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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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Our Final Gallery Of 2024 PDRA East Coast Nationals Action Photos: Check Them All Out Here, Along With A Link To Any You Might Have Missed!

We’ve got our fifth, and final, photo gallery from the PDRA East Coast Nationals below, but if you missed the previous galleries from the race, you can use the link we’ve included as...

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Newbern Helped His Neighbor Get This SS Chevelle Up And Running For Burnouts After Sitting For 40 Years And A Seized Small Block

There are lots of will it run videos out there of engines being started after sitting for years and years and years. But when an engine is actually stuck, or seized, the success rate goes down...

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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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Bottom Dollar Blazer: Episode 8 – Rolling on the Rustoleum

  Hey, kids, it’s been a while since I’ve provided an update, but the Blazer project is coming along nicely. Using the techniques I picked up from Hot Rod, from the...

Toyota Releases Brand New Land Cruiser 70…Only In Japan. Who Knew Toyota Was Into Trolling Off-Road Enthusiasts?

We never got the Toyota Land Cruiser 70 series in the United States, and it’s a damn shame. Instead we got the Land Cruiser 60 series, which for all intents and purposes, was squarely aimed at...

South Georgia Motorsports Park Seized By Georgia Officials Due To Non-Payment Of Taxes – Track To Remain Open

Well no one saw this coming. South Georgia Motorsports Park, the circle track and drag racing facility that has served as a hub of small tire activity over the last several years has been seized by...

Project Raven: Interior Work, New(ish) Seats And More

If there is one thing the J-body Imperial did right, it was luxury. Forget the sad affairs under the hood and sit on those seats! Chrysler knew how to make a comfortable seat in the 1980’s....

Aeromotive And Elite Motorsports Team Up To Fuel Erica Enders-Stevens 2014 Pro Stock Championship Hopes

Erica Enders-Stevens is coming into the 60th Chevrolet Performance US Nationals as one of the strongest contenders in the always tight pro stock division of professional drag racing competition. She...

Saturday Racing Action Photos From The Street Car Super Nationals 2014 Anarchy Under The Arch In St Louis

(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – When the dust settled and the action ended at about 2 AM east coast time, the 2014 Street Car Super Nationals Anarchy Under the Arch had produced the quickest and...

Don’t Touch My Dart – Dodge’s New Ad Campaign Is Hilarious And We Have ‘Em All Right Here

We like it when a car company allows creative people to run with good ideas. Dodge has been all over this recently. They had the highly successful Durango campaign that tied into the Anchorman movie...

eBay Find: This 1964 GMC Suburban Is A BangShift Approved Diesel Powered Family Truckster

Does your wife think that you need a new vehicle to haul the kids and stuff around in? Getting some static that the current family truckster isn’t cutting it? Allow us to introduce you to the...

MSD Performance Rolls Out New Pro Billet Distributor For 392 Hemi Engines

MSD Pro Billet distributors are among the most widely known, widely used, and often seen speed parts that any hot rodder worth his salt knows about. The company has applications for virtually every...

2014 Oak Tree Grand Prix Action – TUDOR United Sports Car Series Machines Attacking Virginia International Raceway

(Photos by David Whealon) – You’ve seen David Whealon’s name on the pages of BangShift before as he’s a super talented photographer who catches the action at ECTA meets,...

In-Car Video Of The Q80 Racing Team Camaro Running 272-MPH At The Street Car Super Nationals – Fastest Door Car In Drag Racing History!

Two hundred and seventy two miles per hour is bad fast whether you are at Bonneville or in a top alcohol dragster. Two hundred and seventy two miles per hour is the fastest anything has ever gone on...

Top 11: McTaggart’s Favorite Cars From Anarchy At The Arch

When Brian and Chad informed me that I was heading to St. Louis to check out the PSCA Street Car Super Nationals at Gateway, I had no idea what I was in for. I honestly don’t have a good...

Aftermath: How They Cleaned Up The Blown Centless Pulling Tractor Disaster After It Puked Four Engines

We’ve covered virtually every angle of the Blown Centless pulling tractor nuclear-level disaster at the NTPA National Championship pulls in Bowling Green, Ohio…aside from one. That would...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: A Tale From The Unknown Dealership Parts Counter Guy

It doesn’t matter what level you are at: If the words “parts guy” can be tacked on to your job description, life can suck at times. Aviation, diesel, remote-controlled...