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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! More Day 1 Racing at Darana Raceway National Trail in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 1, when the driver’s...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Drag and Drive Photos: Buckeye Skips 2026 – Day 1 Driver’s Meeting, Checkpoints, and Racing at Darana Raceway National Trail in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 1, when the driver’s...

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Our Final Gallery of Car Show Photos From Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event! The 2026 Father’s Day Car Show!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Shop Tour Video: United by Trucks Visits Pennsylvania’s Hart Fab to Get A Look At What Makes Them Tick. This is UBT ON TOUR

I love shop tours. Who doesn’t? Seeing a hot rod or custom shop building cars and trucks is always fun to see, and when they do it right it is really fun to check out all their fabrication,...

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Laid On Its Balls! How This Custom NBS Went From Show To Scrap And Back To Life And On The Road!

This truck has got some interesting history and has lived a rough life but has been brought back to life in a big way. After being built, this truck lit the show world on fire as it was laid out on...

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Greatest Go Kart Ever? This Mini-Freightliner Has A Box Trailer, 5hp, And The Ability To Make You The Hero Parent Of All Time if You Buy It (W/Video)

After about an hour of failed debate with my wife, I have determined that someone else will have to buy the coolest thing on eBay right now. This mini-Freightliner is powered by a 5hp engine, has a...

Brian Lister, Founder Of Lister Cars, Has Passed On At The Age Of 88

Brian Lister, the namesake behind Lister Cars, died on December 17, 2014. Lister was well-known for building some of the fastest front-engined sports cars in racing from his company, which was...

If You’ve Never Seen Del Worsham’s Nitro Powered Mega-Rita Machine, You Need To Watch This

Been trying to come up with ideas to spruce up the company Christmas party? Looking for a way to show people a good time and serve them a massive volume of margaritas? Do you literally want enough...

Watch A Crazy Supercharged Nova Beat Out A Worked Up Lambo At A Half Mile Roll Race In Arizona – Nova Is Very, Very Loose

The idea of half mile drag racing on airport runways is certainly not new, but is has been going through somewhat of a resurgence over the last several years and that resurgence has apparently...

This (Real) 1965 Sunbeam Tiger Drag Car Will Have You Reliving The Old Modified Sports Class With A 4-Speed/Small Block Combo

If you are a devout lover of the famed Sunbeam Tiger you may want to look away from what we’re going to show you. If you are a hot rodder that likes stuff which hauls tail, step right in...

Nitro Video: Watch Modern Top Fuelers Square Off Against Modern Funnies At The Night Under Fire At Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park

The famed “Night Under Fire” is the biggest, baddest, most well attended match race in drag racing and we’d argue that it probably holds that title in overall drag racing history as...

American Powertrain’s Bucket O’ Bacon Sale Is On Now! Buy Stuff And Get Bacon

No really, buy stuff from American Powertrain now through the end of the year and get a bucket of Benton’s Bacon and an American Powertrain shirt! If you haven’t had Benton’s...

Going Out With A Bang: Walkinshaw W507, A Modded HSV GTS For The Final Run

Killing off an American nameplate is simple: starve the brand for money, new designs and in short time, make a case for justifying the killing of the underperformer. Australians, on the other hand,...

2014 Boonesborough Boogie Nationals: A Collection Of Cool Street Machines To Check Out

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We had to split these photos up into 4 galleries because I shot around 600 photos and ended up being able to use more than half.  This gallery covers...

Texas Plumber In Living Nightmare After His Old Truck Surfaces In Syria, Complete With Anti-Aircraft Guns And His Work Phone Number

The last thing that Jeff Olberholtzer and his company, Mark-1 Plumbing, in Texas City, Texas expected were the phones to be ringing off the hook. They certainly didn’t expect the calls to be so...

Watch This Blown V8 Equipped Aussie Daihatsu Charade Do What Every Pro Street Style American Mini-Car Should Be Doing

We’ve all looked and smiled at pro street Nash Metropolitans or Geo Metros, etc but here in the USA those things are basically fairgrounds queens that look and sound all pissed at idle and then...

Simeone Museum Demo Day: A Look At The Beautiful 1956 Jaguar D-Type Up Close And Personal

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we told you the twisted tale of the Simeone Museum’s Shelby Daytona Coupe, which is the first one ever built and has had some amazing racing and...

Textbook: Watch This Aussie Drag Racer Use His Brain And His Skills To Prevent From Wrecking His Fast Torana Drag Car

How many times have we seen drivers whomp the throttle just one time too many or take that one last shot at “saving” a run that has been junk from the hit of the throttle? We’ve...

BangShift 2014 Photo Highlight Reel: Charles Wickam’s Favorite Images From The Year That Was – Mud, Drags, Shows, More

(PHOTOS BY CHARLES WICKAM) – One of the things that we pride ourselves on here at BangShift is the fact that we have a diverse and wide open approach to the automotive world. If it makes noise...