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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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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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Crazy Video: Four Minutes Of Non-Stop Wrecks, Saves, Wheelies And More From NitroArtVideo

Because it is the end of the year and racing season has all but ended, lots of media outlets (like us!) are running their “best of” or “year in review” type content. The...

Ultimate Sleepers And Upset Wins Video That Will Make You Think Twice Before Squaring Off Against Anything

We’ve seen some sleepers in our day. You know, the car that looks unassuming, but somehow beats everything it lines up against? That’s a sleeper, and this video has got a ton of great...

BangShift Photo Highlight Reel – Greg Rourke’s Favorite Shots From His 2013 Campaign!

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – This is a bit of a rare occurrence on BangShift as we’re featuring the work of Greg Rourke singularly. Normally he and Bob Chiluk, our pair of “Chi-Town...

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Epic 660 Foot Wheelstand Video Of The Rat Trap Fuel Altered At The 2013 California Hot Rod Reunion

Nitro America’s Les Mayhew just sent us the link to this one the other day and we had to share. It’s awesome video from high above the finish line at Famoso Raceway during the 2013 NHRA...

Accelaquarter Raceway In Illinois Is Currently Underwater…Literally

(Photos by Accelaquarter Raceway) – Back in August we first told you the great story of Accelaquarter Raceway’s rebirth under new owner Frank Sisk. The track had been languishing and...

eBay Find: This 1988 Mosler Consulier GTP Is Weird, Fast, Rare, And Something We Had Never Heard Of Until Today (w/Video)

We like when someone drops automotive knowledge on us that we knew nothing about like the oddball 1988 Mosler Consulier GTP featured in this eBay ad. At first glance the car looks like some sort of a...

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The Baja 1000, A World Of X Documentary To Air Thursday, Plus A Kurt Caselli Tribute And New TV Deal For SCORE!

We love off road racing around here. I know it’s not necessarily our “norm”, but ever since I attended the Baja 1000 back in 2007 I’ve been hooked. The SCORE Baja 1000 is one...

It’s Not Too Late For Last Minute Gifts From Ridetech! Prices Good Through January 1, But Buy Now For Christmas!

According to a story I heard on the news last night more than 70% of Americans are not done shopping for Christmas. Well, if you are one of those folks, then don’t fret. The guys at Ridetech...

Sunday Re-Run: Watch A Kid Set His Car, Himself, And Nearly His Whole Shop On Fire While Trying To Start His Project

If this isn’t a video documenting every possible wrong, misguided, and potentially lethal thing to do with a project car in your shop we don’t know what is. Basically, a 23-year old kid...

These Sand Dune Races In The United Arab Emirates Are Wild! Mondo Huge Turbos On Everything From Straight Sixes To V8s – Horsepower Overload!

Every time I see the sand dunes in the UAE it makes me want to go to visit just so I can play. They are huge, and made of great sand that looks like a riot to play in. For the guys in this video the...

We Want This International Truck. It May Be The Greatest Former Box Truck Ever!

When Steve Dunning, aka elkyguy, sent us a tip on an International Truck that was for sale on Craigslist in Seattle we figured it was probably going to be something with a snow plow on it. We had no...

This Looks Really Really Dangerous… Dear Santa, All I Want For Christmas Is This Small Block Powered…

This looks really really dangerous. Some might even say stupid. Especially if you believe the Zero – 60 number of 1.94 seconds, which seems like an odd number for someone to make up so...

Epic Famoso Speed Shop 1963 Ford Econoline Pickup For Sale On Craigslist!

Last night at about 8pm our buddy Ron “Chassisman” Thomas texted me a link to a post on Craigslist in Bakersfield for a 1963 Ford Econoline Pickup that has Famoso Speed Shop painted on...

WATCH LIVE NOW: STREAMING SPACE WALK VIDEO – DUDES WRENCHING IN SPACE!

Talk about the ultimate thrash! Below you can watch live streaming video from the first of three space walks being completed at the International Space Station for urgent repairs to equipment. Two...