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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 4 At The Texas Motorplex – Thursday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 4! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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Pre-War Perfection: Formula One Racing Action From The Monaco Historic Grand Prix

Here we go with more awesome vintage F1 action from the streets of Monaco! The Monaco Historic Grand Prix is one hell of an event, and it’s back after a few years off! If you dig old race cars, you...

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The Mario Andretti Story: Racing’s Most Versatile Driver? America’s Greatest American Racer? Watch

Mario Andretti was a household name when I was growing up watching him race at the Indy 500 and such. His career is insane, with more wins and championships than you can shake a stick at. But what...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 2 of 5 – His Bandit Trans Am Gets New Suspension Installed!

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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Mecum Classic Car Auction Indy Is LIVE Right Here! Watch All The Bidding Action On Your Favorites.

Classic car auctions, hell any car auction, is a good time. Auctions in general are a fun way to maybe get a deal and to have a better time doing it than just walking up and making a purchase. They...

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Checking Main Bearing Clearances: Big Block Building 101 – Squarebody Stuff Keeps Rolling On The 454 Big Block Chevy For Project Creampuff.

Chad from Squarebody Stuff has got a .060 over 454 block that he is planning to do a full rebuild on for a project, and the next step is checking bearing clearance for the mains. Check it out and let...

2025 Pittsburgh World Of Wheels Photo Coverage: Our Final Gallery, And Links To All Our Other Photos, Are Below!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) Here’s Brooks final gallery, and we’ve got a link below to all the galleries we’ve posted! The World of Wheels Car Shows have been around for decades and are...

How to Make Custom Dies for Simple Body Lines | Fabricating Hemi Coupe Door Reveals Using A Technique That Will Work For Lots Of Stuff!

We humans are some pretty interesting creatures. We can screw some stuff up, that’s for sure, but we’re also pretty smart when it comes to figuring out creative ways to fabricate stuff....

North Carolina’s FASTEST Street Cars Fight for $14,000 Cash! It’s Dig or Die Death Before Dishonor Time!

There are several Dig or Die events each year, and there is no shortage of awesome cars and trucks competing in each of them. And regardless of which event it is, they are always worth real money. In...

WILL IT RUN?! Aaron And Emily Picked Up This 1984 Peterbilt 359 That Has Been Parked for 20+ years. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!

Emily and Aaron are stepping it up big time with this one! They keep getting bigger and bigger projects, whether for on the road or on the water, but this one takes the cake. They got themselves a...

Nearly 500 Cubic Inches! This 8-litre, Record Setting Bentley, Takes on Goodwood In Style

The engine sizes in some of these really old race cars is just mind boggling when you consider that they are often just 6 cylinders. I mean this Bentley here is from 1933. We’re not talking...

Is Finnegan’s New Trailer The BEST Drag And Drive Trailer EVER Built?! A Few Stand Out, And This One Might Be At The Top Of That List

Drag and Drive trailers range from the sublime to the ridiculous and everything in between. I’ve built big ones, small ones, and medium sized ones, but at each drag and drive event you see more...

Will This Supercharged Slant Six Be A Beast Or A Dyno Disappointment? Can An Early 1960’s Inline 6 Make Real Power?

Ah… the leaning tower of power. This is arguably one of the most famous and prolific Mopar powerplants, and yet it was also it’s most anemic. While everyone knows the famed Hemis, and the...

Hey IndyCar, WTF Are You Going On About? IndyCar Is NOT The Fastest Racing On Earth! And Pato O’Ward Is Kinda Slow For A 25 Year Old

Maybe it’s my old age catching up to me, or maybe it is the fact that the world has decided that reality isn’t trendy anymore, but whatever it is that made me mad when I saw the IndyCar...

Open Wheel Shootout Supermodified Feature Race! These Beasts Are Some Of The Nastiest Cars To Race A Paved Oval

If you haven’t seen a Super Modified circle track racer before, you are missing out. There isn’t anything about them that isn’t designed to go around a left hand corner as quickly...

Our 2025 Pittsburgh World Of Wheels Photo Coverage Continues: There Is Something Special About Indoor Car Show Season.

(Photos by Mike Brooks) Here’s Brooks third gallery, and we’ll have even more galleries this week! The World of Wheels Car Shows have been around for decades and are often the only connection...

Grand National Roadster Show Photos: The Suede Palace, Traditional Hot Rod Central, Plus 75 Years Of AMBR Winners And More!

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) Our latest gallery features awesome rides from the Suede Palace! The 75th anniversary of the Grand National Roadster Show was a historic gathering of hot rods, especially...

5 EASY Mods For Your CHEAP Welding Table – Harbor Freight, Vevor or Klutch Tables Can All Benefit From These Mods

If you are an average carjunkie, like us here at BANGshift, then we know that you are always looking for the best bang for your buck on tools and equipment for your garage. And when you want a fab or...

Who Makes The Best Cordless Impact Driver: All The Name Brands Tested! What Happened To Milwaukee’s Impact Driver?

We’ve worn out a couple of Rigid Impact Drivers while building the new shop, mostly because we’ve used them so much, but I’ve had to do a couple of repairs because I dropped them...