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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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Classic YouTube: Chris Matheson’s Australian Top Bike Crash – Off The Bike At Over 200 MPH!

If you hadn’t counted on the physics of the wind against the human body at over two hundred miles an hour, you could be forgiven for thinking that Australian Top Bike racer Chris Matheson just...

Barrett-Jackson’s Historic Sunday Docket to Feature 1960s Rock Band Grateful Dead’s Original Equipment Truck and More

We know that a lot of you have been watching Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale the past few days and after Saturday’s amazing selection of rides going up for sale it is sometimes easy to forget that...

Skycrane And Skyline: Changing Out A Television Transmitting Antenna Over A Quarter-Mile Up!

Okay, let’s make this official: there are parts of my body that were going into full fear mode just by watching this video. The helicopter part of this story doesn’t scare me in the...

Spoilsports: Subaru Will Not Be Selling Our New Favorite Forester Ever.

So, about a week ago, the internet lit on fire over a Subaru Forester. Not just any run of the mill Forester, mind you…they have all the excitement of a bowl of plain oatmeal gone cold. No,...

Here’s Your Chance To Own A Hot Rod Based Business Where You Get To Drive One ALL THE TIME!

When Rocco sent this one in man I was excited! I mean would you just look at it? And it isn’t just a car, but also a business if you would like it, and I think you could do one hell of a...

Roadtrippin’: This Abandoned Car Lot In Nebraska Has Some Fun Finds That Deserve A Better Resting Place

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) After checking out a closed up wrecking yard the week before, my buddy John McHarness asks me if I am up to check out another collection of rusty gold. I say sure,...

The Other Side Of The Coin: Day Of Destruction At Beech Ridge

Yesterday Lohnes showed you some of the awesome racing that can actually happen at a spectator drags event. Often, the images of these deals involves idiots in beaters working with bump-to-pass rules...

Lots Of Sanding And Some Primer! The Mongrel Is All One Color Finally!

The Mongrel is getting so close to going back together for the final time! We can’t wait to see this little bastard tearing up the race track because we know it is going to be a riot, but...

Ten In A Five-Pound Bag: Get A Listen Of This V10-Swapped Mercury Capri

Full disclosure: it’s after one in the morning and I’m wide awake listening to the wind attempt to rip the roof off of my house. I’ve been looking over so many ideas for the one...

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Rough Start: 1971 Ford F-350 With A Handy Tilt Nose!

I don’t know why I’m picking on Lohnes lately. The man has done nothing wrong to me. But lately I’ve just had it out for him vehicle-wise. First it was that stuntman-ready Chevrolet...

Americans Win Dakar! Dakar Rally Highlights Continue! Stages 6-12 Are Right Here. Sun And Sand For Days!

For the first time ever, American’s have won in the Dakar Rally! Overall win goes to Ricky Brabec who finished with a total time of just over 40 hours aboard his Honda motorcycle. The Dakar...

PRE-REGISTER FOR LS FEST WEST NOW! Vegas Baby, Vegas. Don’t Miss Out, Registration Is Now Open!

Holley’s LS Fest West is fast becoming the outlandish, crazy and fun no so little brother of Holley’s LS Fest in Bowling Green Kentucky. With growth that can only be described as awesome,...

Five Years Of Yikes: Drag Racing Close Calls And Carnage From The UK

Racing in the United Kingdom takes a bit longer to kick off than it does down in the states. Here, we just wait until Florida and Texas start getting beautiful weather and spread out from there. Over...

Money No Object: 1965 Dodge Coronet 440 Station Wagon

I never knew that I needed this car until I saw pictures of it. I don’t mind wagons at all. Except Chevy Cavalier station wagons, they can all get smashed flat for what I care. But RWD station...

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