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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Will Ultra High Temps Cause Trouble For Competitiors?

There has been a lot of weird weather in the last 12 months and it doesn’t seem to be getting any less crazy. With heat waves and storm fronts moving all over the country, you are seeing areas...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our First Day 2 Racing Gallery from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We’ve got Buckeye Skip’s drag and drive photos right here! We already shared photos from Day #1’s checkpoints and racing, but now it is time for Day #2...

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The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! Swap Meet And Car Show Photos From The Carlisle All Ford Nationals In Central Pennsylvania

Here’s our second gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The world’s largest...

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More FJ40 Custom Fabrication! This Beast Gets An ECM Install, Branik Links, Custom Cooler Mounts, and A Stereo Install.

When you start making real headway on a project the jobs get smaller and smaller, but no less significant. Shannon and Jess are back at it on the cool FJ40 project and that means many small things...

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This Is The Ultimate Call Out Challenge! We’re Talking 3,000 Horsepower Diesel Trucks Battling It Out For Bragging Rights And More!

The 2026 Ultimate Callout Challenge was epic. The meanest, nastiest, and most no-holds barred diesel trucks in the country  gathered in Indy to do battle on the dyno rollers, on the drag strip, and...

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Video: The West Coast’s Largest All Ford Truck Show – The F100 Western Nationals 2026 Coverage Starts Here

We figured that if we were going to start sharing our Carlisle Ford Nationals photo coverage today, which is the largest all Ford show in the world, we might as well share the largest classic Ford...

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eBay Find: This Pro Street Bricklin SV-1 Is Proof That Pro Street Fixes Everything

This 1975 Bricklin SV-1 pro street machine is probably the best use of a terrible car turned into something we’d break laws to own we have ever seen. The Bricklin SV-1 was a horrid financial...

Famed Drag Racer Kenny Safford Dies – Career Marked With Strong Performances In Well Known Cars

There was a time in the sport of drag racing that drivers mattered more than they do now. Don’t get all weird on us here and think that we’re taking a pot shot at today’s modern...

The Trucks Of Viva Las Vegas 2014 – Laid Out, Shined Up, Looking Nice, and Looking Tough

Since the dawn of BangShift, I’ve never hidden my affection for all things truck. Be the huge or small, new or old, I am a truck guy deep down in my heart and always will be. The good thing is...

Radial Resurrection: Index Racers Dial It In At Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip

(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Yesterday we posted a gallery of photos from the Radial Resurrection event at Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip, showcasing the incredible turnout of Drag...

Our Last Blast From The Mustang 50th Birthday Party At Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Pro Touring, Pro Street, More

That’s it, we’re done from Vegas! This is our last group of photos from the Mustang 50th birthday party at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and it is a good one, mainly because of the diversity...

Ken Block’s New Gymkhana Video Is…FootKhana?

Last week we were tipped off that Ken Block would be releasing a new Gymkhana video on Tuesday, April 22nd. We were so hot and bothered by this news (Well, I was at least) that we binge-watched the...

Lonestar Round Up 2014 – More Cool Stuff You Haven’t Seen Yet – Patina to Polish Right In Here!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Just when you thought it was safe to go outside we’re all up in your business again with another load of Wickam’s awesome photos from the 2014 Lonestar...

Project Violent Valiant Update: The Front Suspension Starts To Come Together With Fabrication And RideTech Parts

So we’ve been off our normal schedule with Project Violent Valiant updates and consider this our effort to get back on the horse and keep you apprised of the developments of this awesome build....

Drag History: Period Photos From Milton Speedway – Vermont’s Long Dead Drag Strip

(Photos: Jeffrey Sefranek collection) – Back in February of 2013, I ran a fairly short piece here on BangShift about the ghostly remnants of Milton Speedway, the premier drag strip in Vermont...

Comp Is Giving Away $10,000 Worth Of Parts To One Comp Superfan On Power Tour

That’s right, one lucky fan is going to win $10,000 worth of Comp products on Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour this year, and the coolest part about the contest is THERE ARE NO RULES! Nope,...

Space City Cruiser Spring Car Show 2014 – More Photos From The Show

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re back with more great Charles Wickam photos from the 2014 Space City Cruisers Spring Car Show. The fun thing about this show for Wickam is that it...

Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2014 Registration This Saturday — BE PREPARED!

Alrighty, folks here’s the deal on Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2014! Hot Rod has just published the information and we saw it moments after it went hot. For starters, they have given the world a...

Viva Las Vegas 2014 – Our Full Photo Tour of The Show Continues – More Cars, Trucks, Stuff!

As we have been showing you this week (and will continue you this week) Viva Las Vegas 2014 was the best one yet. From the weather to the turnout of cars and people, the show was a huge hit. We know...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The Brown Note, A Nudist At The Gate, And One Counter Guy Saved From His Own Stupidity

Another round of seemingly unbelievable moments from a week in the life of the Unknown Parts Counter Guy. What, you don’t have this stuff happening at your office job? Jump on the counter, you...