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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 – Saturday

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 – Saturday

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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FREE BRACKET RACE LIVESTREAM At The AUTOLAND DOOR CAR CHALLENGE – Saturday $50,000

The Autoland Door Car Challenge is on this weekend at Tri-State Raceway in Iowa and we dig it. We’re door car drag racers around here, although I have driven a few dragsters in my day as well. But...

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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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Cool Video: A Tour of a Viper V10 Powered Ford Maverick

You may know the name Jason Lewis. He worked for the guys at Hot Rod for a time, doing their video stuff. He’s also the guy behind the bad ass big rig gymkhana video that stormed around the web...

1979 Pontiac Trans Am With Six Miles on it to be Auctioned This Weekend! We know a bidder!

The boys over at Hemmings broke the news of this sadly neat story, that involved a closed Pontiac dealer and a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am with less than 10 miles on it. Family owned and operated for 80...

Racing Junk Find: A Totally Awesome Modified 5-Ton Army Truck!

They had us at 52-inch radials. This giant and customized five ton military truck won the “Current Truck” class at the 2011 Autorama, and we hope it was a clean sweep in the voting. With...

Video: ’57 Chevy Drag Car Crashes and Burns While an Unprepared Fire Crew Watches

The most basic idea behind a drag strip is to provide a safe, controlled, environment for people to race their cars. A basic expectation of drag racers is that the track they are running down has at...

More Antique Car and Truck Wrecks From the Early 1950s

We brought you an installment of cool photos showing car and truck wrecks from the early 1950s yesterday and it was a big hit, so we’re going to keep the party going. These photos are all from...

Catching up with Caswell: Bill Talks About the Pikes Peak Wreck

We managed to catch up with a still slightly sore Bill Caswell recently to ask him about the Pikes Peak wreck that killed his BMW, what his plans are for the near future, and just how intense the...

Cool Video: A Tour of Spectre Performance Head Quarters With Amir Rosenbaum

Spectre Performance head honcho Amir Rosenbaum is one hard core car guy. From his exploits with the 400 mph “Speed by Spectre” streamliner, to his recent blog entries here on BangShift...

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Good News: Muscle Cars Outsell Weenie Hybrids in May!

The boys over at the Mustang Forums did some math and figured out that combined, the Mustang, Camaro, and Challenger outsold all of the available hybrids, straight up in the month of May. Sure, the...

Mopar Gallery: Mopar Action at Maple Grove Raceway

As much as we like to poke gentle fun at the Mopar crowd for their intense devotion to their brand, we have a lot of respect for the whole lot of crazies as well. The eyes of Mopardom looked toward...

Flying Drag Car Video: A Huge Wreck at Hub City Dragway

If there is a Mississippi state record for skying a drag car, the dude in this video owns it. By a lot. Shot at Hub City Dragway, in Hattiesburg, this video features a bunch of cool door slammer...

Caption This Photo: Hear Don Garlits ROAR!

Joe Grippo, our intrepid Pennsylvanian lensman was recently at Maple Grove for their big Mopar event. They don’t do anything half-assed at ‘da Grove and this event was killer, as usual....

Video Brake Tech from Baer

Thousands of you watched as we built a 1967 Camaro in 48 Hours LIVE last month. We were able to build this car thanks to killer sponsors like Baer Brakes, Holley, Comp Cams and Lingenfelter....

Is This a Photo of an Ancient Chassis Dyno, or Something Else?

When this photo, supposedly from 1924 appeared in our forum section, several members were trying to discern what exactly was going on. Taken at a near pre-historic Texaco station, there’s an...

News: EcoBoost Engines Selling So Quickly Ford Can Barely Meet Demand

Ford’s EcoBoost engine family hit the scene with a splash for the 2010 model year. The engine was launched in the Ford Taurus SHO and quickly made the rounds through the blue oval product line,...