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Blasphemi explodes the Engine, Jarrod sends intake into orbit, Struggles from Day 5 of Sick Week 2026

We’ve shared lots of video from Sick Week 2026, including several from Alex Taylor, Kevin Smith and the KSR crew, and also the Drag, Drive, Repeat gang. So what’s in store in this new...

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Check Out All These Drag Cars And Other Old School Treasure at the WORLD OF WHEELS 2026 SHOW In Chattanooga

I remember when the World of Wheels show came to San Jose as a kid. Dad and I would always make the trip to go check out the cars and trucks in the show. They were always some of the best indoor car...

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DIY Paint and Body: Testing an Electric Spray Gun Built for Automotive Paint – Is It Actually Any Good?

For the past couple of years there have been a ton of folks on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and more that have been showing off their automotive painting success with cheap handheld airless paint...

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Harrell Engine And Dyno Video: Mike Finnegan’s Rubber Ducky engine teardown! Plus, we’ll get some valvetrain tech too!

Finnegan’s Rubber Ducky, the cool yellow 1967 Pontiac Firebird that he picked up a few years ago, has been a fun ride that has taken him on Drag and Drive events, done great Christmas tree...

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Buick LeSabruh! Will Derek Be Able To Drive This Thing 700 Miles Home? He TRADED For This LS SWAPPED Buick LeSabre Sight Unseen!

Derek is back at it, this time with a Buick LeSabre, a car he’s actually bought and modified several times. Not this one in particular, but one that looked almost exactly the same. This one has...

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Sheet Metal Cut and Butt: Check Out These Simple Techniques, Tips, And Tricks For Do It Yourself Rust Repair.

If you aren’t a regular watcher of metal shaping and sheet metal fabrication videos, you might not know that one of the common sheet metal replacement techniques is called the cut and butt...

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A Cool G Part Deux: Our 383 LS Gets Boost And Makes Over 1000 Horsepower For The Street

By: Richard Holdener (Onthedyno.com) Back in part 1 we introduced Bangshifters to our Cool G 383 build up. What started out as a simple, iron-block 5.3L was quickly transformed into a 383 stroker by...

Retro Galleries: Hundreds Of Photos From the 2013 Grand National Roadster Show

Editor’s note: BangShift’s coverage of the 2014 Grand National Roadster Show will begin tomorrow. To get your juices flowing for killer hot rods and customs, check out the photo links...

Huge News: Dragway 42 Hires Aaron Polburn In Consulting Role As Consultant Of Stuff – Cue Madness!

Well, holy smokes! Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian was the first to alert us to the fact that Ohio’s Dragway 42 has hired Aaron Polburn in a consulting role to work with the track in doing stuff like...

The COPO Camaro Program Continues For 2014. Can You Guess What New Color Is Available?

We got word today that the Chevrolet Performance COPO Camaro Program will in fact continue for 2014 and that a brand new color is going to be available. We’ll let you guess what that color is...

Kepner Sez: Nitro Burning Flat Track Ice Motorcycle Racing Is Indoor Winter Insanity (W/Video)

(Text by Bret Kepner, photos from XIIR) -If it’s the third week in January, it’s time to start the season for one of the most unique forms of indoor motorsports on the planet. It’s the return...

Watch These Videos Of Red Bull Frozen Rush V8 Trucks Flying Through The Maine Snow!

I should have added “and revel in our total failure,” to the title of this blog item because that is what I feel as I watch them. Let me explain. Recently at the Sunday River ski resort...

A Gazillion Mile Mustang On Craigslist With Ad Verbage Hilarity You Won’t Want To Miss

We love funny Craigslist Ads. They crack us up, and have become one of those things that we love hearing about. When our buddy RTC sent us this one from Columbia, South Carolina for a 1968 Mustang...

BangShift Question Of the Day: Why Do You Love Cars?

Do you ever just stop and think about what you love most about cars and why you love them? If asked, I’m sure that everyone has a slightly different reason for their infatuation: It could be the...

Great News: Drag Race Central Is NOT Dead!

Rumors of Drag Race Central’s demise were apparently greatly exaggerated, which is great news for fans of straight line action all over the world. We have received confirmation from DRC’s...

NitroAmerica’s Epic Behind The Scenes Video Of Tony Bartone’s First Win In Nostalgia Top Fuel

At the 2013 New England Hot Rod Reunion, we watched the fastest Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragster in history get it’s first win. Despite previous attempts at victory at both the March Meet and...

Craigslist Find: This 1960 International B-162 Wrecker Is The Greatest

I once considered myself lucky to be surrounded by gearhead friends. You know the ones. The people always supporting wacky ideas regarding project cars, the ones you’d drink beer and thrash...

This Video For The 2014 Claas Xerion Will Make You Understand Why I Love Tractors

…or it won’t, either way I’m good with it. I have to thank BangShift reader Jason Reinert for sending me the link to this video in an email entitled, “Holy crap you will love...

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Video: This 10,000 RPM Dyno Pull Of A 500ci A/Dragster Comp Eliminator Motor Is The Best Thing You Will Hear All Week

Book Racing Engines is a place we have told you about before. From pro stock mills to competition eliminator killers, the crew at BRE build some really awesome engines. In this video you’ll see...

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PRO Winter Warmup 2014 Racing And Interviews Video Replay

Here you go folks. If you missed any of our LIVE streaming video broadcast from the 2014 PRO Winter Warmup at Palm Beach International Raceway, you missed a lot. But don’t fret, cause...