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Merry Christmas From BANGshift! We Hope You Enjoy Christmas With Your Loved Ones And That Santa Is Good To All Of You!

Every year the message is pretty similar, and on behalf of the Reynolds family, along with our amazing BangShift.com sponsors, I’d like to wish all of our friends and readers a very Merry...

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CHRISTMAS TREES GOING 6 SECONDS IN THE 1/4?!?!? MORE CHRISTMAS TREE DRAGS FROM BRADENTON!!!!

Spoold Media was on hand at the Christmas Tree Drags at Bradenton, and we’ve got their video right here. We’ve already shared the video from 1320Video and KSR, but this one is different...

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MOONEYES Christmas Party 2025 Video: Classic Cars, Hot Rods & Models Together Celebrating 75 Years Of Mooneyes!

The Mooneyes Christmas Party is always one of our favorite events of the year, and I really do miss it now that I live in Texas. It was one of those annual shows that we really looked forward to each...

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Vice Grip Garage Christmas Extras: DETROIT DIESEL Dually Squarebody! Will It Make It 600 Miles Home or Leave Him Stranded?

This thing is cool! Well it looks cool anyway, even though I’m not a big fan of the 6.2 liter diesel under the hood. And before all you 6.2 and 6.5 fans start bitching, know that I grew up with...

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Stop Telling Me How To Drive! They Might Be Good At Instructions, But What Happens When a Rally Co-Driver Takes the Wheel?

Have you ever been driving down the road and had a backseat or passenger seat driver telling you how you should be doing it better? Or telling you straight up that you are doing it wrong? Worse yet...

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Is This Even Savable? THE FRAME REPAIR MASTER TACKLES THIS INCREDIBLY COMPLEX MERCEDES TRUCK FRAME REPAIR

I don’t know that most frame shops would even want to repair this thing, or that the condition of the wrecked truck would be worth saving. But that’s what is happening in this video here...

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EVENT REPLAY: THE 2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Drag Race Is Here!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE 2016 NMRA/NMCA SUPER BOWL!   The kings of the radial drag racing world will be at the NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl in just a couple of weeks. The event will be taking place at Rt...

Drag Race Coverage: The Paradise Drag Strip Summer Show and Go Was A Blast

(Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Some of the most entertaining and satisfying days you will ever spend at a drag strip are at events like the recently held Summer Show and Go at Calhoun,...

2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Gallery: The Second Round Of Saturday Action!

After the frustration of dealing with the uncooperative weather on Friday night, we were hoping that Saturday’s racing action at Route 66 Raceway would go smoothly. It didn’t go as well...

Rough Start: Grandma’s Four-Speed 1979 Chrysler LeBaron Could Be The Start Of Something Very Unique!

If there is one line of cars I know better than any other, it’s the Chrysler Corporation M-body and it’s close relatives, the F-body and J-body. The M-platform, which is most known for...

This Weekend The NHRA Tour Heads To Seattle – Here’s A Look Back At The 1980 NHRA Fall Nationals From Pacific Raceways

The NHRA has a long and interesting history of racing in the Pacific Northwest and this weekend’s upcoming Northwest Nationals will continue it along with concluding the vaunted “Western...

Goodness Gracious: Check Out The Story Of This Ford Shelby GT350 Fireball At Roebling Road!

This photo might be able to say a thousand words on the situation this Shelby GT350 is facing, but we have a good bet that a lot of those words are expletives. We got tipped off to photos of this...

Get a Fantastic Beginner’s Lesson On Sprint Car Racing From World of Outlaws Driver Greg Wilson

I’m no connoisseur of dirt-oval racing, but from what I’ve seen, sprint cars are more or less the pinnacle of oval racing, at least in terms of speed and potential for things to get pear-shaped...

Rumor Mill: The Buick Avista Concept Is Responsible For A Lot Of Bad Feelings Within GM Design

Early this year, Buick debuted the Avista concept coupe, a car based upon Alpha underpinnings that I would’ve happily sold body parts off for scientific use for to own. A twin-turbocharged V6...

Fastest rally, giant air: Watch Citroen smash a record and leap to the moon in Finland

Lots of rally fans love those old Group B monsters from the 1980’s and with good reason: They all had far more horsepower than the chassis technology was capable of managing at the time, making...

Drag Racer Craig Owen Passes After Horrifying Crash At Ware Shoals Dragway – Fans Injured

Last weekend Ware Shoals Dragway in South Carolina was the scene of a horrible crash that took the life of racer Craig Owen and wounded at least one spectator. Owen was traveling down the track at a...

Trans Am Challenge: This Eight Minute Video Is A Stunning Look Into The 1971 Trans-Am Season

The duo of Roger Penske and Mark Donohue pretty much stands alone on a pedestal away from every other driver/owner tandem in the history of American racing. Never was a pair of people so suited to...

2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Gallery: Saturday Shots From The Battle In Illinois!

We are live right now from Route 66 Raceway! As the cars are running down the track, Lohnes is hanging out in the announcer’s booth working his magic on the mic, Chad is working the camera for...

2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Gallery: More Action From Route 66 Raceway!

We are on the ground and in full-on work mode at Route 66 Raceway in Illinois for the 2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl. While the surprisingly sizable audience was listening to the dulcet tones of Brian...

New Hose End Expanders From Fragola Performance Systems Mean That Adapters Are A Thing Of The Past!

Like we talked about during our  tour of the Fragola Performance Systems factory the Connecticut company is always working on something. Their line of hose end expanders which completely eliminate...