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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 – Friday

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 – 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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Watch A Lamborghini Fly At The Slovakia Ring During A Massive Wreck – Driver Was OK

This footage comes from Slovakia and more specifically the Slovakia Ring race course where the Blanpain GT series was running. We have talked about the Blancpain series a few times this year because...

Quick And Dirty: How Can You Make A Rough Rig Look Fairly Presentable?

I know this story, I’ve done it a couple of times on several vehicles, but the one that really stands out to me was the 1979-81 Camaro that was slated to be the replacement for my...

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Story Time: The Good, Bad, And Downright Nasty Side Of BTCC With Legendary Driver Jason Plato

The best part of living life are the stories that you get to share with others along the way. I can say it for just about every single solitary year of my life: the stories that I have defy belief, I...

Henry’s Hot Rod: We Bought A Mongrel 1940s Ford N Tractor, Scored A Flathead and The Fun Starts Here

It has been too long since I have had some garage occupancy for my own fun and entertainment. That’s been rectified and in the typical fashion of my life, I couldn’t just do the normal...

Mini-Feature: Hubert Platt’s Georgia Shaker III 1965 Ford Falcon A/FX

Hubert Platt’s Georgia Shaker III is one of the more interesting door slammers to come out of the mid-1960s. Platt was a southern match-bash star who had tasted the sweetness of a factory deal...

DON’T PUT YOUR FACE THERE – Watch A Dude Nearly Catch A Fireball To The Kisser At The Drags

There are certain things that still amaze me on nearly every trip to the drags. The first is the propensity of a racer with a car that clearly has a mechanical issue refusing to lift on the way down...

The Top 11 Coolest-Ever TV and Movie Trucks

Trucks. We love ’em around here at BangShift. Over the years there have been a bunch of kick ass trucks on both the big and small screen. We scoured our tiny pea-brains to come up with the 11...

Watch Awesome Slow Motion Of A Nitro Powered Drag Bike’s Engine Exploding On The Track

We’ve grown to be kind of obsessed with slow motions videos as of late and after watching this video shot in Sweden, you’ll understand why. We’re not sure of the class that this...

Money No Object: 1969 Shelby GT350 Race Car And Trailer

I can’t lie, I might have squeaked when I saw this thing. Check off the list: 1969-70 Shelby Mustang body? Period-correct Trans Am appearance? A legit racing pedigree and not just a dolled-up...

From Possums To Pack Rats: Learning The Trouble With Desert Vehicles!

Officially, they are Neotoma albigula, the white-throated wood rat. To anybody that isn’t a student covering the flora and fauna of Arizona, they are simply the local species of pack rat....

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Racing A Fiat 500 Around An Indoor Go Kart Track Looks Like More Fun Than We Can Describe

K1 Speed is a large, multi-state chain of indoor go karting facilities that guys like us love to hang out at. There’s few things more entertaining in the winter than escaping for an afternoon...

Cruise Photos: Donut Derelicts Is Still Going Strong Despite It All – So Cal Hot Rodders Hanging Out!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – It has been a year of cancellation. A year of delay. A year of isolation. It has also been a year of incredible and seemingly counter-intuitive business growth for...

Family Business: Evan Bader Named Track Manager At Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park

It’s always cool when you see the right people land in the right jobs across an industry. In this case, it’s our pal Evan Bader who has been promoted to the role of track manager at...

The GMC Hummer EV Is Coming Sooner Than Expected – High Number Of Pre-Orders Likely Driving Production Push

(By Tom Lohnes) – The GMC Hummer EV has had some great preorder numbers for its price range. Solely because of that, GMC is considering starting production sooner than expected, and a lot...