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FIRST LOOK – David Spade’s 1978 Ford⁩ F250 Ranger XLT – BARRETT-JACKSON 2026 SCOTTSDALE AUCTION

David Spade is a hell of a car guy and has bought and sold many cars at Barrett-Jackson, but this one might be his biggest. In size that is. This dentside 1978 Ford F250 Ranger XLT is something...

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Steve Magnante Isn’t Slowing Down Any! Check Out This RARE TUXEDO BLACK 4-SPEED ROAD RUNNER He Found In The Snow!

We’re so glad to see Steve back out in the wild, hunting hot rods and muscle cars in the wrecking yard, and sharing all his muscle car knowledge with us.He’s as hard core as they come,...

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World Rally Championship Video Series: More Than Machine, Season 2 Episode 3 – Vanishing Point | 2025 Rally Islas Canarias & Rally Italia Sardegna

If you haven’t seen the WRC documentary series More Than Machine, and you are a rally racing fan, you are going to want to check out the entire first season at the link below. With behind the...

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Dylan McCool’s Project Car Updates! Monaco Body Swap, ’58 Plymouth, W200, Cobra II, Charger, and MANY MORE!

To wrap up 2025, Dylan McCool sat down to give everyone an update on his current projects and some of what to expect in 2026. If you are a fan of all the cool stuff he has going on, then check out...

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And They Walked Away! Here Are The Wildest Rides From The 2025 NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series!

The best part about the last few days of the year, and the first few days of the new year, are all the best of videos, photo galleries, and more. We’ve got several coming to you over the next...

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Happy New Year 2026 From BANGshift.com! Here’s To A Happy, Healthy, And Fun New Year Full Of Horsepower, Tire Smoke, And More!

On behalf of the entire BANGshift Family, I want to thank you all for being a part of our 2025 and hope that your 2026 is even better! We are super thankful for such a great year of racing in 2025...

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This John Deere 317 Garden Tractor With A 2.8L GM V6 Is 100% BangShift Approved – Think It Sounds Good With Zoomies?

So as you have undoubtedly noticed, we have been running lots of “Best of 2014” blog items over the last week or so. We’re going to spice things up over the next few days before New...

Auction Find: The Estate Sale of Roger Jones, Sr. In Oklahoma

Ron Ward gets the credit for locating the first big auction of 2015 in Oklahoma. Roger Jones, Sr., from Pryor, Oklahoma, was apparently a life-long gear head of sorts and had accumulated quite the...

Ridge Running: The Motorhead Hill Climb, At Mazda Turnpike In Hakone, Japan (VIDEO)

If you got a free pass on a local road, anywhere you could choose, to race, what would you pick? Some wide-open road in Nevada where you could put your foot to the floor and go chasing the setting...

Good Or Bad? Brian Finch’s Mus-Take Mustang Project Is Underway

When Brian Finch announced that he was going to be building a Mustang, that incorporated a 2011 front end with a 1967 back end, and was calling it Mus-Take, there were a lot of people wondering if it...

Best of 2014: Left For Dead In A Ditch: The Newfoundland Ravine Daytona

The photos look like a crime scene. The remnants of a T5 Copper 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona lay scattered, crushed, picked apart by parts looters among the trees and brush of a ravine in Newfoundland,...

Best Of 2014: The Oddest and Most Badder Asser Pickup In America Does a Burnout and Makes a Dyno Pull

This truck is one of those rare vehicles that when viewed one way is the coolest thing ever, but when viewed another way, is a little on the freakish side. In doing some digging around the internet,...

Video Bonanza: People Failing At Pulling Engines In Every Way Possible (Ok, Some Succeed)

Pulling an engine is one of those gearhead experiences that may be nearly universal among BangShifters. Sometimes it literally seems to remove itself and other times, these big lumps of iron and...

Best Of 2014: Watch A Gnarly Turbocharged Ford Mustang Literally Take Flight At Huntsville Dragway

When you combine the prodigious power made by modern turbocharged drag racing engines with the amazing traction of a well treated strip, you end up with cars literally levering themselves right off...

Best of 2014: Watch AJ Fiorelli Pull A 1200′ Wheelstand At The Byron World Power Wheelstanding Championships – Longest Ever At Legendary Competition

There have been many incredible things that have happened at the World Power Wheelstanding Championships at Byron Dragway over the years but none of them have anything on AJ Fiorelli’s...

2014 Saddest News: Pat Garlits, Wife of Big Daddy Don Garlits, Dies

After a long and valiant battle with Alzheimer’s disease, we are sad to report tonight that Pat Garlits, the wife of the greatest drag racer ever, Don Garlits has died. The role of Pat Garlits...

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Best of 2014: Watch The Most Incredible Rally Near-Death Experience Ever Caught On Tape – Group Of Sitting Duck Fans Survive By Inches

We’ve watched this at least 10 times now and each time everyone survives, each time we wonder how that’s possible, and each time we back the tape up and watch it again. The event, which...

Best of 2014: Watch The Most Horrendous Doorslammer Wreck We Have Ever Seen Anyone Survive – Jerry Yeoman At Wichita International Raceway

Sean Melton at Urban Hillbilly Action Videos is like us. If someone gets hurt in a wreck, he doesn’t run the footage unless he knows the guy made a full recovery or he gets permission from the...

Best Of 2014: Cargolux Takes Delivery of New 747-8, Proceeds to “Wing Wave” Paine Field Spectacularly

It’s a common tradition for airlines that take delivery of a Boeing aircraft from Paine Field in Everett, Washington to do what’s called a “wing wave”, which is a couple...

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Best of 2014: Awesome Video: A GM Truck Folds In Half Like A Wet Cardboard Box

THIS VIDEO IS NOT WORK SAFE, THERE IS SWEARING A-PLENTY! Having told you that, we’ll move onto the true meat of this video. A GM truck ended up in a frozen lake, boobs up somehow. In order to...