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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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It’s Time For Buckeye Skips 2026! We’ve Got Photos Starting With Day 0 Right Here! Who Showed Up, and Who Are The Favorites?

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 0, when everyone shows up...

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More Car Show Photos From Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event! The 2026 Father’s Day Car Show!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Australian Drag and Drive Machine! This 1400hp HQ Ute was Built to Survive Drag Challenge. Street and Strip Greatness!

The Aussies are something special when it comes to hot rods, race cars, and especially their street strip machines. With all the restrictions they have on what you can do to a car or truck over...

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John Jackson visits Squeeg’s Kustoms: Shop Tour, Projects, an insane Dodge A100, and photographing the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster!

After missing it for a couple of years, it was good to be back at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona in 2025. It was especially cool because the field of cars that were in contention for...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: The Great American GUARANTEED $20,000.00 No Prep Small Tire Clash At Gulfport Dragway

The Great American GUARANTEED $20,000.00 No Prep Small Tire Clash is on at Gulfport Dragway, and thanks to our pal Ticklefitz you can watch it all live right here. He’ll be following all the...

Nice Duda Is A Bad Bad Man! His 3000 Horsepower 23 Degree Headed Small Block Corvette Is The Fastest In The World

When Nick Duda shows up at a race, everyone pays attention. Not only because his Corvette is awesome looking, but also because he does things that nobody else does with a 23 degree headed small block...

Ever Seen A Car Get Chemically Dipped And Stripped? Watch This Pantera Get Stripped Down To Bare Metal

I stripped most of my 1969 Camaro convertible using aircraft stripper nearly 35 years ago, and it sucked. I mean it worked, but it was a lot of work. If I was doing a car from the ground up today,...

Dutch Classic Drag Racing Photos: Wheels Up Action From Maple Grove’s Last National Open And Lucas Oil Race Of The Season.

Joe Grippo killed it once again on the Dutch Classic photos! We shared a few galleries already, but have a bunch more coming. Plus we’ve got car show photos and more to share this week! Check...

Amazing Engine Video: This Awesome, Ultra-Rare, Chevy Small Block 5-Cam, 4-Valve, Overhead Cam Beast Runs!

There were plenty of overhead cam engines that existed in 1971, including some cool V8s like the SOHC Fords, but there were NOT overhead cam Small Block Chevrolets. Well, not from the factory that...

GASSERS GONE WILD – The Hot Rod Hoarder Shares 70 Minutes of INTENSE Vintage Drag Racing Video!

This is awesome stuff! If you like vintage drag cars, the nostalgia drag racing scene, and awesome hot rods, then this video is going to be one to watch. The gasser action happening here is amazing....

FREIBURGER’S HAD TONS OF CARS, WHAT ARE THE TOP 10 THAT GOT AWAY?

I’ve known Freiburger for almost 20 years, and can tell you that you have no clue on how many cars he’s owned. What you think is a lot in his current stable is a drop in the bucket...

Crashed LS Turbo Drag And Drive Car Gets Rebuilt: The Maliboom Gets A Bunch More Love! Suspension, Trans, Turbos, And More!

The Maliboom is getting way more than it was ever supposed to, but man is it going to be a bad ass! If you missed it, Dane Thompson’s Maliboom smacked the wall in Oklahoma during Rocky Mountain...

Happy Thanksgiving From BangShift.com! We Hope You Enjoy Your Day With Friends And Family!

Man, what a year 2024 has turned into! It’s Thanksgiving Day, where food, drink, family and fun take center stage. And while many of you will be frying, roasting, or smoking a big bird, and...

Is The 187 Customs Burnout Truck a Success or a DUD?! Let’s Find Out!

Building a burnout vehicle sounds like a super simple thing to do doesn’t it? I mean all you have to be able to do is smoke the tires and spin around some right? In reality, yes, but in...

LS THROTTLE BODY UPGRADE-WHAT’S IT WORTH? HOW MUCH POWER IS A THROTTLE BODY UPGRADE WORTH ON AN LS?

We always used to laugh at the dyno shop and say that we wanted to take all the “As seen on TV” type of performance parts and install them all to see if they actually made any power...

Unreal Adventure Part 2: Heading For New Mexico, Through Arizona, And Hoping These Off Road Machines Will Make It!

The Unreal Adventure is the new name for the old trip that used to be called Ultimate Adventure. For decades, Ultimate Adventure has been a killer event that some incredibly lucky off-roaders got to...

Wheels Up Drag Racing Photos: The Dutch Classic Was More Than A National Open In 2024!

Joe Grippo killed it once again on the Dutch Classic photos! We shared two galleries already, but have a bunch more coming. Plus we’ve got car show photos and more to share this week! Check out...

WATCH A FULL REPLAY FROM THE 20TH STREET CAR SUPER NATIONALS IN LAS VEGAS RIGHT HERE!

We’re back baby! We’ve been gone from Street Car Super Nationals for a couple years, but we’re back! BANGshift Chad Reynolds will be on the mic all weekend long and our crack team...