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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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Event Coverage: 2009 SEMA Show Tuesday Gallery

The 2009 SEMA show is now in full swing with all of the parts, cars, trucks, and even semi tractors loaded into place and polished up. We were running around like a chicken with it’s head cut...

Memphis Motorsports Park Closing: Here are the $ Numbers

On a Monday conference call, Dover Motorsports, the parent company that owns the freshly defunct Memphis Motorsports Park, shared the financial information for the facility and the picture was not...

Live Video of the GMPP Emissions-Legal Crate Engine Announcement from SEMA

Just 5 minutes ago, BangShift.com broke the news of four new GM Performance Parts crate engines that are emissions legal to install in any pre-OBD2 car or truck. Now watch below as Dr. Jamie Meyer...

GM Performance Parts Reveals Crate Engines up to 550hp, Smog Legal for Any Car!

Here’s the big news that GM Performance Parts has been teasing us with for a week or more with sneaky videos on YouTube and other rumors that have been going around: 4 new crate engines will be...

Event Coverage: 2009 Jalopyrama Car Show from Annapolis, Maryland

The sixth annual Jalopyrama took place on October 31st in Annapolis, Maryland. Lucky for us, our intrepid east coast lensman, Joe Grippo was on hand to capture all the hot rods and action. He got...

Jeremy Mayfield’s Former Lawyer (and Boss Hogg look-a-like) Claims He Has Not Been Paid

Bill Diehl, the attorney who was formerly the lead man on suspended NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield’s defense team, claims that he has not been paid for the services rendered to Mayfield during...

NHRA Blocks AHRA Reunion Races from Happening at Tracks They Sanction

The 2010 revival of the American Hot Rod Association has run into a serious and potentially crippling snag. The NHRA has informed the tracks that they sanction that they may not run AHRA events....

Roadside Find: Killer 1972 Chevy Ramp Truck

Strange to say, but these days, towing a race car has become sort of a luxury experience. There’s massive pusher motorhomes, stacker trailers, and all different kinds of trick appointments one...

BangShift.com Live Streaming Video Webcasts from SEMA 2009

BangShift.com is doing two live webcasts from SEMA next Tuesday, November 3rd. The first will be from the GM Performance Parts press conference at 10:40 am PST. GM is promising a crate engine that...

Live Video: GM Performance Parts News from SEMA Coming on Tuesday at 10:40 Pacific Time

BangShift.com has finally landed at the 2009 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, and we’ve already snuck into the show to create a small photo gallery you’ll see soon. The big news is that we crashed...

Speedfactory’s Blown, All-Aluminum 440 Hemi Challenger to Debut at SEMA

Do you want a 700-horsepower Challenger of your own? SpeedFactory is debuting their latest creation at the SEMA show, and it includes some bad assed parts that will make any Mopar freak happy. We...

New Video from Ridetech.com features our old pal, the crew cab Chevelle!

<!–[endif]–> Bret Voelkel and the rest of the Ridetech crew are not only sponsors of BangShift.com, but also good friends. Besides having some of the coolest suspension systems...

Hotchkis debuts Handlebars for your Camaro!

It sounded funny to us too, but after opening the press release, we get it. Hotchkis’ new first-gen Camaro Handle Bars are designed to tie the firewall of your Camaro into the sub-frame to...

Killer Video: Mechanic’s Creeper with 80cc Gas Motor

The engine is the head rest. The wheels look as though they were sourced from a Grainger catalog in the caster section. Steering is accomplished by a push/pull lever. There are not readily apparent...

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