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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Spring Fling Galot $50,000 Friday Is LIVE Right Here!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country, then you need to watch the...

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Our Mud And Dirt Racing Photos Continue: The Lee County Darryl Jones Memorial Race Was Full Of Great Mud Slinging Action!

(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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Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Is Getting A Custom Build DIY Rear Swaybar

In this video from the Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the rear suspension get some...

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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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1970’s Hangover: The “Travolta Fever” Pontiac Firebird, By George Barris

When I first saw the picture I thought it was a bad Photoshop. Seriously, even in the most drug-addled section of the 1970s, someone had to take one look at what they were doing and realize it was...

BangShift Readers, Do You Know Anything About The Lincoln Mark VII That Raced Trans-Am?

Alright, readers, I come to you requesting help. See, while doing research on Trans-Am cars for a different story, I accidentally slipped and entered “Trans Am L” into Google and the next...

Racing Video: Five Laps Of Tsukuba Circuit In Japan With Five Different Cars

Racing with snow on the ground might be the norm for rally, but for road courses it’s a bad combination. Low asphalt temperatures and high power combine to make for a challenging surface to put...

UK Town Has Allowed Volunteers To Use Radar To Catch Speeders; Cops Stuck With The Tons Paperwork

Ticknall, which is in the midlands of England between London and Glasgow, Scotland, has had a problem for quite some time: on the road that leads into the village, speeding was becoming a genuine...

Ebay Find: This 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Is Wild! Four-Wheel steering, Four-Wheel Drive And Still Has The Original Frame!

This Oldsmobile Cutlass is wild. I don’t know how else to properly describe the car that is sitting on eBay right now. From the diamond-plate engine compartment to the radically chopped...

Watch Australia’s Meanest Outlaw Drag Radial Car Run Into the 6s And Pull Power Wheelies At Half Track!

Yes, we know that this car’s 6.70s passes are not stout enough to hang with the hardest core Outlaw Radial cars here in North America and is that “ruins” this video for you, find...

A Multitude Of Mopar Magnificence: Check Out This Group Of Awesome Street and Strip Chryslers

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I will state again for the record that I am not a Mopar person. I’ve been playing with Chevy for a long time so its what I know, but I like virtually...

Did You Know That Some Suburban’s Have Two Fuel Pumps? We Found Out The Hard Way

When the check engine light comes on in your car, you should probably pay attention to that. Don’t pull a Chad and think “it’s not missing, it isn’t hot or low on oil...

The Wildest Six Minutes Of Drag Racing Video You’ll See All Month – No Prep Drag Racing Insanity From Oklahoma

Thunder Vallery Raceway in Noble, Oklahoma put on the richest no-prep drag race ever earlier this year and Sean Melton of Urban Hillbilly Action Videos was there to capture it all. He’s coming...

What Would You Do With This Chevy LUV If It Showed Up In Your Driveway?

So let me explain something to you. I’m not asking this because some stray Chevy LUV truck found it’s way into our home. In fact we don’t have one at all… yet. As with just...

The Most BangShifty VW Bus Ever Built Has Tracks, Skis, and Inliner Ford Power – Canadian Creation Is For Sale

BangShifter Ed Hohenberg gets the gold star of the day for pointing us towards this amazing creation that is currently for sale in Winnipeg, Canada. Combining the iconic shape of the VW bus with tank...

Fleming’s Pumpkin Run 2014 Coverage: The Diverse Madness Continues! Steam Cars, Race Haulers, Circle Trackers, More!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We told you that this show was among the most wide open that we had ever heard about and we have been showing you images from it for year now. Joe Grippo has dutifully...

2014 Houston Autorama Coverage: More Great Cars, Trucks, And Legends

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We promised you a week’s worth of 2014 Houston Autorama coverage from Charles Wickam and we’re backing our words up with action. In this collection of...

We Test The NVX JAD900.5 Amp And NSW102 Subwoofers: Serious Bang For Your Buck!

Do you like your music clean and loud? We do too, and thats why we tested out the NVX JAD900.5 5-channel amp and NSW102 Subwoofers to see if they could give us good clean sound that even our old tow...