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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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Rocky Mountain Raceways’ Night Of Fire: Let The Racing Commence!

Coming into the early evening hours of Saturday in Salt Lake City, we were looking at a few distinct and equally important issues. One was a wildfire that was just due westward of the track that we...

SAVED! This Video of The Top Five Saves From The Goodwood Revival Is Awesome

We have showed you some cool videos from the 2018 Goodwood Revival in England but this one is the best yet. The footage you will see highlights the top five saves that were made during the racing...

Holley LS Fest 2018: Our Coverage Comes To A Very Rainy End!

Well, everything has to come to an end, and so it goes for the 2018 Holley LS Fest. Sunday was the day of reckoning…we knew we had gotten lucky with two days of very decent weather, we knew...

Someone In Your Life Love Big Oly? This Forthcoming Acme Die Cast Replica Would Do Them Good!

Normally we like vouching for stuff that we have personal experience with here. Parts that either we or our friends have used. Brands that have been accepted as quality and continue to carry that...

This 1969 COPO Chevelle Is An Understated Badass! 427, Four-Speed, 4.10s Out Back!

Part of the beauty of the 1964-74 Musclecar Era was that manufacturers had started to embrace the idea that the buyer needed to be the one dictating options, not the factory. The first-generation...

Holley LS Fest 2018: The Crowds Never Noticed The Clouds Approaching!

Just about every one of the galleries from the 2018 Holley LS Fest have a mention about the weather, and for good cause…days before the show started the weather reports basically said,...

The Final Fox: Take A Look Back At The SVT “Terminator” Mustang Courtesy Of Motorweek!

In 1999, Ford found they had a two-sided problem: on one hand were the 320 horsepower Chevrolet Camaro Super Sport and Pontiac Trans Am WS6, two cars that were potent, faster than they had yet been,...

Rocky Mountain Raceway’s Night Of Fire: The Storm Before The Storm

If you tried tuning in to our live coverage for Rocky Mountain Raceway’s Night of Fire event, then let me be the first to apologize…again. After attempt after attempt at getting the...

An Aussie View Of Drag Week From Bristol – Get The Insight That They Had

With the allure of driving highly modified cars that haul the mail by the ton across the countryside with no hassle from the cops (so long as you don’t do stupid things along the way),...

Watch the Most Hellaciously Bad Ass Brake Test on Earth – Incredible Forces at Work

We saw lots of hot brakes and clamping forces at work during Hot Rod Drag Week, LS Fest, and the NHRA Dodge Nationals, but even the big binders on the pro touring and drag cars have nothing on the...

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Rough Start: This 1966 Mercury Comet Needs Some Road Time!

Did any of you have that one car in the neighborhood that was the coolest thing you’d ever seen, looked the part, but you grew up never seeing the car move so much as an inch? The tires would...

Footloose And Fancy-Free: Watch Bartosz Ostałowski Whip His Skyline Around Like Fred Astaire!

A Fred Astaire reference on BangShift…wow, that’s a reach. Or is it? You see, Astaire’s most well-remembered feature wasn’t his singing or his acting, but it was the way in...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Favorite Memory From A Track That’s Now Gone?

As I type this, I’m still coming to terms with the final blowout that I got to witness at Rocky Mountain Raceway as part of the Night of Fire weekend. I can’t explain just how pissed-off...

Rocky Mountain Raceway’s Night Of Fire 2018: A Photographic View Of A Final Bash

The sad truth is that the Night of Fire event at Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah is that it’s a farewell blowout. After the 2018 season ends, so does Rocky Mountain Raceways. A...