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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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Machine Porn: Watch A Massive Crankshaft Get Finish Machined On A Bost Machine Tools Crankshaft Grinder

The Bost Machine Tool Company of Spain makes specialized equipment to service the needs of heavy industry. In this video, you’ll see a crankshaft so large that it gets moved into and out of the...

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Watch Jon Wall Go On A Wild Wheelstanding Ride In The Fireball Monza Funny Car!

Jon Wall is one of our good friends here at BangShift and we’ve shown you great video before of him racing funny cars. He’s been doused in boiling transmission fluid and put through the...

Photos: The Street Rods, Hot Rods, And Customs Of The Auctions America Collector Car Auction In Burbank

Yesterday we showed you a ton of cool mucle cars, street machines, drag cars, and more bangshifty stuff from the Auctions America California Collector Car Auction in Burbank, just outside of Los...

eBay Find: A Funny Car You Can Drive On The Street! And It Has Real History

When Jim Levesque, of “Alcoholic” ’71 Plymouth Satellite BB/FC fame, sent me this eBay listing I couldn’t decide whether to laugh, cry, or buy it! Okay, clearly I’m not...

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Drag Gallery: Geezers At The Grove 2013 – Funny Cars, Muscle Cars, Hot Rods, and More!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – If there’s hardcore drag racing action at Maple Grove, you know Grippo is going to be all over it like butter on bacon. So when Joe told us that he was racing his...

Be There! Impala SS Club Of America Meet Comes To Charlotte This Week – Show, Drags, Road Course Action and More!

Charlotte, North Carolina is the place to be this week if you are a lover of Chevrolet B-bodies, especially the Impala SS variant of said Chevrolet blood line. The Impala Super Sport Club of America...

CraigsList Find: A Perfect 1956 International Race Car Hauler

While my big truck obsession is often mocked, one common language us hot roddy types all speak is “old race car hauler”. Chris Cabe is a BangShifter who lives in the wilds of Minnesota...

In-Car Video: Watch A Classic Porsche Duel With Shelby Mustangs, Stingray Vettes, and Even A 1969 Pontiac Trans Am At Road America!

Porsche is certainly one of the greatest racing brands in automotive history. From their production based efforts to their competition entries in Trans Am, Le Mans, and virtually all of the other...

New Video From The Incredible Lambrecht Car Collection Auction. 500 Cars From A Nebraska Chevy Dealership

You know about the incredible Lambrecht Chevrolet car auction that is coming up in September because we’ve been talking about it for weeks. We’ve also show you some video from the...

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Battle At Bonneville: Vesco Turbinator Comes Back To Salt — Will Duel Speed Demon For Top Time Trophy And Potentially For Wheel Driven Record

It has been more than a decade since there has been a legitimate slug fight for the coveted Hot Rod Top Time Trophy at Bonneville Speed Week AND wheel driven speed record at the same time. Sure,...

Photos: We Hit The Long Beach Hi-Performance Swap Meet And Find All Kinds Of Cool Stuff We Need.

Okay, our better halves, and mom, would probably argue with all six of us that “need” is a bit of a strong word to use when talking about stuff at the swap meet. Their opinion is wrong....

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Fun, Fun, Fun (Now That Daddy Took The T-Bird Away)” The Beach Boys (1964)

“Fun, Fun, Fun” is one of those songs that everyone knows, but who’s title is usually recited wrong. I think most people refer to it at “‘Til Daddy Took The T-Bird...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Most Dangerous Form Of Racing In History? Bonus: The Most Dangerous Race?

I was recently watching a show about board track motorcycle and car racing. About three minutes into this show, a historian mentioned that when riders crashed on the boards, they’d often get...

Auction Photos: Muscle Cars, Street Machines, and More From Auctions America California Collector Car Auction

We gave you a teaser gallery on Saturday from our trip to the Auctions American California Collector Car Auction in Burbank, and told you how much fun we had. Not “Check me out I won $150...