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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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Ford Releases Special 50th Anniversary Mustang Only 1,964 Will Be Produced – Fully Loaded

Today Ford announced the release of a 50th anniversary limited Mustang of which 1,964 will be produced to commemorate the half century birthday of Ford’s iconic pony car. The cars will come...

Watch A Racer Lose The Handle On A Porsche During A Standing Mile Event At 170 MPH

Like drag racing, land speed racing is a highly underestimated form of automotive competition. In my time around the East Coast Timing Association, I have learned to heartily respect the sport, the...

The Lingenfelter Collection – A BangShifty First Look Into One Of America’s Great Assemblages Of Horsepower And Beauty

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – The door opened, the lights came on, and the three of us nearly swooned like Victorian era women on a fainting couch at the sight of what lay before us. Three huge...

Wait until you get a look at this 1954 Pontiac “Tribute” Car. Awesome? YES!

At my old job, I got an email from this guy, who said he was working on building a tribute to the Pontiacs of the late 1940s and early 1950s. For reference, here’s what one of those cars looks...

BS Roadtest: The 2014 Chevy Malibu – Good Looks and Good Power Come At A Price

When Chevy threw the keys to a 2014 Malibu at us, we were interested in spending a week with the car to see if it really was the snappy upscale sedan that GM’s advertising purports it to be....

Action Gallery: The Tennessee Take Over At I-40 Dragway – Southern Grudge Race Madness (Video, too!)

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Part three of Tommy Lee Byrd’s car guy weekend wrapped up with a bit of eighthmile drag racing at I-40 Dragway in Crossville, Tennessee. The track has...

The 20 Coolest Station Wagons From Goodguys Del Mar – Wagons Forever!

We’ve always loved station wagons here at BangShift. Heck, Chad rose to hot rodding infamy starting with “Rusty” his 1956 Chevy wagon (which we seriously promise will run again at...

You Know You Want This 1966 Ford Truck Modified Into A 13-Foot Tall Cow Hauling Machine

You’re an outgoing type, someone who enjoys attention. That’s why you need to buy this amazing vehicle that Matt Cramer saw and tipped us off to which is currently for sale on eBay. This...

This 1970 Camaro SS Super Stocker Is An Awesome Time Capsule That Has A Steep Asking Price

Here’s a familiar case. We’ll call it the “awesome car/insane price” case. This 1970 Camaro is a truly stunning piece. 95-original miles, a factory big block, four speed car...

Watching This 10-second 6.0L, 5-Speed Camaro Getting Ripped Through The Gears Is Good For Your Soul

We’ve showed you video of Matt Walter’s Camaro before but this fresh one is his best one yet. The car is a Camaro packing a 6.0L LS engine and a five speed manual transmission. On this...

Al-Anabi Racing and 2013 NHRA Top Fuel Championship Team Featured On H2 TV Series – Tonight!

    Al-Anabi Racing and 2013 NHRA Top Fuel Championship Team Featured On H2 TV Series – Tonight!   BROWNSBURG, Ind. – – The Al-Anabi Racing Team and 2013 NHRA Mello...

Vespa-powered Number 20 – This Might be the coolest hand-built vintage quarter midget in history

We’ve featured quarter midgets from time to time, but nobody’s ever seen one like this. In the 1950s, a guy with a whole lot of talent and a kid who was crazy for racing built this amazing car,...

This Is Literally The Craziest Tractor Pulling Video We Have Ever Seen – Complete Destruction

This is an amazing piece of footage that appears to date from somewhere in the 1980s and it features the wildest pulling incident we have ever seen BY A LOT. What’s doubly weird is that this...

Pro Mod Action – Extreme Outlaw Pro Modifieds Take Over Virginia Motorsports Park!

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Powerful weekend in Virginia at VA Motorsports Park for the first EOPM race of the year.  The event on Saturday April 12, was a special one as Stuart...