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Engine Teardown Nightmare! This Crankshaft Welded Itself To The Balancer! Watch How Peter At HED Get’s This Thing Apart.

Over the years I’ve pulled a few engines apart that surprised me because they had damage inside that you would think might keep it from running, or at least running as well as it seemed to in...

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US Street Nationals Testing: Testing And Qualifying Action From Bradenton Motorsports Park. It’s Time For The Drag Illustrated Winter Series!

It’s time for the Drag Illustrated Winter Series in Florida to continue! The US Street Nationals are on this weekend, and while the rest of the easter half of the country will be freezing, the...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 IMSA 2026 BMW M Endurance Challenge, Michelin Pilot Challenge, And Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup at Daytona International Speedway | Race 1 | Daytona Beach, Florida

There is so much racing that is going on in Daytona this week, leading up to the famed Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona which starts on Saturday. There have been a full week of races and practice so far,...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! The Livestream Starts With This View Of Hammertown Coming Together LIVE From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: More Of The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Here’s Photo Gallery #2 from Joe Grippo, as we’ve got even more to share from his Best Of 2025. Check them out below and if you missed the first gallery, we’ve got a link below to...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Joe Grippo is one of BANGshift’s longest running contributors and has covered everything from junkyards to car shows and drag races to drag and drives, and so much more. He drags his lovely...

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Best Of BangShift 2015: An Ex-Wife Is Making Her Ex-Husband Sell His 1978 MGB – The Craigslist Ad Is Pure Genius

We want to buy this guy a beer for posting one of the most genius, smart-ass Craigslist ads we have ever seen. This is not over the top craziness like many of the “funny” ads try to post...

Anyone Can Race! I Autocross For The First Time Ever!

You have probably seen blog posts or magazine articles before that command the reader/viewer to stop being a spectator and to get behind the wheel and start racing, right? It seems like I get regular...

Best Of BangShift: Thundering Bastard – The Day A Super Duty Pontiac Tempest Destroyed The World’s Best Sports Cars

One of my favorite movies of all time is the western Pale Rider. After Clint Eastwood’s character mangles a group of bad guys in a street fight with a simple axe handle, he quietly says,...

Check Out FCA’s New “Predator” Advertisement For The Hellcat Twins And Viper – Pay Attention, OEMs, This Is How You Sell A Car

We’ve lamented over and over about the sorry state of performance car advertising in the past. Simple marketing teaches you that if the customers don’t know what the hell you are selling,...

Freedom To Choose: Aeromotive Reminds You That They Offer Tanks With Pumps And Pumps That Fit In Tanks

This is a great weekend to hunt for hot rod parts, right? Maybe your project is coming together and you are hoping to have it up and running by the end of the summer. With most people having a couple...

Holley And Hooker Unleash A Full LS Swap Kit For 1973-87 GM 2WD Trucks!

Love it or hate it, you can’t deny that GM’s LS engine series has had a tremendous impact on the automotive scene. You’d have to be blind to not notice the amount of different swaps...

Top 11: McTaggart’s Delusions – Take Your Pick For The Strangest Thing To Come Out Of This Brain

When Brian and Chad hired me on last year, I’m sure even they had a thought or two about what I might bring to the table. I’ve been known for my strange, slightly off-the-wall ideas and...

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How To Screw Up At The Tree And Save Your Reputation In One Easy Step! (VIDEO)

“A picture is worth a thousand words” never fit so well than right here. Last yellow bulb on the tree has come down and the owner of this late-model Mustang has made a sincerely poor...

Crash And Burn: Randy Pobst’s Pikes Peak Accident – Even The Best Aren’t Immune To The Danger

Randy Pobst’s name has been getting a lot of mentions here, and for good reason: he is Motor Trend’s resident hot-shoe, he’s an accomplished driver (and I’m underrating that...

Ebay Find: Four Harley-Davidson Engines Connected By A Jeep Could Be Yours!

There are easier ways to utilize eight cylinders for the single goal of making a Jeep tub haul the mail, but having the visual appeal of four Harley-Davidson Evolution running together through a...

Florida Driver Jumps His Tahoe At An Opening Bridge While Messing With His GPS System

First it was the radio controls. Then it was driving while eating. Then phones. Then the really stupid stuff like reading the newspaper. Driving distracted is simply dangerous, because you are not...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: Goodbye, Brave Little Toaster, Pininfarina News and Uber Busted!

Where has this week gone? Seriously…somebody tell me, I haven’t really been out of my room this week. I got one day in of house shopping in, then I got sick and I’ve been at home...

NHRA Names Peter Clifford As New President – New Era At The Top Of Drag Racing’s Largest Sanctioning Body

(Photo credit: NHRA) – Yesterday it was announced that the NHRA had promoted Peter Clifford to the role of the organization’s president. Previous to this promotion, Clifford was the...

Ryan Milliken’s Duramax-Powered 1941 Willys Is A Serious Piece – Meet The Batmobile!

“In testing” my left foot…we first saw the evil black Willys at the TS Performance Diesel Drags earlier this year, and if they are still tuning and tweaking that car, we’re...