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COMP Cams Releases HRT Series Camshafts For Gen II/IV Hemi Engines – Mopar To Ya!

You may be wondering the same thing we are. When do these COMP Cams guys sleep?! A torrent of new parts and components have been introduced this year and that is a trend that shows no signs of...

2019 NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: A Sunday Sportsman Photographic Spectacular

(Photo by Dave Nutting) – Yeah, yeah, we know that the mountain motor pro stock cars are not by traditional definition “sportsman” machines but we’re including them in this...

2019 Highway Creepers Car Show Images: Corn Country’s Coolest Cars Are Right Here!

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – We’re back with one last look at the 2019 Highway Creepers car show, which brought out hundreds of cool cars from all over the center of the country and...

2019 Carlisle All-Ford Nationals Photo Coverage: Cars and Parts For Sale In The Swap Meet!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – At events like the 2019 Carlisle All-Ford Nationals, some of the most interesting and awesome stuff you can find will be located in the swap meet and the car corral....

2019 Goodguys PPG Nationals Photo Coverage: SEMA Heroes, Killer Cruisers, and The Neatest Cars In America

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We’re taking you inside the walls and gates of the 2019 Goodguys PPG Nationals that took place recently in Columbus, Ohio. You have seen a lot of cool stuff...

Rough Start: 1994 Pontiac Firebird Formula V8 – All Thrills, Enough Frills

I came very close to buying a Firebird Formula just like this car in late 2002. It was the first fourth-gen F-body I had driven and compared to my last two cars (1978 Chrysler LeBaron, 1999 Chevrolet...

Mini Phantom: Watch As This Scaled Bumpside Ford Becomes A Quad Cab!

If you were anything like me growing up, you had a group of Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars that qualified as “the junkyard”. These were the cars that didn’t last long, the ones that...

Not Another Old Ford: This 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport Has Aged Into Desirability

As time progresses, what once was common becomes rare, what once was taken for granted becomes valuable, and what was once derided as a result of the “familiarity breeds contempt”...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Funniest Race Car Name You Can Remember?

It’s a shame that drivers have tended to get away from applying names to their machines in the literal sense. Sure, we know about “The Crow”, “Goliath”, “Beater...

Back In 1997 Eddie Hill Suffered An Insane Wreck At Sonoma Raceway – Watch It Here

NHRA drag racing legend Eddie Hill had his fair share of crazy rides over the years but few of them compared to this nightmare that happened in 1997 at Sonoma Raceway. Driving his Pennzoil top fuel...

The Arrowhead: The Story Of Pontiac From Beginning To Ultimate End

The first one I rode in was the 1982 Trans Am S/E that my grandmother owned. There was the 1976 Firebird Formula that came into the shop for some bodywork and a tune…that was a torquey...

The American Powertrain Starting Shift: Mustang Driver Dumps The Clutch, Yanks The Front End And Shifts Second In The Air!

This may not be the tallest, longest, or most out of control wheelie we have ever shown on BangShift but we think it is one of the coolest because of how the driver handles the...

Little Hellraiser: This Don Hardy-Built 1972 Dodge Colt Is An Engine Away From It’s Hemi Roots

The 1971 Dodge Colt was nothing more than a Mitsubishi Colt Galant that had passed muster for sales in the United States. Basically, it was Chrysler Corporation copping out of building a car to...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Booster Seat Blues

If you are detecting a hint of bacon smell right about now, I hate to disappoint you but it’s not coming from your kitchen. It’s coming through your computer straight from me, because...