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Happy New Year 2026 From BANGshift.com! Here’s To A Happy, Healthy, And Fun New Year Full Of Horsepower, Tire Smoke, And More!

On behalf of the entire BANGshift Family, I want to thank you all for being a part of our 2025 and hope that your 2026 is even better! We are super thankful for such a great year of racing in 2025...

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More Big IHRA Moves: IHRA Purchases Rockingham Speedway and Shares Long-Term Vision for “The Rock”!

Well, we thought that the news about Heartland Park Topeka would be the last big IHRA announcement of 2025, but they squeaked another one in under the wire with a New Year’s Eve announcement...

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If You Could EV Swap An Old Ride For Cheap, Would You? This Mercury Comet Had One Donor Vehicle And Cost Less Than $6,000

I know everyone likes to bash on electric vehicles, and I’m clearly not the market they are aiming for, but there is something kind of cool about guys doing EV swaps on certain rides. Sure, I...

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Drag Racing HISTORY: The Hot Rod Hoarder’s Best Vintage Drag Cars of 2025 Are All Right Here!

We love all the folks that we regularly showcase here on BANGshift.com and one of our favorites is Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder. He hits great events, features some great historical race cars...

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Build Your Own Magnetic Clamping Table! This Magnetic Lifter Shop Hack Is A Game Changer for Grinding Or Sanding Sheet Metal!

Clamping stuff to the workbench so you can grind or sand on it is a pain sometimes. And if you are having to move and flip and rotate your part to grind on multiple surfaces, it can really take some...

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IHRA Acquires Heartland Motorsports Park In A Move To Resurrect Yet Another Abandoned Race Track!

The International Hot Rod Association has been making huge waves in the drag racing community with some pretty unbelievable announcements and purchases over the past year and there is no sign of them...

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1320 Video found a TRUCKS ONLY Drag Race in Alabama (No Cars Allowed!) Check Out All The Action Right Here!

We dig trucks, and are big fans of all truck drag racing events like the Tailgate Throwdown, because trucks can haul ass too! I’m a fan of all trucks on the dragstrip, but even though I own an...

Drag Race Video: 2025 New Years No Prep at Maple Grove Raceway. Below Freezing No Prep!

Track temp is always one of the things people talk about at drag races. If it’s hot outside, everyone is talking about how high the track temp is and that it is hard to get down when it’s...

Is This Crazy? REVIVING an Abandoned BIG BLOCK El Camino Project Just to Tear It Apart? Is This Too Nice To Be A Donor?

We know there are going to be a bunch of people out there who lose their minds when they see this El Camino, and we understand. That was my first reaction too. I saw the thumbnail for this video and...

Polishing Turds Season 2: Part 11 – Final Assembly And Dyno Testing Cody’s ProCharged 360 Cubic Inch Small Block! How Big Will The Power Gains Be?

In the tenth episode of this new Polishing Turds engine project, Pete balanced and o-ringed this little supercharged small-block so it will be able to make big consistent power. Now it’s time...

Ultimate Flap Disc Test: Harbor Freight’s Hercules And Pretec’s Rhino Face The Extreme Grinder Test Rig To See Which One Survives Best In Round 12.

We’re making our way through the totally insane Fireball Tools flap disc test series with two flap discs at a time. This testing is about as thorough as it gets, and I can tell you that so far it...

Holley’s LS Fest East Car Feature: This E90 BMW Takes LS Swapping The World To Heart And The Results Are Pretty Awesome

I love later model LS swaps like this E90 BMW. I know that they can be sticky to perform depending on where you are located in the country, but there is a part of me that thinks driving an LS swapped...

Stanceworks Is Building A Real Ferrari F40: The Hand Built Chassis For This V12 Beast Starts Right Now In Part 3 Of The Build

It’s time for another build episode of the Ferrari F40 over at Stanceworks, and that means it is tubing time! The chassis is actually going to start coming together in this episode! There have been...

The Mangled Mercury Project: Part 2 – The 1939 Mercury Chop Also Means Massaging The Windshield Opening And The Iron Trap Garage Crew Shows How In This Episode

We introduced the Mangled Mercury Project a few days ago and shared the first cuts, plans, etc. for this soon to be cooler ride. It’s time to continue the chop, and the second episode in the...

Best of Goodwood 2024: The Best Moments Of Goodwood 2024. History, Rivalries, Epic Classics, And More!

We’ve shared plenty of video and content from Goodwood this year, but we sure are excited to be highlighting their Best of 2024 series. We all know that the best moments at a track don’t...

Ultimate Flap Disc Test: Walter Enduro-Flex Turbo And Pferd Polifan Extra Face The Extreme Grinder Test Rig To See Which One Survives Best In Round 11.

We’re 1/3 of the way through the totally insane Fireball Tools flap disc test series. This is about as thorough as it gets! Check it out. Last Week we shared the video from Fireball Tool where...

Behind the Build Episode 2: John McGann Leads The HOT ROD Shop Tour with Hollywood Hot Rods

If you are like us and are always interested in finding out what goes on behind the scenes at a shop, or during a car build, then this new series from John McGann and the gang at Hot Rod is going to...

Q&A With DULCICH and FREIBURGER from Roadkill Garage: What Does The Future Hold For Both Of Them? This And Much More!

The Motor Trend world has been a flurry of energy, excitement, and dread for the past few weeks as the world found out that the Motor Trend studios portion of the business was shutting down. That...

New Years Day 2025 Live Junkyard Walk! Viewer Guided! Let’s go check out some cool old cars & trucks!

Chad Ehrlich was back at it on New Year’s Day to take his typical live walk around his amazing classic car wrecking yard, but this time it was totally viewer guides. Those watching live could...

PowerShift Podcast: 2024 In Review And What’s To Come In 2025 At BANGshift and Beyond!

We kicked off 2025 right with the Happy New Year edition of the show. There were no toasts, or confetti, or resolutions going on, but we did talk a bit about 2024 and then made some predictions and...