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Featured Product: This Easy to Apply KBS Bed Liner Protects Truck Beds and Body Panels And You Can Do It At Home!

We’re big fans of KBS products around here, but if you haven’t seen their products here on BANGshift or haven’t caught up with them at the PRI or SEMA shows, then you need to check...

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Influence & Impact Episode 19 – Jason and Marcel Talk About Obscure Muscle Cars: Buick Grand National, Ford Torino, CTSV, And Muscle Trucks

Remember when a Buick Grand National first came out? Do you remember how they were weird because we were in desperate need of some speed and fun but couldn’t quite wrap our heads around why it...

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Finnegan’s Mystery Drag And Drive Project Car Is Here and So Is The Engine! Can You Guess What It Is? We All Want To Know!

Finnegan has a jillion cool projects going, but he’s been trying to keep this one a bit of a secret while tickling us all with posts on his new engine build over at ACE. He’s going to...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Verge Motorsports Quick Outlaw Series – Beech Bend Raceway Park – Sunday Race

FREE LIVE DRAG RACING is going on at Beech Bend Raceway Park this weekend and it is going to be a hell of a busy one. With the Quick Outlaw Series running both 4.70 door cars and 4.50 dragsters,...

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Street Freak – Part 5: The Chassis Now Has A 25.2 6.0 Cert! This Thing Is Nuts! All Wheel Drive Swap And Lambo Power!

Here’s the fifth video in the series, and the tube work is done! The chassis in this bad boy is now certified to 6.0 which means it is going to be legal to haul ass! In the last episode some of the...

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Cool Movie Car History: Here Are 10 Cool Facts About Kenny’s 1973 Custom Vette From The Movie Corvette Summer

There was a time when I couldn’t stand the Corvette from Corvette Summer. I don’t know why, but back when flares were a thing, I couldn’t stand them. Now I kinda dig them actually....

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Drag Week 2014: Wait List Update, Your Chances Of Getting In, and What You Can Do To Make Things Work Smoothly

In terms of the yearly Drag Week news cycle, we have entered the “wait list” portion of the program. What does that mean? Well there are lots of guys signed up and thrashing to get their...

Show Coverage: 2014 Cars In The Park Car Show – Raising Money For A Worthy Cause In Massachusetts

(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – Here’s some irony. When this story first hit the front page of BangShift today, Johnny Gaudette could not see it. Why? Because the dude is in class at his...

Holley’s Sweet Shop Truck Featured On Jay Leno’s Garage – Jay Burns Tires In It!

Jay Leno’s Garage is one of the cooler automotive shows on the internet. Because the guy is a complete and utter automotive maniac with the cash to actually feed the addiction, he’s into...

21st Sunday Niagra Nostalgia Drags And Car Show – The Coolest Cars Around Buffao Came Out In Force

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – There’s nothing like a great nostalgia drag race and car show to bring out the cool people and the cooler iron. Recently, our own Mike Brooks hit the road and...

Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car Michigan: The BangShift Photos

(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – I’m not sure if I should thank Bob Chiluk for these great photos from the recent Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car event in Michigan or if I should offer...

Foam Party! Just Don’t Mind The Helicopters On The Floor…

When there is something leaking from the hangar bay doors where your multi-million aircraft are stored, it’s always a bad thing. Always. In the case of the Oklahoma National Guard, their bad...

Man Who Drove A Bugatti Into A Salt Marsh Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Facing 20 Years

The pelican has officially been cleared of any and all wrongdoing. Andy House, the dumbass man who intentionally drove his 2006 Bugatti Veyron into a salt marsh in Texas plead guilty to wire mail...

Outerlimits Powerboats Founder and CEO Mike Fiore Dies As Result Of Missouri Boat Wreck

(Michael Fiore is pictured center above) – We are saddened to report that Michael Fiore, the founder and CEO of Outerlimits Powerboats has died as the result of injuries he sustained in the...

Ebay Find: This V8 Pinto Could Be A Lot Of Fun! Burnout Contests, Here We Come!

The Ford Pinto has one of the most maligned reputations of any car ever made. Yes, it’s known that in a hard enough rear-end collision the gas tank could be shoved into the rear axle bolts and...

More Mini-Mod Wreckage – Watch This Tractor Get Plowed Over By The Sled It Is Pulling

Yesterday we showed you a video of a mini-rod tractor getting out of shape and the sled kind of taking over the action and steam rolling the poor machine (along with the driver in it) so that...

This 1941 Willys Is The Last Vehicle You’d Expect To Find For Sale At A Volvo Dealership!

Volvo dealerships pride themselves on selling for a company that believes first and foremost in the safety of their customers. It’s a nice thing, if not a little dull. But Volvos have never...

Why Go For A “Mini Command Center” When We Can Have Everything Under One Roof?

Yesterday Lohnes showed you guys the Lloyd van. You remember, that German thing that looked like a Stout Scarab decided to puff itself up and look huge for the ladies. Bleeech! Nothing against the...

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2014 NHRA Sonoma Nationals: The Lost Professional Category Photos

(Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt) – Sounds mysterious, right? The lost photos? Ohhhhhh. Sadly, it isn’t all that mysterious. See, my computer desktop at any given time looks like a...

Drag Action Photos: PDRA Under The Lights At Osage Tulsa Raceway Park

(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – The traveling road show that is the Professional Drag Racers Association rolled into Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park August 15th– 16th for national...