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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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Amazing End Over End Trophy Truck Crash In Baja: This Is Not Going To Buff Out!

Whether in a truck, a buggy, or on a bike, going through a whoops section and casing the nose into the next whoop is never good. At best it brings you to a sudden stop that has all of your insides...

Breaking News: Fire Rips Through Famoso Raceway – Takes Out Tower And More – UPDATED!

UPDATE: 12:00 PM Pacific Time 1/7/2016   12:00 PM Pacific Time 1/6/15 Photos courtesy of Auto Club Famoso Raceway Just before 3:30 AM, the Kern County Fire Department responded to a structure...

Not A Bad Day At Work: Pitting The Corvette ZO6 Against The Dodge Viper ACR

The Dodge Viper has always made a strange competitor against the Corvette. On paper, it seemed to make sense: two American high-performance rear-drive two seaters that had aspirations of taking on...

Round Two, FIGHT! Fisker Sues Aston Martin For $100 Million Dollars, Claiming Civil Extortion

After the fun that Henrik Fisker had with Aston Martin in court over the Thunderbolt concept, you would think that both parties, but especially Fisker, would want to keep far, far away from each...

Behind The Scenes Gallery: Inside The Pits With The Trucks At Red Bull Frozen Rush 2016!

What does it take to make me willingly go to Maine in winter? It isn’t skiing, it isn’t the scenery, and it certainly isn’t the “lobstah”…I’m allergic. No,...

Would You Rather: Which Overly-Enthusiastic 1980s Lukewarm Hatch Would You Take Home?

The mid-1980s was the time when auto manufacturers cautiously, carefully and nervously picked up the book of performance and started flipping through the dusty pages to see if there was a way that...

And The Angels Sing: Listen To This Stock Mustang GT350 Book It From 0-170 MPH!

Ever since Ford dropped the bomb that is the Mustang Shelby GT350 last year, everybody’s main course is not so much the power…that was a given…but the absolutely spectacular noise...

Automotive Art: Ace Photographer Larry Chen’s Year In Review Is Stunning!

Lohnes and I are up in Maine, living the life and freezing our arses off at the Red Bull Frozen Rush event, and we aren’t alone up here either. Racers, representatives, a bunch of tire dealers,...

Question Of The Day: Will The Crapboxes Of Yesterday Become The Collectables Of Today?

GM J-cars, Ford Escorts, K-cars…hell, even the AMC/Renault Medallion. All cars from the early 1980s that have a reputation for being cracker boxes, none of which really have a following past...

(Video) This Rotted, Ratty 1971 Monte Carlo Has A Freaky Secret Under The Hood – Want It?

Ever seen a car that draws you in with its sheer coolness and then shocks you with its craziness? Welcome to the world of this 1971 Monte Carlo. You may be thinking that I’ve been inspired by...

BOMBSHELL! NMCA Creates The Class Everyone Wants – NMCA Factory Super Car Heads Up Racing!

We thought we knew, we heard things, and now the rumors have proved themselves! NMCA has announced the creation of the Factory Super Car Class that will pit COPO Camaros, Challenger Drag Packs, and...

NOS 1970 LT1 Cylinder Heads That Have Never Been Out Of The Box Until Now!

Every once in a while you see a part online or at the swap meet and think, “How in the hell did that stay in the box for this many years?”. Well, this is one of those times. While looking...

The RideTech Report: Street Grip Systems Are Shipping, Hidden Prizes, Cool Cars, And A 48-Hour Corvette Update

Fun fact to know and share. The high performance aftermarket industry takes but one tiny breather per year. That beautiful space between Christmas and New Year’s day is the time when most...

Is It A New Model Or What? Chrysler Is Teasing An Upcoming “880”, But We Don’t Know What It Could Be…Do You Have Any Ideas?

FCA, and in particular Chrysler, is in a weird state right now. They have the 300 series, but won’t sell the SRT model here. They have the 200 series sedan, but that’s pretty vanilla for...