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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Friday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Thursday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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New Junkyard Inventory: Dent Side Ford Pickup Trucks from the 1970’s! Including an XLT 4X4!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more new rides coming into the wrecking yard this week. Just when you think there can’t possibly be anymore old Ford trucks sitting around, he shows up with some...

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What Makes the East Coast Gear Supply KP 540 Axle Housing So Good? Ian Johnson Walks Us Through Them.

Heavy duty axles for off-road rigs have come a long way over the years and putting “tons” under a Jeep, or anything else for that matter, is the norm anymore. And you can buy all kinds of...

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Factory Hemi Superbird Feature Video: This 1,500-Mile HEMI Superbird Has SERIOUS Drag Racing History!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it and in this video below you are going to get a look at an awesome 1970 Plymouth Superbird that came from the factory with the famed 426 Hemi under...

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This 700HP, LS7 Powered 3rd Gen Camaro Restomod Is Something Special! What A Beast!

I’m a Camaro guy. I know people know me for wagons and mini trucks and whatever but I grew up in a Camaro family, my first car was a Camaro, and I love them. My favorites are first Gens like my...

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A BangShift-worthy Gift For The Young Gearhead: Their Own Car To Work On!

When you have a young child in the house, some traits become apparent quickly. Do they pull out the pots and pans and use the stirring spoons to beat them into submission? You might have a drummer....

The Great Labor Day Cruise: Our Freshest Photos From The SoCal Event

Over the last couple of days we have been showing you trucks from the Great Labor Day Cruise which was held in Orange County, California last weekend. Today we’re spinning our guns back toward...

BangShift Question of the Day: Which Character Would You Be?

I’ve watched Two-Lane Blacktop. And I enjoy it for pretty much the same reasons most everyone I’ve ever met has enjoyed it: cars, the right noises, the nostalgia of that time...

Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Sponsoring C7 And COPO Shootout Classes At 2014 Holley LS Fest

We’re here at the 2014 Holley LS Fest and by the time you read this, McTaggart will be blasting photos on the track and in the pits. Lohnes will be in the tower excitedly yelling about the drag...

The Parting Shift: 11,000 RPM Insanity From Norway

Man alive! When we first watched this video of a Competition Eliminator car running in Oslo, Norway, we rubbed our eyes and watched again. Sporting a 297ci Ford motor, a tach that starts at 6,000...

2014 Yellow Bullet Nationals: Action Photos From From The Sensational Event At Cecil County Dragway

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – It has only taken a few years for the Yellow Bullet Nationals to establish itself as one of the premier small tire/radial drag races in the world. The event has fed on...

Rough Start: This 1975 Monte Carlo Is A One-Family Desert Car, The Holy Grail For The Budget-Minded

It’s been a rough week hunting down a Rough Start car. I don’t know what is going on but prices have shot through the roof while the good stuff has disappeared. It took some hunting, and...

Forget A Bus, This 1976 Ford C600 Needs To Be The New BS Mobile Command Center

Recently converted BangShifter Casey Miller sent us this Craigslist link to a 1976 Ford C600 utility truck that is for sale in Connecticut. He thought it was cool but I saw it and immediately...

Unhinged: This 1973 Plymouth Is A Fine Example Of What Not To Do, Ever

I don’t mind clones, or tributes, or whatever you call it when someone takes a more base level car and tarts it up to resemble the muscle car that lived on the same platform, provided that the...

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BS Tune Up: Godsmack “Speak”…Nothing Like A Little Rock Music With Cars To Get Us Going

Ok, maybe get myself going. Brian and Chad can wake up at the unholy crack of dawn and go until about ten or so at night. I’m one of those types that wakes up mentally about 9am if...

Fender Banging Action From The Tudor United Sports Car Series Oak Tree Grand Prix – Vettes, Vipers, More!

(Photos by David Whealon) – David Whealon was our man on the scene at the 2014 Oak Tree Grand Prix. This was one of the events on the TUDOR United Sports Car racing series calendar and  David...

Lunati Launches New Bootlegger Camshaft Line – Racing Camshaft Technology Meets The Street

We always get a little giddy when new camshaft lines are introduced. Why? Mostly because it means more power to you and I when we make a cam change in our hot rods. Lunati’s new Bootlegger line...

Big Car Greatness: The AMCs Come Out To Play!

We have had GM, Mopar and Fords this week, but I didn’t have much hope on finding any footage of a big AMC product mixing it up that didn’t involve either old television footage of Adam...

Want To Know What The 2015 Challenger Drag Pack’s Supercharged Engine Will Have For Power? This Dyno Video May Be Telling Us

When we were at the reveal of the 2015 Dodge Challenger Drag Pack at the US Nationals, Chrysler was really tight lipped about the power output of the 426ci late model Hemi with the Whipple blower...