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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Releases New Clutch And Throttle Position Activation Switch

One of the coolest things about modern hot rodding is that true modern hot rods have all kinds of interesting features built into them that can be tweaked and used for the gain of BangShifters the...

Watch An LS Powered BMW Equipped With Trick Flow Heads And Other Speed Parts Bust 150 At The Ohio Mile

While the “LS in everything” movement can get tiresome at times and people get annoyed by some of the swaps, we’re pretty sure few people will argue with the idea of jamming an LS...

LIVE BLOG: A Day In The BangShift Life – Follow Along As Lohnes and Chad Travel To Different Places Together

So here’s the deal. As you are reading this, both Chad and I are heading to different parts of the USA so we figured that we’d give you a day in the life, as live as we possibly can, of...

The Parting Shift: A Screaming Detroit and 13-Speeds

We’re going two-stroke diesel with this week’s parting shift. This video rules on a couple of levels, but the sounds of the Deeetroit Diesel screaming away is something to note as well as...

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WTF Video: Please, Please, Please Help Us Figure Out Why This Virtually Submerged Big Rig Is Driving Down A River

We have posted nearly 11,000 blog items here on BangShift in the five (going on six) years we have been in business and NONE OF THEM has elicited the type of initial response that this video clip...

Take A Great Look Inside The North Carolina Motorsports Hall Of Fame – Incredible Cars And History

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We swear, when Joe Grippo went to North Carolina he visited every cool place that there was to visit including the North Carolina Motorsports Hall Of Fame. Notice what...

XL eBay Find: A Hummer That Isn’t Really A Hummer But Is More BangShifty Than A Hummer

Sometimes things are not what they appear to be and this truck pretty much sums that up to a T. What you think you are looking at is a military spec Hummer that has been upgraded, updated, and made...

Hot Rod Garage Debuts On The MotorTrend Channel – Watch The First Episode Here – Wrenching, Racing, Fun!

Finnegan and Freiburger are out with their new show called Hot Rod Garage which is a more traditional gearhead show like you’d watch on regular ol’ TV. This is NOT replacing Roadkill or...

Fire Breathing Monsters: This Documentary Style Look At NHRA Drag Racing From RED Digital Cinema Is Awesome

Red Digital Cinema makes some insanely awesome cameras and equipment. Chad and I have seen the RED guys at different events this year like the pre-season PRO Winter Warm Up nitro testing session that...

Breaking News: Follow A Dream Racing Team Debuts First 5th Generation Camaro Funny Car Body

It is funny how the cosmos works. At exactly 5:30pm Eastern Standard Time on this date 17 years ago, Jay Blake was involved in an industrial accident that took his sight, his sense of smell, his...

More RideTech Autocross Action From The 2014 Goodguys Nashville Nationals – Killer Kars Kornering Kones!

(Photos by RideTech/Big Mike) – Words are fun, as evidenced by the title of this blog entry, right? We’re back with another sweet, sweet gallery of action photos by our pals at RideTech...

The 1PugLife Guys Are Back With More Jumping Antics, Broken Arms, And Absolute Hilarity – Incredible Folding Landing Ramp!

Those hilarious and off-the-wall Canadians are back with their hockey gear clad jumping antics and this time there’s an air bag, a broken arm, and an incredible folding landing ramp. The airbag...

Check Out This Crazy Cool And Rare 1943 CMP Chevrolet C8A Military Heavy Machinery Truck We Found On eBay

This thing rules! According to the seller, and several references, this 1943 CMP Chevrolet C8A is called a ZL-1 and is one of just a few built. And, although it has been restored, it is all original...

Does Seeing A Restorable Or Hot Rod Worthy Muscle Car Turned Into A Dirt Track Racer Piss You Off?

While perusing Craigslist yesterday we found this 1970 Chevelle for sale that had been turned into a hobby stock or street stock dirt track car. Unfortunately we’ve seen things like this...