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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 1 of 5 – His Bandit Trans Am Needs Some Love!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In the...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND! THIS IS HELLA 2026, COURSE 1 ACTION

If you are new around there then you might not know that we seriously dig Formula Off-Road racing here at BANGshift.com. This is high flying, loud, and intense racing that involves what look to be...

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Car Show Video From The 13th Annual LoneStar Deluxe Hot Rod and Music Festival in Texas City TX

Our friend John Jackson is back at it with more cool video from another great Texas car show, and this time it’s got a twist. This is the 13th Annual LoneStar Deluxe Hot Rod and Music Festival...

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LIVE Road Racing: Sebring International Raceway GT America powered by AWS 2026

We’ve got more racing action from Sebring to share folks, so buckle up if you want to watch GT America presented by AWS. We’ll have both Saturday and Sunday’s races, so check them...

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We’ve Got NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Pro Mod And Outlaw Street 4-Wide Drag Racing Is Right Here!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Sunday $50,000 Big Money Race #2

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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Super-Low Mile And Street-Driven: The House Of Muscle Checks Out Killer Mike’s 1996 Impala SS

It was long, low, and mean….everything that the Chevrolet Caprice was not, unless you were on the business end of some police officers who had an issue with you. It was snorty and had guts for...

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GM Is Asking The Government To Increase The Gas Mileage Standard And More…Thoughts?

It’s often easy to say that manufacturers don’t care about consumers, so long as the money is filling the coffers. Not entirely wrong, it is? As long as people are lining up to buy...

Here Are Friday’s Number One Qualifiers From The NHRA Toyota Nationals In Las Vegas

NHRA’s Toyota Nationals is Round 23 of 24 in NHRA’s Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and fans from all over the west have flocked to Las Vegas for this one. They are hoping to see Championship...

A Home-Built RV That Isn’t Scary! This 1942 Chevrolet G506 Army Truck Is Beautiful!

World War II ramped up manufacturing in the United States like nothing else had before. Factories cranked out ships, planes, trains and trucks by the millions in the name of the War Effort. Everyone...

Records Fell Like Flies At The Southern California Timing Association’s First El Mirage Meet Of Fall

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Man the conditions at El Mirage could not have been much better this past weekend! I’ve been to El Mirage a bunch of times and can’t remember it being more...

The Exhumation: The 1983 Chrysler LeBaron That Got Buried Gets Dug Up! Will It Start, And Will It Talk?

At the beginning of this year, we showed you one man’s final answer for a K-car that proved to be too much to tolerate. Tyler Hoover of Hoovies’ Garage bought this 1983 Chrysler LeBaron...

Nothing But Cars For Sale And On Parade At The Pomona Swap Meet

(Photos by Chad Reynolds) The Pomona Swap Meet was huge and awesome, as usual, which is why we always go! It’s a riot hanging out with friends, looking at cool parts, laughing at stuff we find,...

Big Rigs, Big Rigs, And More Big Rigs From The Great American Trucking Show In Dallas

(Photos by Rob Bennett) The Great American Trucking Show is like the SEMA Show of Big Rigs. With over 500 exhibitors, representing more than 52,000 trucking industry products, and a truck show that...

27th NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion Crowns Event & Series Champions!

  (Photos by Dyan Lover and Darr Hawthorne) – Last weekend’s 27th California Hot Rod Reunion finished up competition at Auto Club Famoso Raceway, crowning not only event winners but also...

This Australian Dodge Phoenix Is Going From Derelict To Big-Block Cruiser For A Cause!

First off, how surprised are you that a 1963 Dodge of any type was in Australia as a local-sale car, complete with right-hand drive? All of the American manufacturers stuck their nose into the...

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Drive Green: A 1977 AMC Hornet AMX That Was Still Trying To Be A Full-Fledged Musclecar!

The true pinnacle of Malaise might be about 1980, but 1977 wasn’t that great, either. Pontiac fans were doing well enough, the Z28 Camaro had returned after a two-year hiatus, and if you knew...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Coolest City in America That Has A Race Track?

As I’m writing this from a hotel room in Las Vegas before the 2018 NHRA Toyota Nationals get kicked off around here, it got me to thinking. There are a load of cool cities that have race tracks...

Richard Okerman’s Super Gas Wreck From 2004 Is Proof That No Matter The Speed Safety Gear Is Paramount

So many people want to complain and generally whine about safety equipment in race cars. At a recent event I was at, there were probably a dozen guys who came to the tower complaining because they...

Unhinged: Don’t Let The Television Ad Titilate You Too Much, Now…

So this happened: in the United Kingdom, Ford, FCA and Nissan recently had their advertisements banned because, according to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), they were too much for viewers...

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