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News: GM’s Holden Brand May Shut Down Production In Southern Australia THIS YEAR!

With our continued reports on the fate of Australia’s auto industry, the future looks dimmer and dimmer. It was announced yesterday that Holden’s Elizabeth plant in Adelaide could close...

Trar Sighting! What The Hell Is This? Plymouth Meets What? Help Us Identify The Chassis

You know how much we love, okay and hate, TRARS (cars on truck chassis’) around here, so when Greg and Bob sent in photos of this one that they saw in DuQuoin while shooting the Street Machine...

Drag Gallery: More Great Action From Rumble At The Grove 2013 – Doorslammer Do-See-Do!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – As Joe told you yesterday in the intro to his first gallery, the Rumble at the Grove event is about cars with doors in all of the various shapes, sizes, models, and...

Bangshift Daily Tune Up: “Shirley” by L7. The Punk Rock Tribute To Shirley Muldowney

Whenever resident underground music afficionado Anthony Castillo sends Brian and I an email with a list of prospective Daily Tune Ups, I’m always intrigued. This week he sent us a few different...

Hilarious Sleeper: A Geo Prism With A Turbocharged, Nitrous Injected Toyota Heart (And A Dora Window Shade)

Ok, so we’re running a blog item about a damned Geo Prism, but give us a second and you’ll be on board with it…we think. This is obviously not a stock GEO Prism, because if it was...

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics – The Incredible Story Behind ChumpCar’s 36-hour Endurance Race!

(Words John Condren – Photos by Alicia Glubrecht) There’s always something cold and heartless about statistics.  Raw numbers.  Basic facts that rarely tell the whole story.  For example,...

Comp Cams Engine Builder Duels Happening At Columbus Goodguys and Car Craft Summer Nationals. Sign Up Now!

That’s right BangShifters, you can sign up for the Comp Cams Engine Builder Duels at Columbus Goodguys or Car Craft Summer Nationals! We were just informed by Comp that there are a few spots...

Drag Gallery: Rumble At The Grove 2013 – Doorslammers Only! Wheels Up Action!

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) -The Rumble at the Grove means one thing…..Doorslammers! Not a dragster or altered in sight. The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mods came to Maple Grove with a variety of...

Don’t Try This At Home Video: Watch A Dude Drift The Full Length Of A Highway Off Ramp Like A Pro

Even though this guy clearly has great car control skills and seems to have completed this maneuver before, we don’t see it as being all that bright a thing to do. He could have easily wadded...

Photos: Midnight Drags Featuring The Cars Of The 2013 Street Machine Nationals

We aren’t going to lie to you, we don’t have photos of Cheez Whiz or Dobbertin’s J2000, but we sure wish they had come out for this! But a ton of cars from the 2013 Car Craft Street...

Video: Watch One Of The Cleanest And Fastest Side By Side Outlaw AA/FA Runs Of All Time!

The Outlaw Fuel Altered Association is no stranger to the pages of BangShift. We’ve featured these guys a time or two getting after it on eighth mile tracks in Texas and this is some more of...

More Donut Derelicts Cruise In Photos Of Hot Rods, Customs, Street Machines, And More!

Donut Derelicts unofficially started in 1986 and has been a staple of Southern California Hot Rodding ever since. And the only thing that is keeping it from growing any larger is the lack of parking...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s One Thing You’d Change About Your Car This Instant?

Today’s question is all about snap decision making. We want to know what one thing you’d change on your car this instant. No long protracted debate, no consideration for price,...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Driving Down” by My Early Mustang (2006)

I wanted to find a song that had something to do with Camaros or Mustangs for today, and after doing a search on the wonderful world wide web, I came up with a band who’s name is My Early...