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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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What Would You Build? Big or Bigger? We Keep Drooling Over The RHS LS Aluminum Race Block

We have several engine builds that are about to start here at BangShift, and they will range from 400+ to over 1000 horsepower, but every time we talk engines we can’t seem to get the super...

New Cars: The 2013 Ford Escape – We Drive It…and It Drives Itself!

Recently I was invited by the fine people at Ford to spend a morning checking out, driving, and climbing over the all new 2013 Ford Escape. If you’re wondering what I’d be interested in...

More Day Of The Drags Photos! Max Cackle Sent Us Some Super Sexy Shots You Can’t Miss

We should have dubbed this “Week of the Drags” here at BangShift because we’ve had so much great coverage from the Koninentals Day of the Drags event this week, and we’re not...

Nitro Video: A BangShifter’s Home Built Nitro Harley Fired Up and Sounding PISSED OFF In The Shop!

Chuck Noble’s name is no stranger to the pages of BangShift, Chuck is one of those cool guys with a welder and a plan. He’s been working for a few seasons now on completing a Nitro Harley...

Studebaker, Skoda, Jawa, and More Great Ads From the 1964 NY International Auto Show

The hits just keep on coming from the program we recently got our mitts on dating to the 1964 NY International Auto Show. We’re scanning the interesting old ads out of the book and posting them...

BS Approved Norwegian Video: An Old Ferguson Tractor Fitted With A Jag V12 – Screams Loud! Goes Fast!

We have to tank Norwegian BangShift Arild Guldbrandsen for tipping us off to this video featuring one of his fellow countrymen who took an old Ferguson tractor from (eyeballing it) the 1940s and...

Roadside Find From France! – A Crossover SUV Built Decades Before The Concept Existed

(Editor’s note – One of the neatest things about BangShift, in our eyes anyway is that people from all over the globe tune in each day to see what’s happening here. French reader...

Firebird International Raceway to Cease Operations In April 2013 – All Hope Not Lost Though Track May Reopen With New Management

It appears our grim speculation from late February 2012 is coming true. Word coming out of Arizona and from a well placed source are agreeing that Firebird International Raceway will cease to operate...

WOW!!! Epic BangShift Photo Exclusive: Andy Green And Mike Cook Jr. Run 190 In A Bentley

You ain’t gonna find this anywhere else boys and girls. Mike Cook Jr. texted us this photo yesterday from a private Cook test session at Bonneville and that is none other than Andy Green...

Event Gallery: The 2012 Somernites Power Cruise – Road Trippin’ With Awesome Cars!

(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Feel free to file this in the “better late than never” file, since it has been a couple weeks since the Somernites Power Cruise actually took place....

Drag Action Gallery: The 2012 Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip Bracket Bash

(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Don’t be fooled by the title of this event—it’s not just a standard bracket race. It usually features only bracket racing classes, but the folks at...

Dyno Video: A 1500hp 428ci Windsor Ford From Nelson Racing Engines

It is always fun to peek in on the Nelson Racing Engines channel on YouTube to see what the dudes and dudettes at NRE have going on. We found this recent video, showing off the new 428ci Windsor Ford...

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Drag Gallery: The 2012 Paradise Drag Strip Show and Go!

(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – This past weekend, a couple of events in North Georgia kept Tommy Lee Byrd busy, as he pulled a double shift with two great drag racing events. First off...

Comp Cams Question Of The Day: What Car Do You Hate To Admit You Love?

We have to admit that the guys over at Comp Cams come up with some pretty interesting photos and questions each week on their Facebook page. And somehow we always get suckered into reading all the...