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MiniTruckin Nationals Photos From Maggie Valley North Carolina – Old School, New School, Mini’s And More!

I didn’t make it out to the 2024 Mini Truckin Nationals in Maggie Valley, but boy I can’t wait for next year. That’s because our friend Damon Steinke from E3Extreme hit the show and...

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Mud And Dirt Racing Photos: The Lee County Darryl Jones Memorial Race Was Epic And We’ve Got The Photos!

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) With the unfortunate passing from a courageous battle with cancer back in 2021 of famed and beloved mud racer Darryl Jones, pilot of the legendary “Scooby Doo”...

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BIG TIRES & BLOWERS – The Hot Rod Hoarder Hits Up The Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run 2024 And Man There Were Cool Cars On Parade.

Pigeon Forge is a tourist destination, and home to several awesome car and truck events, in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. It’s a cool town full of restaurants, shops, hotels, Dollywood,...

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Our Final Gallery Of 2024 PDRA East Coast Nationals Action Photos: Check Them All Out Here, Along With A Link To Any You Might Have Missed!

We’ve got our fifth, and final, photo gallery from the PDRA East Coast Nationals below, but if you missed the previous galleries from the race, you can use the link we’ve included as...

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Newbern Helped His Neighbor Get This SS Chevelle Up And Running For Burnouts After Sitting For 40 Years And A Seized Small Block

There are lots of will it run videos out there of engines being started after sitting for years and years and years. But when an engine is actually stuck, or seized, the success rate goes down...

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Featured Product: This Easy to Apply KBS Bed Liner Protects Truck Beds and Body Panels And You Can Do It At Home!

We’re big fans of KBS products around here, but if you haven’t seen their products here on BANGshift or haven’t caught up with them at the PRI or SEMA shows, then you need to check...

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This Is Our Last Blast Of Pomona Swap Meet Photos

(Photos by Chad Reynolds) The Pomona Swap Meet was huge and awesome, as usual, which is why we always go! It’s a riot hanging out with friends, looking at cool parts, laughing at stuff we find,...

SEMA 2018: A Final Sweep Of The Current Automotive Scene

Every year I go to SEMA, I tend to trot out one tired old trope: there was too many things to see and not enough time to see them in. Amazing, then, how I can waste a week. This year, though, those...

Watch the Professional Final Rounds At The 1979 NHRA World Finals – Bonin, Garlits, Glidden, More!

Here’s some classic drag racing video that’ll put a smile on your smacker this Wednesday morning. We’re taking a trip 39 years into the past to Ontario Motor Speedway to watch the...

Watch Mike Janis Win The 2018 NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Pro Modified National Championship

This was one of the most electrifying years in the history of the pro mod class while those monsters have been running with the NHRA. 18 years have passed since a simple exhibition and the evolution...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Love Rancho’s Project Two-Tone As Much As We Do?

There are loads of vehicles that make people smile at the SEMA show every year. There are a hand full of them that cause people to stop in their tracks, smile, and check it out. This is one of those...

2018 PDRA World Finals Action Photos: Nitrous, Turbos, and Blowers Galore

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We’re back with more Benoit Pigeon photos from the 2018 PDRA World Finals. This race was the culmination of a long season of hard fought drag races and the...

2018 PDRA Wold Finals Action Photos: It Was A Mighty Virginia Throwdown Again!

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – It was a battle of man vs machine. It was a battle of man vs nature and it was a battle of cars versus the clock. It was the 2018 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World...

Finnegan Teaches Strong Advice On Anniversary Gifts: Get Her What She’s Wanted For Years!

Gentlemen. How often have you found yourself a month, weeks or even days from your wedding anniversary and are looking straight at the deeper part of a seriously muddy creek because you simply have...

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SEMA 2018: Did You Ever Expect Custom Vans To Return?!

A lot of people will deride just about every 1970s automotive trend, but as I have been expecting, we’re seeing an embrace of car culture with each passing year that comes from the Decade of...

Unhinged: Someone Messed Up And Let Us Drive A Stock Car

The question was simple enough: would I like to drive a stock car during my time at SEMA 2018? The answer was just as simple: oh, hell yes. Nevermind the break from the Convention Center, the crowds,...

SEMA 2018: Aeromotive Introduces the “Signature Body” Series Brushless Fuel Pumps

Innovation takes on interesting forms, right? Sometimes when you advance technology or you make a better mouse trap you need to consider how that device will effect existing people and customers....

2018 NTPA NC State Fair Southern Showdown Action Photos: Beastly Machines Against The Sled

(Photos by David Whealon) – Its about the only motorsport left in the world where turbines and piston engines compete heads up, anymore. Boat racing was another bastion of such stuff but the...

2018 Street Machinery Inventory Intervention Show Coverage: Gray Skies, Rusty Cars, Cool Stuff

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Euclid Ohio’s Street Machinery is a neat place. They have 200+ cars in their “Patina Plantation” which are all intended to be customer projects and...

SEMA 2018 : MAHLE Aftermarket Announced New H and V Series Coated Performance Bearings

While the shined up hot rods and show cars bring loads of attention at the 2018 SEMA Show, the reality is that parts and components are what this show is rooted in. MAHLE Aftermarket continues to be...