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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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It’s Time For Buckeye Skips 2026! We’ve Got Photos Starting With Day 0 Right Here! Who Showed Up, and Who Are The Favorites?

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 0, when everyone shows up...

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More Car Show Photos From Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event! The 2026 Father’s Day Car Show!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Australian Drag and Drive Machine! This 1400hp HQ Ute was Built to Survive Drag Challenge. Street and Strip Greatness!

The Aussies are something special when it comes to hot rods, race cars, and especially their street strip machines. With all the restrictions they have on what you can do to a car or truck over...

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John Jackson visits Squeeg’s Kustoms: Shop Tour, Projects, an insane Dodge A100, and photographing the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster!

After missing it for a couple of years, it was good to be back at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona in 2025. It was especially cool because the field of cars that were in contention for...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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Lancaster Dragway Sunday Nostalgia – More Photos From A Killer Even In NY

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We’re back with more photos from Lancaster National Dragway’s Sunday Nostalgia meet which took place earlier in the summer. Why are we just running the...

This Mildly Hot Rodded 1934 Ford Truck Is As Class Act That We’d Love To Cruise

Is there anything neater than when someone takes a classic and iconic shape, tweaks stuff just a little and  then “lets it breathe” like the builder of the 1934 Ford pickup did here? We...

Donut Derelicts Cruise Coverage: Sunrise In SoCal With Awesome Cars

To attend the Donut Derelicts pre-dawn cruise in Southern California is to get your day started right. Lots of bleary eyed hot rodder show up to slug back some coffee, munch a donut or two and meet...

Take A Look At Some Of The Cool Stuff We Saw At The Pomona Swap Meet!

It was 4:30 am when I rolled up to Crosby’s shop with Skid Row playing Slave to the Grind at 11 so as to wake myself up. With only a couple hours sleep it wasn’t a pleasure hearing my...

Scott Oksas And Mike Bowman Okay After Horrific Double Pro Mod Crash At NMCA Finals

This one was crazy!!! Watch this video and you’ll see Oksas and Bowman running in the first round of Pro Mod at the NMCA West Finals in Fontana when things went wrong in the worst way. Oksas...

Start Your Week Off Right…With An Airplane Drifting Donuts In The Snow

It is official: Bobby Breeden is a freaking overachiever when it comes to piloting an aircraft. I say that not only as a writer, but as someone who has worked the rudder and stick before. We’ve...

Enjoy The Song That The Ferrari BB512 LM Belts Out As It Screams Around Monza

If there is one thing to count on when it comes to a Ferrari at a track, it’s that regardless of where it’s placed or how well it’s running, it will make a glorious noise the whole...

Would You Rather? Take Your Pick Between Two Suggested Full-Sizers That We Missed!

Earlier this week we gave you a Top 11 list of our favorites from Detroit’s “bigger is better” days, and you guys seemed to like it, a lot. But with only eleven spots, it was...

Early Christmas Shopping: Watching This Rally Driver Play DiRT Rally On A Serious Racing Sim Makes Us Want The Whole Setup!

Racing games have come a long way since I first played Rad Racer as a kid. Who am I kidding, they’ve come a long way since the original Gran Turismo came out on the first Playstation, and back...

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Only In Australia: A Mid-Engined Kei Truck Spinning Tires To No Tomorrow

The “bongo truck”…that’s not what it is actually called, but my nickname for these things. Marketed as a Ford, Mitsubishi, Kia, and a whole host of Middle East and Asian kit...

In Boat Footage From A V8 Superboat Crash – Hang Time, People Diving Out Of The Way, Crazy!

This is one of the few crash videos we’ve ever posted that made us actually curl up and brace for impact! V8 Superboat racing is no stranger to us here on BangShift. We’ve shown a ton of...

Barnstormin’: Of Dually Trucks, Drag Strips and Return Roads

As a fan, a writer, an announcer, or in any other light, drag racing has always been a sport about details to me. Some people get wound up in the macro element of things with the huge noise, smoke,...

Twin Turbo Camaro Does Huge Wheelstand: PLR 481X Power Wheelie Baby!

Any wheelstand is fun to watch, but power wheelies, the ones that start way down track when the car really starts putting down some suds are the ones that really show you just how bad-ass some rides...

It’s The 1990’s All Over Again! This Blown Pro Street 1978 Caprice Will Have Brian Doing Backflips!

When this sucker popped up on Craigslist I was pretty excited, but not nearly as excited as Brian is going to be when he sees it! Despite what the old car feature says, this Caprice does NOT have...