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Merry Christmas From BANGshift! We Hope You Enjoy Christmas With Your Loved Ones And That Santa Is Good To All Of You!

Every year the message is pretty similar, and on behalf of the Reynolds family, along with our amazing BangShift.com sponsors, I’d like to wish all of our friends and readers a very Merry...

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DID SANTA FAIL YOU? DON’T WORRY, THE BACONSHIFT SALE IS ON!!! FREE BACON, Plus $250 Discounts! It’s The BACONSHIFT Sale At American Powertrain And It Ends January 9th!

One of the most exciting times of year is when the BACONSHIFT SALE starts at American Powertrain! With $250 in savings on your favorite 5 and 6-speed kits, there is no doubt this is the perfect...

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Vice Grip Garage Christmas Extras: This BIG BLOCK Swapped Squarebody ROLLBACK Is Going On A Road Trip! Break In or Break Down?

This rollback has had an interesting life, and after a fire and some other drama, this one has got a new to it engine and transmission. The fire wasn’t on this truck. The fire was on the truck...

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CHRISTMAS TREES GOING 6 SECONDS IN THE 1/4?!?!? MORE CHRISTMAS TREE DRAGS FROM BRADENTON!!!!

Spoold Media was on hand at the Christmas Tree Drags at Bradenton, and we’ve got their video right here. We’ve already shared the video from 1320Video and KSR, but this one is different...

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MOONEYES Christmas Party 2025 Video: Classic Cars, Hot Rods & Models Together Celebrating 75 Years Of Mooneyes!

The Mooneyes Christmas Party is always one of our favorite events of the year, and I really do miss it now that I live in Texas. It was one of those annual shows that we really looked forward to each...

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Vice Grip Garage Christmas Extras: DETROIT DIESEL Dually Squarebody! Will It Make It 600 Miles Home or Leave Him Stranded?

This thing is cool! Well it looks cool anyway, even though I’m not a big fan of the 6.2 liter diesel under the hood. And before all you 6.2 and 6.5 fans start bitching, know that I grew up with...

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This Video Profile Of Legendary Automotive Designer And Artist Steve Stanford Is Well Worth The Watch

If you have opened a car magazine that deals with hot rods, muscle cars, or kustoms over the last couple of decades, it is a virtual guarantee that your eyes have feasted on the work of Steve...

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Bonus Photos From The Prolong Twilight Cruise At The NHRA Museum

I still can’t get over how nice the weather is here in Southern California. I’ve lived here 9 years and it seems like just when you start to take it for granted another really awesome day...

The Final Of The McLeod Stick Shift Shootout Was A Gear Jamming, Clutch Dumping Affair In Norwalk

While the automatic transmission has certainly taken the volume lead in the sport of drag racing, there’s a bunch of guys left who are stuck doing it the hard way and we love them all. As if...

This 1962 GMC Truck Has 1,780 Original Miles – 100% Non-Restored Survivor – Incredible!

Unless General Motors grabbed a pickup truck off its assembly line in 1962 and put it in a hermetically sealed box for the last 53 years, you are looking at the finest example of the breed left on...

Drag Strip Action From The Mega Mopar Action Show At Maple Grove Raceway – Hemis, Wedges, More

(PHOTOS BY JOE GRIPPO) – Yesterday we took you to the rolling green pits of Maple Grove Raceway to show you some of the cool Mopars that were in the show portion of the Mega Mopar Action...

Lutz Race Cars Open House: More Cars, More Horsepower, More Drag Week Rides, And One Freak On The Rollers

(PHOTOS BY MIKE BROOKS) – Mike Brooks won’t stop talking about how much fun he had at the Lutz Race Cars open house he attended last weekend but that’s a good thing because the...

Watch Jay Leno Cruise A 1,000 HP 1941 Willys And Meet The Cool And Surprising Owner

There’s something about a flat hooded, pro street Willys that will be cool until the end of time and maybe a couple hundred years after that. This particular car is even more interesting and...

Wild Drag Action: King Of The Streets Chi-Town At Great Lakes Dragaway!

(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – Every year I look forward to the Chi Town King of the Streets event. A historic track, stupid fast cars, big cash money, and the excitement that only an...

NHRA New England Nationals 2015: A Photo Diary From The Region’s Biggest Drag Race

(Photos by Rich Pasley) – For the third year in a row the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing series invaded New England Dragway in Epping, New Hampshire and held the New England Nationals. This...

Nut Driver: The Long Journey Home (Part 1)

[“Nut Driver” features updates on Dave Nutting’s daily driver 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo] If you want to catch up on the other installments, click HERE As it’s been FOUR FREAKING MONTHS...

This 1994 Dakota Has A Hemi Surprise Under The Hood But Not In The Way You Expect

When BangShifter Will Sanders sent us the link to this truck, he was all on board with the program aside from the hood. We’re kind of with him although in light of all the other coolness...

Lutz Race Cars Open House Coverage: Drag Week Heroes, Freaks, Racers, And Dyno Pull Madness

(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – When Lutz Race Cars announced that they were putting together an open house and dyno day at their shop, we knew there was no way we could pass it up. We...

Mega Mopar Action Maple Grove Coverage: The Nation’s Biggest Mopar Tour Comes To The Grove

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Maple Grove Raceway is one of my favorite places to hang out by my love for it pales in comparison to the feelings that our own Joe Grippo has for the place. Recently,...

Two New Titles Enter For Video Game Lovers: Forza 6 And The Reboot Of Need For Speed

It’s summertime, and the shows and events are calling. Get out there while you can, because before you are ready for it, the temperatures will get cooler and the weather will take a turn for...