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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million’s Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – $30k Thursday

It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring Fling Million. We love this event...

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More IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT.

(Photos by David Whealon) If you live under a rock and haven’t realized how huge of a splash the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series made in 2025, then are you in for a treat! With amazing events, huge...

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AS SEEN ON TV Tools that Beat Yours: Are As Seen on TV Tools Better Than We’ve Been Giving Them Credit For?

AS SEEN ON TV! We’ve all fallen for the trap at some point or another and bought some kitchen gadget, tool, or “performance” part that had huge claims as to how wonderful it was....

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Taylor Gang Route 66 Road Trip: Two Hot Rods And Lots Of Los Angeles Sightseeing! Fast And Furious Included!

The Taylor Gang is back at it, with Alex, Dennis, Nick, Megan, Todd, and Kelsey hitting the road from SoCal in a couple of hot rods. Their goal is to road trip this Nova and 3rd Gen Camaro down Route...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This FORD WOODY WAGON Would Make One Hell of A Hot Rod

Woodies are cool. They always have been, but the 1949-1951 Fords are some of the most beloved. These things make great hot rods and are super cool to find because they are pretty rare. One thing...

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Here Are All The American Powertrain Shifter Fitment Options On TREMEC 5 & 6 Speed Transmissions For Your Project

Wondering if there is a way to get your Tremec transmission’s shifter to line up in your application? Have a weird one and want to move the shifter forward or back to make it just right? In the...

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Best of BS 2015: Short Street Rod Shop Tour: This 1955 Ford Fairlane Street Freak Has A Street Racing Past And A Great Future Ahead Of It!

Karma is a beautiful thing. At last year’s Holley Hot Rod Reunion, I shot Jensen Masters’ altered-wheelbase 1964 Rambler American as one of my first feature shoots. I was happy to have...

Best Of BS 2015: This 1985 Mercury Grand Marquis Packs A Frame Swap, Modern Running Gear, And A Style All It’s Own – Meet The Mod Box

As the champion of both 1980s restomods and the “dare to be different” guy, you have no idea how taken I was to see a Mercury Grand Marquis coupe in black and chrome, dumped down on...

Best of BS 2015: Watch This Awesome Video Of A Chevy 350 Getting Torn Down, Cleaned Up, And Rebuilt – All In Four Minutes!

Hagerty Insurance is behind this great video that shows a greasy, grungy old Chevy 350 being torn down, machined, and rebuilt over the span of just four minutes. The whole thing was shot in time...

Best of BS 2015: Wild Dyno Video: Watch This Screw Blown, Hemi Based Diesel Engine Roar And Fill The Shop With Soot!

(By Jason Mazzotta) – There are cool dyno videos, and then there are COOL dyno videos, and this fits into the COOL dyno video category. A screw blown 511 Hemi in a Chevy pick-up, converted to...

Best Of BS 2015: Bugs Bunny Lives! Watch This Rabbit Mess With A Delivery Van In Scotland!

Nobody wants to run over an animal with a car…well, nobody sane, anyways. But it happens…everything from the deer you never saw coming, to the possum you didn’t see laying in the...

The COMP Brothers Go Christmas Tree Hunting In The Blue Goose – Mopar Men Take Heed

Yesterday we showed you the video that the guys over at Racepak made and today we’re back with more comedic thrills from the guys at COMP. These are the COMP brothers and they are in their...

Dragstrip Destroyed: Holly Springs Motorsports Seemingly Blown To Pieces By Tornado

One of the country’s quickest and fastest eighth mile drag strips has been decimated by a tornado. Holly Springs Motorsports in Holly Springs, Mississippi was struck on Wednesday by a very...

This Racepak Christmas Video Combines Santa, Nitro, and Red Lights For Gearhead Comedy Perfection!

Tim Anderson and the crew at Racepak have outdone themselves with this video because it had us literally rolling when we first watched it…and the second and third times as well. This...

One Of None: This Mashup Of A Mercury Sable Wagon And A Grand Marquis Is Amazing

When it comes to questions we have always had, the fact that Ford did not make a station wagon model of the Crown Victoria and Grand Marquis to compete against the Caprice, Roadmaster, and others...

BangShift Test Drive: The 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution – We Work The Final Evo Ever

  (Photos by Dave Nutting) – It’s over. The longstanding and natural born rival to the Subaru WRX, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution will cease to exist as a production model after...

Ford’s SnoKhana 4: Ho Ho Hokhana Is Cute, Funny, And Really Makes Us Want A Focus RS

For the last few years, Ford has been putting out a fun video during Christmas time, normally featuring stop action style film making and toy cars. This year they have taken that concept and ramped...

Best of 2015: Jonnie Lindberg Destroys Speed And ET Records In Alky Funny Car

(Brian note: As we get towards the end of the year we’re going to relive some of the cool stuff we got to see and do in 2015. Jonnie Lindberg went on to become the 2015 NHRA TAFC champ. This...

Gotta Do Better Than That, Old Man: Here’s A Lesson On What Ugly REALLY Is! Meet The Mitsuoka Orochi Evangelion Edition!

It wouldn’t be the holidays if someone in the family wasn’t arguing, would it? Well, sorry, kids, we don’t mean for you to see us fight, but it seems that Uncle Brian decided to...

Unhinged: The Year In Review, 2015 – The Highlights From My Year

Here we are, facing down the end of another year, and if I thought my first twelve months at BangShift was something to behold, 2015 has been nothing but a whirlwind, both as far as writing here goes...

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