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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – $30,000 Saturday!

It’s time to finish off the Spring Fling Million in Las Vegas, after one heck of a Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the country’s big dollar bracket racers head...

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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million Dollar Main Event! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – Million Dollar Friday!

It’s Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring...

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$43,000 to Win!!! Cleetus’ AWD vs RWD Shootout At Bradenton Motorsports Park was INTENSE, Fun, And Surprising! Who Took It All?

When Cleetus first put up the challenge to pit the best two wheel drive no prep rides up against the best all wheel drive no prep rides, the world lost its mind. The arguing, smack talk, bragging,...

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Stories N’ Steel: Rick Lefever – From a small town to becoming one of the countries most sought after fabricators.

Our friend Brad King, an amazing pinstriper and letterer, is back with another Stories N’ Steel episode where he is interviewing another legend of the hot rodding world. This time it’s...

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ROAD TRIP GOLD with David Freiburger and an AMAZING SURVIVOR 1961 Plymouth Belvedere

Man these cars are something. Ugly? Kinda. Weird? Absolutely. 100% Mopar? You ain’t kidding. There is something about the 1950s to mid 1960s Mopars that makes them really stand out. Styling...

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Pig-N-Ford Racing: Win Or Lose, You’ll Be Bringing Home The Bacon

There are two things worth mentioning about Tillamook, Oregon. One involves some very tasty cheeses that is created by the company that serves the Tillamook County Creamery Association, and the other...

Get Your Kicks: The Kingman Rt. 66 Street Drags Are Now Open For Entry!

If you are unfamiliar with Kingman, Arizona, here’s what you need to know: It’s the first town you get to in Arizona after you leave Las Vegas and head south, it’s got a huge...

Get The Biggest Hammer: Cletus’s Aussie Burnout Camaro Is Getting Big-Boy Grunt!

We have to admire the audacity of Cleetus. Taking a third-gen Camaro and preparing it to be an Aussie burnout car takes some serious clanking bits, but to pull off the feat and hopefully do America...

The Straight-Eight Challenge: It’s Buick Vs. Packard…Which Engine Will Live First!

What do you do when you have two cars from the 1950s that haven’t really moved since about 1970, that have an engine that seems to date back to the Thirties at your disposal? Why not divvy up...

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Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Please Pull Into A Parking Space And Eat Inside!

This week at BangShift Mid-West, we have been celebrating all things related to the red paper wasp. No, wait…scratch that. We’ve been battling those angry little monsters while trying to...

In 1965 Ford Thought They Had A Better Idea Than The Steering Wheel – They Didn’t (Poorly Edited Video!)

Ford had a missile engineer design them a modern replacement for the steering wheel in 1965. As it turns out, we’re still using those pesky wheels but the “Wrist Twist” idea that he...

Just Nosing In: It’s Time For Another Shop Tour At Jay Leno’s Place

Every now and then Jay Leno puts out a vlog on what’s going on inside of his garage, and if nothing else, it is never just boring stuff. Leno might have the money to do whatever he wants,...

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Project Raven Imperial: Ditching Some Sketchy Junk With Help From Lokar! New Throttle Cable And Kickdown Cable!

In the last update, we got Raven, the 1983 Imperial that is doubling as my penance for something I did in a past life, up and running after the 367ci small-block Mopar ate a camshaft keyway. Happily,...

Finnegan’s Death Metal Charger Finally Hits The Streets. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!

After a heap of work and realizations, Finnegan has finally got the Death Metal Charger on the road and driving. It is a miracle in many ways, considering the battles they faced just to get it...

Our Bonneville Photo Coverage Just Keeps Coming. Check Out Photos From The Salt Right Here!

If you don’t keep up with our Bonneville coverage each year then we have to question your standing as a gearhead. After all, there is something so pure and special about this place, that...

Corner Horse: Ride Along With This Ford Pinto In An IMSA RS/SCCA 2.5L Challenge Race!

Ford Pintos always seemed to get the bum rap. Ford’s entry into the subcompact market was met with fanfare initially, was the subject of a recall, then a very messy P.R. nightmare and lots of...

Even More LIVE Big Money Bracket Racing! $50,000 Is On The Line! It’s Like Brackets On Brackets On Brackets Up In Here!

With just 300 entries allowed, the SFG 300 is going to be hotly contested for the 3rd race of the series at Piedmont Dragway. With a guaranteed Winner’s Purse of $50,000 yesterday, and $20,000...

LIVE $20,000 To Win Bracket Racing From The Numidia 150 In Pennsylvania! LIVE

Want to watch some great LIVE big money bracket racing this weekend? Well you are in luck because we have two of them to share with you right here at BANGshift.com, and the first one is the 2nd...

Rough Start: 1968 Chevrolet Corvair – The Last Of An Ambitious Experiment

Another day, another cheap car hunt and today, I’m raising the limit for the Rough Start search in a one-time rational decision. Here’s the thing…as buddy Luke Finley pointed out in...