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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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Replay and Results: The 2011 PSCA Street Car Super Nationals From Las Vegas – Watch the Stuff You Missed!

Click here for results from the 2011 SCSN!     CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS FROM THE 2011 SCSN                   

Dyno Insanity Video: A 3,000-HP Ford Big Block at Steve Morris Racing Engines

Long story short, this is a video depicting one of the craziest Ford engines on planet Earth. A twin turbo, 572ci big block that made 3,000hp on the dyno at Steve Morris Racing Engines, it is a mill...

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Cool or Not: A Traditional, West Coast 1962 Impala Low Rider

Here’s one that may split right down geographic lines. This 1962 Chevy Impala was parked outside of the 2011 SEMA show and caught our eye while walking past it one afternoon. Low riders were...

Video: Big Rigs Racing On an Oval Track – Major Wreckage Involved!

While big rig oval track racing has been dead here in the United States for a couple of decades, the intrepid racers in Canada have never stopped…or at least up until 2005 they hadn’t...

Epic Fail: Austin Formula One Race and Race Track Both Appear Dead

In news that the dead corpse of Ray Charles could have seen coming, it appears that both the Austin, Texas 2012 Formula One race is dead and with it, the racing facility the event was to have taken...

Show Gallery: The 2011 Vintage Specialties Open House – Gettysburg, PA

The late fall show galleries just keep on rolling! Here’s a nice gallery from Pennsylvanian shooter Doug  Garrison. Doug recently attended the 2011 Vintage Specialties open house event in...

Nuclear War: 2013 Shelby GT500 to Have 650hp – 200-Mph Capable

Leaping lizards! Ford has announced that the 2013 Shelby GT500 Mustang will have 650hp and will be capable of going more than 200mph. They also made a point to mention that the 5.8L DOHC blown V8...

Event Gallery: Bruce Larson’s USA-1 Dragfest 2011

Pennsylvania’s Bruce Larson is one of the most accomplished Funny Car racers in the history of drag racing. He was a hitter from the earliest days of the class with his awesome 1966 Chevelle,...

Firepower: A Look at the Red Jacket Firearms Jeep JK8 by V-Werks

There were some killer Jeep JK8s at SEMA this year, but one really jumped out at us and we’re going to tell you more about it. The particular Jeep we’re talking about was built by a new...

Major Ford Eye Candy: Killer Builds Happening at Tube Chassis Designz

It has been far too long since we darkened the door at our pal Jon Sandahl’s shop, Tube Chassis Designz. As usual, he is rocking on several awesome builds. If you are a Ford fan, you’ll...

Bitchin’ Video: The induction of Gray Baskerville into the SEMA hall of fame

Gray Baskerville’s induction into the SEMA Hall of Fame was certainly well earned. He was one of the most familiar and widely read voices in the realm of hot rodding for decades. He was at the...

BangShifty Barn Find: A Low Mileage, Pristine Condition, 1961 VW Beetle

Cool barn finds are an awesome part of the car hobby. Finding one is like hitting the gearhead lottery and in some cases it is like hitting the actual lottery. For BangShift reader Jeremy Holt, his...

Crash Video: Helmet Cam Footage of a Violent Karting Wreck!

Long before we knew better, we laughed when heard guys say that they raced karts. We then drove one and soiled our racing suit, so to say that we have lots of respect for the people who race these...

Cool or Not: The Ring Brothers Dragon 1970 Mustang

The genre of the “high end” muscle car build tends to be polarizing. Lots of guys identify more with the “bleeding in the driveway homebuilt car” end of the hobby and look...