Joe Grippo’s coverage from the 2012 Northeast Rod and Custom Show held in Pennsylvania. In this gallery you’ll see...

BangShift FREE LIVE Streaming Video of the So Cal Challenge Pro Touring Event March 29!

We told you we would be bringing you more Pro Touring action in 2012, and it starts tomorrow! Black Ink Media and No Limit Engineering have brought together a killer cast of characters, including our...

American Powertrain Launches New Website – Check It Out!

The dudes at American Powertrain have launched a totally new website and is easy to navigate and showcases their huge line of products and components. There are also lots of sexy transmission...

Question of the Day: What is the Coolest Cop Car Ever?

So we have been on a cop car kick around here recently. Part of is has been intentional with our coverage of Project Buford T Justice, while the other stuff has either fallen out of the sky into our...

Event Gallery: Fun Ford Weekend Houston Gallery 2

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re back with another slammin’ gallery from our man in Texas, Charles Wickam. He shot hundreds of great photos at the 2012 Fun Ford Weekend held at...

Evel Knievel’s Aston Martin Lagonda is For Sale – 502ci Chevy Powered

The Aston Martin Lagonda was produced from 1974 to 1990. Over that time period only 645 of them were made. They were incredibly expensive, pretty damned ugly, and amazingly unreliable in both the...