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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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Racing Junk Find: An Awesome 1965 Malibu SS With A 14-71 Blown, 529-ci Rodeck Motor

In the event that a giant bag of money fell from the sky this week, we’d spend every penny on this kick ass 1965 Malibu SS and run it this weekend at the PSCA Record Breaker Nationals in Las...

eBay Find: A Totally Cool 1966 Chevy II Stock Car

Chevy II restorers be warned, the larger photos of this car will have your stomach flopping. The wheel wells were clearly opened with a Sawz-All, the car rides on a 1955 Chevy chassis, and the only...

Cool Project: Holley’s 1987 Grand Prix – Project G-Force One

When the guys at Holley decide to do a car, they really do it right! Such is the case with the company’s Project G-Force One, a 1987 Pontiac Grand Prix build that will end up being one bad ass...

Tune In: Speed Scene Live TV is All New Tonight

Tonight being Tuesday night means that Speed Scene Live TV with our pals Scott “Lucky” Hudson, Bruce Barker, and the always energetic DianaMite, will be on the air bringing the latest...

Herman Lewis, Champion of AMC Performance Passes

Herman Lewis, one of the greatest names in AMC performance and drag racing has died at the age of 76. Lewis gained fame and stature within the AMC community during a long and illustrious drag racing...

BangShift Poll: Pro Stock or Pro Mod – Which is better?

Chad and I engaged in one of our frequent debates recently when discussing the upcoming weekend. What brought this on is the fact that Chad will be in Las Vegas live broadcasting the PSCA (Pacific...

Killer Videos: How to Wrench on a 1929 Duesenberg Model J in Your Home Shop

Duesenbergs are very freaking rare, guys who wrench on their own Duesenbergs at home are even more so. Luckily, BangShifter “Hemi” Joel Nystrom is one of those dudes and he has the video...

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eBay Find: A BangShifty 1978 Corvette Rear Engine Funny Car

Rear engine floppers have a unique place in drag racing history. The only guy who really did much with one in terms of success was “Big” Jim Dunn and his Dunn and Reath ‘Cuda which...

Caption this photo: Bodywork on the Cheap in Tennessee

We know it is early on Monday morning and you are still cursing the fact that you are at work. That being said, here’s a photo that may raise your spirits, or at least give you an industrial...

The Parting Shift: A Lap in Jim Halsey’s Nitrous Infected Pro Mod

Jim Halsey owns and operates one of the quickest nitrous pro mods in the country, and the world. In this video we ride along with him as he hauls ass down the strip at Rockingham Dragway in...

MSD Power Grid Approved for NHRA Competition, Set to Begin Shipping in Early March

MSD Ignition’s revolutionary “Power Grid” system has been approved for use in all sportsman classes in the NHRA. The Power Grid is an ground breaking pieces of equipment that allows...

Smokey Yunick Video: How Ol’ Smoke Helped Develop the Corvette

Smokey Yunick is certainly a hall of fame BangShifter. He had his hands in innumerable projects over the years and developed everything from carbs to spark plugs. Yunick was also involved in the...

Friday Fail Poll: Dodge Introduces the Caravan R/T

With Chrysler’s Super Bowl advertisement putting the company squarely in the spotlight, we were interested to see what they were going to roll out at the Chicago Auto Show. There have been...

Epic Save: How to Drive a Pro Mod on Two Wheels!

Next weekend will be a busy one for Chad and I. He’ll be bringing you a live broadcast from the Pacific Street Car Association and Pro Stock Shootout from Las Vegas and I’ll be down in...