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2026 New Year’s No Prep Drag Racing at Maple Grove Raceway! Cold Temps Don’t Scare Racers Ready For 2026!

BANGshifter extraordinaire Joe Grippo was at it again this New Year’s Day for Maple Grove Raceway’s annual New Year’s No Prep where they run both frontside and backside no prep...

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Best of 2025: Motorcycles, Quads, and More FAILING To Get To The Top Of The Hillclimb Hill! Crazy Action!

These people are crazy! Motorcycles and quads are two of the things that are the scariest when it comes to hillclimbs. When things go right, which almost never happens, these are brutal runs up the...

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2025 ABAC Fall AET Amateur Truck & Tractor Pull-Tifton GA: Stock Diesel Trucks, Semis & Tractors Pulling Big Weight!

It’s time for some awesome pulling truck action, but this is not what you would normally expect. We’re talking amateurs and their drivers trying not to pitch the drivetrain out of it....

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ONBOARD SHAKEDOWN – TESTING THE DAKAR INSTATRADE IVECO POWERSTAR TRUCK OF ALES LOPRAIS TEAM- THIS FPT POWERED BIG TRUCK HAULS ASS ON DIRT!

If you are a regular BANGshifter then you know that we are really big fans of the Dakar Rally around here, because I’ve been watching it since the late 1990’s when television coverage was...

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Why Most ‘Straight’ Body Panels Aren’t Actually Straight: Here’s What Really Goes Into Show Quality Sanding

Everyone knows that if you want a car’s paint job to look nice you need to sand every body panel until it is as straight as possible. But what does “straight” actually mean when you...

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John Jackson’s Last Car Show Video of 2025: Goodguys Speedway Motors Southwest Nationals in Scottsdale Arizona

Goodguys Scottsdale is always a good show, not only because much of the country is starting to get cold, but also because there are a lot of awards and competitions on the line. It’s a great...

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Freak Show Find: What Could Be Made Out Of This 1979 Oldsmobile Armbruster Stageway Six-Door Limo?

When a funeral coach limousine is removed from it’s service to a funeral home, where does it go? Outside of the occasional used-car lot find, they seem to just disappear. Not too shocking,...

Michelin GT Challenge Series at Virginia International Raceway – Awesome Cars, Awesome Track

(Photos by David Whealon) –  There’s something about sports car racing that we dig. The whole scene is pretty awesome and it all starts with the equipment. In this case we’re...

Unhinged: How Many Gadgets Do You Actually Need In A New Car?!

Ok, it’s time for a bit of honest reflection: how much garbage can a manufacturer shove into a brand-new car before the buying public finally revolts? What will it take for the masses to go,...

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Cruise Coverage: Killer Cars and Trucks At The Parkette Drive-In Cruise – Lexington, Kentucky

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – After having taken some more time off from visiting car events we find ourselves at the world famous Parkette Drive-in on New Circle Road in Lexington,...

Tearing Up The Tarmac At Camarillo Airport With The Speed Limit Racing Autocross Crew

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Southern California has a LOT of automotive events going on at all times. In fact, sometimes it is too much because it is hard to decide what to do and where. Such is not...

Road Racing Coverage: Michelin GT Challenge Series Action From Virginia International Raceway

(Photos by David Whealon) – In my younger days back in the early 70’s and growing up just a an hour or so from Lime Rock Park in Connecticut where the likes of Sam Posey, Mario Andretti and...

Watch The Massive Marty Stinnett Mustang Wreck At No Mercy 7 – He Walked Away

On Wednesday, I’m going to catch a ride down to Valdosta, Georgia for No Mercy 8, the massive and insanely fast radial tire race that has been packing the fans into South Georgia Motorsports...

How Would You Build It? This 1978 Ford LTD II Was Stored Away For Twenty Years…What Would You Do?

Growing up, I read all of the musclecar restoration rags. They all had this one theme that they tried to cover: “FOUND after XX years hiding in a barn, perfectly preserved!” Buick Gran...

We Worship All Things Dirty At The Off-Road Expo 2017 In Pomona – Photos Here

After attending the Speed Limit Racing autocross at Camarillo Airport on Saturday, Sunday was spent wandering around the faigrounds in Pomona for the Off-Road Expo. This is a must attend event each...

Just Like A Kid: Mr. Regular Gets A Shot Behind The Wheel Of A Real-Deal Fire Truck!

Before BangShift Mid-West came into being, I was working out of the back of a beauty parlor simply because it had free Internet available. Sometimes I was there when everybody was there, other times...

Ultimate 64 Challenge Coverage – Our Last Blast Of Photos From Mountain Park Dragway

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We start off this last gallery with THE MAN himself filling the seat of a borrowed ride.  Scotty Richardson and his staff have done an amazing job...

Mr. Maniac: This Honda-Powered Toyota MR2 Just Can’t Keep The Front End Planted!

Sometimes, you just have to root for the underdog, and when it comes to rowing your own drag racing, it doesn’t get much more underdog than a Toyota MR2, does it? Unless you showed up with a...

Drag Week 2017 Action Photos: Our Last Blast From Byron Dragway – The Historic Strip Was Rockin’

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – So here’s our last blast of drag week 2017 action photos from Byron Dragway in Illinois. By the time we got to Byron there was carnage among the 389 cars that...

The GT-51 Ford: Check Out Last Year’s Gran Turismo Awards Winner With Jay Leno!

We are on short time towards the 2017 SEMA Show, and the timing of Jay Leno couldn’t be better, because he recently got wheeltime with the one car that shut up just about everybody who laid...

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