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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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Watch Lunatics Literally Rip the Motor Out of a VW Golf With a Tree – a Chain – and Violence

Time for some Friday afternoon video stupidity. This clip has been floating around for a little while but for sheer destructive goodness, it simply cannot be beat. Basically this is footage of a...

Awesome March Meet Video: Four Days of Madness – See All of 2012’s Thrills and Spills!

The killer media keeps flowing from the 2012 March Meet. This latest piece we were tipped off to was created by our friend Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian who is an awesome drag photog and video maven as well as...

Senna is Now Available on DVD – Fantastic Film is a Must See for BangShifters

Full disclosure: I was offered a freebie review copy of the documentary Senna that is about the life and racing career of Ayrton Senna. The film has been out for some time but is now available for...

American Powertrain Has the New Tremec Magnum XL Transmissions For SN197 Mustangs – Ditch the Weak Suck Stocker!

This is not a newsflash for S197 Mustang owners but the stock Getrag MT82 manual transmission essentially blows goats for all out performance driving. There have been lots of customer complaints...

Wild Photos and Video: A Log Impales a Mini-Van – Driver Miraculously Survives

Well this would certainly get your attention! A guy driving down the highway, minding his own business in Mississippi had the close call of a lifetime yesterday when a logging truck was involved in...

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Sad News: IHRA’s Jim Weinert Passes

“Big Jim” Weinert, the mountain of a man of oversaw track prep and safety at IHRA events for many years has passed away. Weinert was one of the sport’s true characters and his skill...

Watch the Crusher Camaro Hit the Strip and Run 10s!

Freiburger and Finnegan are at it again, this time with the well known Crusher Camaro. The Camaro has been a part of Hot Rod off and on since the mid 1990s when it was saved from being crushed at a...

eBay Find(s): Two Massive Pontiac Wagon Airport Limos

Old school airport limos are neat in a freakshow kind of way. Unlike modern limos that just have four doors and a large passenger area with a wet bar, TV, hot tub, stripper pole, and snappy lighting,...

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Breaking News: 2012 COPO Camaro Confirmed by Chevrolet Performance – 69 Cars to Be Built

The 2012 COPO Camaro is not longer a concept car, the model will be produced by Chevrolet and 69 of them will be manufactured this year. The announcement came from Chevrolet Performance today and it...

Feature: A Day In the Life of the Champion Speed Shop Nostalgia Top Fuel Team

(Words and photos by Red Line Synthetic Oil) – Race fans in the aging wooden grandstands at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield let out a collective breath as a pair of Nostalgia Top Fuel...

Watch Some Crazy Swedes Go Nostalgia Drag Racing On Ice!

This is literally one of the coolest drag races we have ever seen! BangShift reader Arlid (who hails from Norway) tipped us off to this video from Sweden that features six minutes of action from what...

The Four-Wide Nationals are Returning to zMax Dragway April 13-15 – Be There!

Back in the old school developmental days of organized drag racing, there were very few rules about anything. Yes, there were classes and tech inspections to some level, but there weren’t...

Awesome In Car Video of a Big Block Chevy Powered McLaren M6B Can Am Car Flying Around Laguna Seca

There are few eras in racing that we’re more sad that we missed than the golden age of Can-Am in the late 1960s and early 1970s. These were some of the most drop dead sexy full bodied race cars...

GM Halts Camaro ZL1 Production Due to “Quality Assessment”

Chevrolet has stopped production and reportedly recalled the one Camaro ZL1 that was delivered to a customer in Texas due to a “quality assessment” that is being made of all the cars...