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MiniTruckin Nationals Photos From Maggie Valley North Carolina – Old School, New School, Mini’s And More!

I didn’t make it out to the 2024 Mini Truckin Nationals in Maggie Valley, but boy I can’t wait for next year. That’s because our friend Damon Steinke from E3Extreme hit the show and...

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Mud And Dirt Racing Photos: The Lee County Darryl Jones Memorial Race Was Epic And We’ve Got The Photos!

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) With the unfortunate passing from a courageous battle with cancer back in 2021 of famed and beloved mud racer Darryl Jones, pilot of the legendary “Scooby Doo”...

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BIG TIRES & BLOWERS – The Hot Rod Hoarder Hits Up The Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run 2024 And Man There Were Cool Cars On Parade.

Pigeon Forge is a tourist destination, and home to several awesome car and truck events, in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. It’s a cool town full of restaurants, shops, hotels, Dollywood,...

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Our Final Gallery Of 2024 PDRA East Coast Nationals Action Photos: Check Them All Out Here, Along With A Link To Any You Might Have Missed!

We’ve got our fifth, and final, photo gallery from the PDRA East Coast Nationals below, but if you missed the previous galleries from the race, you can use the link we’ve included as...

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Newbern Helped His Neighbor Get This SS Chevelle Up And Running For Burnouts After Sitting For 40 Years And A Seized Small Block

There are lots of will it run videos out there of engines being started after sitting for years and years and years. But when an engine is actually stuck, or seized, the success rate goes down...

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Featured Product: This Easy to Apply KBS Bed Liner Protects Truck Beds and Body Panels And You Can Do It At Home!

We’re big fans of KBS products around here, but if you haven’t seen their products here on BANGshift or haven’t caught up with them at the PRI or SEMA shows, then you need to check...

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Jet Hot’s 40 Premium High Temp Coating Colors Are All Right Here For You To See!

Jet Hot High Performance Coatings is at it again. Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, the company has developed 40 new premium colors for their high temperature coating line and this...

Land Speed Coverage: SCTA Action At El Mirage Dry Lake Bed

(Words and photos by Steve Murphree) – Going to El Mirage for the first time was an adventure. Having been to several ECTA Ohio Mile meets and Bonneville Speed Week before, I thought that I...

Goodguys East Coast Nationals Coverage: The Massive Show Continues To Get Better And Better

(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – The only thing wrong with the Goodguys East Coast Nationals is the fact that each year it is scheduled on top of a drag race I am supposed to attend, wherever...

This Ford Escort Cosworth’s Exhaust Note Describes The Car Perfectly: High Strung And Angry

The Ford Escort RS Cosworth is a hyperactive little beast of a car that carried on the torch of Ford’s rally efforts after the RS200, a Group B one-off, and the Sierra Cosworth, Ford’s...

Ram To Offer 900 Foot-Pounds Of Torque With 2016 Heavy Duty Diesel – More Towing Capacity Warfare With Ford

(Photos: FCA US) The tow rating war that had been going on between Ford and Ram has been fairly quiet for a little bit. Ford decided to test to SAE J2807 towing specification and has kept claiming...

This Bobbed M923 Has A Ton Of Custom Work, A Luxo Interior, And Eight Foot Water Crossings Don’t Bother It

There are a shocking number of five ton trucks available for purchase these days through government surplus auctions. Most of them have pretty low miles and haven’t seen all that much use. They...

Burnout Footage: This Seemingly Innocent-Looking Chevy Creates A Fog Bank At Brainerd Raceway

How to properly do a burnout might be the only real point of contention between Australians and Americans. Here in the states, standstill burnouts and pavement striping are pretty much it, while...

This Is The Most BangShifty Boat Ever: Forget The Oars, These Dudes Use A Dirt Bike For Propulsion!

(By Jason Mazzotta) – Sometimes ideas work better on paper than they do when played out and this is a rare case when the idea this group came up with worked out pretty good. What do you do...

This Vintage Howard/Cragar Blower Chain Drive Setup For A Buick Nailhead Is The Coolest Thing On eBay

While Captain Chrysler McTaggart gets tight pants over the Plymouth he posted, I figured I would post something truly interesting from hot rodding’s past that some of the younger guys (and...

Thornhill Drag Strip Coverage: Straight Axle Cars Abound At The Historic Kentucky Strip – Check These Out

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The fact my son’s birthday was the 30th played heavily into ensuring we made the trip up to Thornhill to enjoy some racing and hang out with car folk...

Watch Tom Meents Stick The Landing On A Monster Truck Double Backflip – This Is Crazy!

It was a busy week for monster truck racing legend Tom Meents. A couple of days ago we showed you the crazy video of Meents attempting a front flip in his monster truck (it supposedly did not count...

2015 LA Roadsters Show: Dozens Of Cool Classic Station Wagons In SoCal

While the roadsters are the main draw and the reason for the show to have been founded more than a half century ago, there are more than 1,000 “other” cars that show up at the event every...

Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion: Photo Coverage From Beech Bend Raceway Continues

(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – While it wasn’t the greatest weather weekend in the history of the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, the faithful showed up to brave the elements and...

Stolen Car: Have You Seen This 1959 Edsel Villager Station Wagon?

Thieves make us sick to our stomach, regardless of what they took, but when they go after what we pour hard work and countless hours into, it’s just the worst thing that could possibly happen....