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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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Hotchkis ALL GM Car Show And Open House This Saturday! BangShift Will Be There!

That’s right folks, we’ll be at the all GM Open House that Hotchkis Sport Suspension is putting on this Saturday, June 29th, at their Santa Fe Springs Headquarters. It’s going to be...

Gallery: The 2013 NHRA New England Nationals – One Last Blast Of Photos From The Track, Pits, and Roof!

(Photos by RichardPasley.com) – We have to thank Richard Pasley of Richard Pasley Photography for sending us some fantastic photos from the 2013 Uni-Select Auto Parts NHRA New England Nationals...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Dirt Track Date” Southern Culture On The Skids

If you haven’t heard of Southern Culture on the Skids, don’t be too hard on yourself, because they are one of the most famous bands that most people have never heard of. Of course you are...

Ridetech’s Bret Voelkel Wins Optima Batteries Faceoff At Road America 2013 + Full Event Results

That’s right folks, BangShift Sponsor Ridetech was on top of the podium at this past weekend’s Optima Batteries Faceoff at Road America 2013. With 22 Ridetech customers in the...

Photo Coverage And Invitees: Optima Faceoff At Road America 2013, Including Scary Moments

(Photos and Words Bob Chiluk/Greg Rourke) This past weekend was one of the premier pro touring events of the year, the 2013 Optima Batteries Faceoff at Road America, and all that attended had the...

Video: On Board A Camaro At The 2013 Optima Faceoff At Road America With Spin And Tire Tap

We just got back from the 2013 Optima Batteries Faceoff At Road America, where the coolest of the cool Pro Touring machines were out in force, tearing up the road course, speed stop, and autocross....

Would You Drive It: Tunnel Ram And Leather Edition (Side Pipes And Yellow Letter Tire Edition?)

Chad normally handled the Would you drive it? items but he’s in the middle of traveling from Wisconsin to Los Angeles by ox cart or some other means of transportation that is slow and painful...

Wheelstand Video: Ride On The Roof Of Robert Howard’s Olds As He Wins The Bunker Hill Dragstrip Wheelstand Challenge! Badassery!

(Photo from Bunkerhillrace.com) – My pal Brian Olson told me that he was going to be announcing the yearly Bunker Hill Dragstrip Wheelstand Challenge event last weekend and he was giddy about...

eBay Find: A Weirdly Cool 1921 Lincoln Truck Sporting An Original Engine We Never Knew Existed!

Before you jump on our case, we know that you couldn’t walk into a Lincoln dealer in 1921 and buy a Lincoln pickup. In fact, the only thing you were buying at a Lincoln dealer during that era...

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BangShift Question of the Day: Do You Name Your Projects?

Naming projects has been a hallmark of hot rodding since the beginning. Magazines, websites, and other media outlets have made it common practice. From the Project X, to the Bad Seed, to The F Bomb,...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday – Fats Domino

Originally released in 1957 by Bobby Mitchell and the Toppers, “I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday” was written by Fats Domino, Roy Hayes, and Dave Bartholomew. Domino released his own...

Gallery: 50 Photos of Mopar B-Bodies

The venerable Mopar B-body was produced from 1962 to 1979. In that time it came in many shapes and sizes from the odd Virgil Exner varieties of the early 1960s to the handsome slab sided models of...

Cool Video: A Bitchin’ Recap Of The NHRA New England Nationals – Drivers, Killer Runs, In-Car, and More!

If you followed our coverage of the 2013 NHRA New England Nationals last weekend, thanks! The race was a historic occurrence in the New England region as it was the first time that the top level of...

BangShift Quuestion Of The Day: Ever Had A Car or Truck Catch On Fire?

Car fires are scary things, no matter the level of flame height. After the last item with the blazing Firebird, I got to thinking about car fires and any of the stuff that I have owned that pulled...