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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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eBay Pick of the Week: Wild V8 Bike (It is Not Our Fault if You Die on This Thing)

First off, this thing is totally BangShift approved. An all-aluminum 383ci small block Chevy, mounted sideways in a motorcylce, EJ Potter style, is perfection. It is the kind of perfection that can...

BangShift’s Christmas Wish List from Jegs.com

No matter how young or old you are, every man, woman, and child makes a wish list for Christmas or Hanukkah. As we get older, that list gets shorter and ultimately more simple, but the items on it...

Monday Time Killer: Sick Car Wrecks of All Kinds

Enjoying violence is a good way to work out your aggressions over a nice latte at the desk on a Monday morning. Get a good helping with this unusual blog site that has nothing but sick videos and...

The Parting Shift: Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am Action

We know what you’re thinking. The Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am is legendary, but it’s an automatic. At least the interior of the car is shown to have an automatic transmission shifter,...

Just Because: Newspaper in the Philippines Reviews Shelby GT500

So it’s Friday and we’re in a Friday mood. Is there any good reason that we’re directing you to read a review of the latest Shelby GT500 Mustang from a newspaper in the Philippines?...

Great Read: How Danica Patrick Ended Up With The Dale Jr. NASCAR Operation

It was a trip to Monaco, a Jay-Z video, and a night of no sleep that ultimately led Danica Patrick to sign on with Dale Jr.’s NASCAR team. She will run a limited schedule in the Nationwide...

Stolen: Valuable Custom Camaro

A custom Camaro has been stolen from a shop in Delaware County, Oklahoma. The shop claims that the car is worth $185,000. It’s not exactly our taste, but it still sucks that it was stolen and...

New Head of GM North America Formerly Ran GM Performance, Holden

Mark Reuss is the new head of GM’s North American operations and you’ll be happy to know that he is a hard core car guy. Reuss previously ran the GM Performance Division and oversaw...

Stick to Your Prius: Canadian Reviewer Pans Camaro

The new Camaro has been reviewed by tons of media outlets. Most of the issues encountered by test drivers have been the same. There were some ergonomic complaints about the cabin and some issues with...

Amazing Video: Tiny Turbine Powered R/C Pulling Tractor

This is one of the craziest things we have ever seen. The video we dug up shows a very small remote control pulling tractor powered by an actual, tiny, turbine engine. We’d by lying if we said...

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It’s Good to be the Sheik: Al-Anabi Team Owner Sheik Khalid bin Hamad Al-Thani Drives F1 Car

Sheik Khalid bin Hamad Al-Thani, the owner of the massive, international Al-Anabi drag racing team, recently made history, becoming the first ever Qatari to drive a Formula One car. The ride was...

Craigslist Pick of the Week: A Monster 1973 Cadillac Eldorado

Whale-like Cadillacs from the early and mid-’70s are kind of a double-edged sword. On one hand they’re cool for their sheer girth and the fact that they were often packing 500 cubes...

Killer Digger Follow Up: Great Photos of Another SPE Slingshot in action

Yesterday we told you about a neat old front engine dragster that is for sale. The car has some cool history and was built by the west coast shop of Roy Fjastad called Speed Products Engineering. We...

Wild Video: Monster Trucks Running an Eighth Mile Drag Race

You’ve got to give the guys and girls at the ADRL credit, they know how to put on one hell of a show. They pulled out all the stops at their final race of the season by having two monster...