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FREE LIVESTREAM: Wednesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) The Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina celebrated it’s 37th anniversary this year and as usual had a sellout crowd. This show sells out every year,...

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Our Final Gallery Of IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT!

Here’s our final gallery of IHRA Outlaw Nitro photos from Galot, but if you missed any of the previous photos we’ve got a link to them below. (Photos by David Whealon) If you live under...

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How to Start a 1990s Formula 1 Engine: You Mean You Don’t Just Pump It Twice And Then Turn The Key?

I’ve been fortunate enough to be around a lot of cool race engines over the years, and a handful of them have had very particular startup procedures. A Dodge NASCAR R5P7 for example that came...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This 351, 4-SPEED, 3.50:1 TRACTION LOCK 1971 TORINO GT Is Cool!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Ford. How about a real deal 1971 Torino GT with a 351, 4-speed, and a 9 inch with...

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SHADYSIDE OUTLAWS APRIL 2026: THIS OUTLAW SMALL TIRE SHOOTOUT SETS THE LIST! SEE WHO MAKES THE CUT!

Shadyside Outlaws is back for 2026 and that means it is time to set the list for Outlaw Small Tire, and that means it is shootout time. Check out the video from our friends at Spoold Media and let us...

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Best of BS 2015: First Time Ever A B-52 Flew OUT Of The Famed Arizona Airplane “Boneyard” And Back Into Service – This Is Awesome

(Photo: Master Sgt. Greg Steele/USAF) – Usually when old military aircraft fly into the famed “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona they don’t come out under their own...

Best of BangShift: The Mud Bog Wheelie To End All Mud Bog Wheelies

(By Jason Mazzotta) – This is one of those videos that is impossible to watch just once. Whether it is for the fact that the run is so quick and is over in seconds or the fact that it is just...

Best of BangShift: Lockheed Martin Invents Laser Gun That Can Melt A Truck Engine In Seconds – The Future Gets Creepier

(By Tony Sestito) – For years, lasers have been in many modern devices, from car CD players to those little pointers that you annoy your cat with. But up until recently, laser weapons were the...

Best of BangShift: Bulldozers And Steel Balls – BangShift Greatness Circa 1950

Back in 1940s and 50s America it wasn’t a question if the forest should be ripped down, it was a question of how quickly that pesky forest could be dispatched with and who could figure out...

Best Of BangShift 2015: Mark Rebilas Captured The Greatest Crash Sequence In Drag Racing History – Dixon Disaster Frame By Frame

(Photos by Mark Rebilas) – It is a span of minutes that I will not forget for the rest of my earthly days. Watching Larry Dixon’s top fuel dragster fold up and embark on a sickening...

Daring To Be Different? How About Two Different Takes On The Ford Ranger?

All it takes to turn a regular, run of the mill, don’t think twice about it vehicle into something pretty special is talent and a vision. And if there is one vehicle that needs a vision,...

Merry Christmas From BangShift.com – We Hope Everyone Has A Great Day

Today is Christmas, a day that we hope you’ll enjoy in whatever capacity you can. For some of us, we’ll be waking up at the crack of dawn because our kids are amped up to see what Santa...

Best Of BS 2015: This Finn Uses An Excavator To Become A Human Tetherball – Do Not Try This At Home

“Do not use for anything other than intended purpose.” That ominous warning goes for a lot of items, but the fact that it exists is simply due to someone daring to find a secondary use....

Wife Who Caught Husband Cheating Is Selling His Twin Turbo Mustang Project For Pennies – Is This Real?

We were planning on cracking the ol’ “spiced” eggnog open early today before having some family fun tonight but duty has called again because of an insane Craigslist ad that we just...

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...