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Short Shift: A Weekend Road Trip In The 2014 Mazda 3 Grand Touring Edition Will Make You Want To Kill Your Small SUV

(Welcome to the Short Shift! This is where we’ll do less intensive reviews of new cars and stuff that we get a chance to have some quality time with. Manufacturers will sometimes ask us if we...

This Match Race In Thailand Between A Hot Rod Diesel Truck And A 125cc Scooter Is Nuts!

We have been harping for a long time on the idea that drag racing is not just something that happens between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. There are strips on every continent aside from those...

BS Photo Highlight Reel: Dave Nutting’s Favorite Shots from 2013 – Trars, NHRA, and More!

With only a few weeks left in 2013, it’s that time of year again where all of the crazies that spend untold hours behind the viewfinder of a camera in order to bring you BangShifters the best...

Watch One Of The Most Horrendous High Speed Drag Race Wrecks We Have Ever Seen

Puerto Rico International Speedway was born from the remains of a US Army base that was constructed in 1940. In 1975 the track opened up as a drag strip and outside of a couple years in the 1980s it...

Craigslist Gold: This Ad For A Cool 1955 Olds Will Crack You Up!

BangShifter John Dent of the Denver, Colorado area sent us the tip on this ad and when he told us that we’d love it he was right! Lots of times funny CL ads are hawking some uninspiring junk...

Stu Hilborn Dead At 96 – Fuel Injection Master Was A Huge Influence On Industry

Stu Hilborn’s fascination with fuel injection and adapting it for use by hot rodders had a massive impact on the racing and rodding scene that continues to be felt today. Hilborn died Monday...

PRI 2013 – Our Last Blast Of People, Parts, and Cars From An Awesome Return To Indy!

(Photos by Chad) — Well, the 2013 PRI show is officially over and everyone (including the Roadkill guys) has finally packed up and vacated the convention center. By all accounts the show...

We’ve Got A New Sponsor! Prolong Super Lubricants Joins BangShift.com. Help Us Welcome Them!

As all you regular readers know, we have really great sponsors here at BangShift.com. Sponsors who’s support allows to to keep bringing you tons of content each and every day, FREE live...

Chadmouth: Traveling Rants From One Of The Travelenist Guys In Motorsports! Can We Just Cut Their Feet Off?

I was on the road 36 weekends this year, which is low compared to last year, but still a ton of travel. I defy anyone to have a more polished routine when rolling through airport security, the rental...

This Paddle Tire Equipped Fox Mustang On A Puerto Rican Sand Drag Strip Makes Our Pants Tight (video)

Juncos, Puerto Rico was founded in 1797 and has a population of about 40,000 people as best my extensive research into the place can find. The extensive research was done while eating an extensive...

Nut Driver: I screw up a suspension install and drive a Toyota Highlander for the week

[“Nut Driver” is a new series that will feature updates on Dave Nutting’s attempts to daily drive his 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in Massachusetts 365 days a year] We last left off with an...

Here’s Your Last ProMod Racing Coverage For 2013. The Snowbird Nationals In Bradenton Were Huge!

It’s the Off Season for all the professional category racers, but that didn’t keep the crazies of Pro Mod from heading to Bradenton last week for some final passes of 2013. The number of...

This Bizarre Looking 1981 Spirit AMX Is Actually Bad Ass And We Want It – Fugly But Fast!

Things at AMC weren’t all that bad in 1981. The company was still rolling out new models like the 4×4 Eagle models that really invented what we now call a “crossover SUV”,...

Hundreds Of Classic Cars And Trucks, We Would Love To Own, For Sale In Michigan. Buy One Or All!

Just when you think that the supply of Pre-’70’s cars and trucks has got to be dwindling, another collection of great old iron comes to the surface, like this one in Michigan. The good...