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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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BangShift Question of the Day: What’s The Weirdest/Coolest Thing You’ve Seen At A Swap Meet Lately?

While cruising through the swap meet in Bakersfield, I happened upon the contraption below and it stopped me dead in my tracks. It appears to be a propane draw through carb and turbo setup that is on...

March Meet Bonus Gallery: Sunday Photos From The Pits, Grove Car Show, and Swap Meet!

Just when you thought it was safe to go outside….we’re back with a final blast of photos from the March Meet at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California. While the race didn’t end...

VIDEO: Blown Altered Catches Flight At March Meet 2013. No Really It Gets All 4 Off At The Hit!

When this happened right before our eyes during our LIVE broadcast of the 2013 March Meet at Famoso’s famed Auto Club Famoso Raceway, we couldn’t believe our eyes. It’s not that we...

Sideways, With Rodney Prouty: I Knew What I Wanted Before I Knew What I Wanted…

In this edition of Sideways, Rodney addresses the fact that he knew what he wanted out of his hot rod even before there was a name for it. Just like all of us, he built a car in his mind based on...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: How Important Is Paint To You?

After seeing a lot of cool cars with fantastic paint in the Detroit Autorama gallery earlier today and then the little mini-feature on the 1954 Chevy we say at Famoso, today has been filled with...

Mini-Feature: The Wildest Paint Job We’ve Ever Seen On A Car That Actually Gets Driven

While walking through the grove at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield last Friday during  the rain, BangShifter Randal Burns and I spotted the most amazingly painted 1954 Chevy I have ever seen…and...

Detroit Autorama 2013 – More BangShift Approved Iron From The Autorama!

(Photos by Justin Oney) – So far we’ve showed you galleries from the 2013 Detroit Autorama submitted by BS lens slingers Ken Cox and Dom Damato and now it’s Justin Oney’s time...

Detroit Autorama 2013 – 100% BangShift Approved Cars, Trucks, Funny Cars, and Hot Rods Gallery!

(Photos by Dom Damato- DRD Photos) – We told you that we were going to bring you Detroit Autorama coverage from a bunch of BangShift contributors, so here’s our second collection of...

Roadkill: Freiburger and Finnegan Set Out For Alaska Again In The Ranchero!

Our favorite masters of masochism are at it again! Freiburger and Finnegan have loaded up their “Raunchero” and made tracks for the great white north again. As you may remember, the two...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Event Are You Most Looking Forward To Attending This Year?

After a great weekend of action at the 2013 March Meet, one of the things I was most excited to do is in the books. It’ll be a busy year for us here at BS with event season really starting to...

Power Gallery: Injected Engineering Dyno Day – Hot Cars And HUGE Horsepower!

(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – It’s time to get back in the swing of things, as the car show and drag racing season gets started. Injected Engineering, a performance shop in Kennesaw,...

Rocket Racing Wheels Releases New Catalog – Bitchin’ Wheels and Photography Inside!

Our pals over at Rocket Racing Wheels released their new catalog the day before we left for the March Meet, which was perfect timing for us because we then went on to see dozens of hot rods, customs,...

Wreckage Videos: Some Flaming Wall Bangers From ADRL Rockingham – Major League Impacts!

While we were at the March Meet, some drag racing history was being made down in Rockingham, North Carolina. This was the first race of the new Kenny Nowling era of ADRL drag racing. By all accounts...

2013 Detroit Autorama – Load In Day Gallery

(Photos by Ken Cox) – While we were out in California at the March Meet Ken Cox (and a couple of our other photo contributors, as you’ll see!) were in Detroit for the famed...