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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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Top Secret Drag Tech: Toyota Racing Racing Has An Interesting New Device For Measuring Track Grip!

The photo below was taken yesterday on the starting line of Palm Beach International Raceway and it shows an interesting device that was being used, maybe for the first time in public, by the fellow...

CL Find: This Geo Metro Off Road Buggy Will Kill You….But You’ll Die Happy

We’ve got to give it to you guys, the BangShift army. There’s not a better group of readers on planet Earth, even though we believe a large percentage of you are technically not...

Watch The Baddest Ass Olds Powered 1967 Olds 442 Make More Than 1,450hp To The Tires! Absolutely Awesome

Oldsmobile fans, bow to your new master. Gene Newton’s absolutely shag nasty 1967 Olds 442 has laid the hammer down and we have the video to prove it. The car has been at DMC Racing in Halifax,...

Watch The First C7 Corvette In The 10s Make A SCREAMING Dyno Pull And Make Big Steam With An ECS Blower Kit

When I got down to Florida on Wednesday, Chad was stuck getting some sort of cavity search from TSA officials. I had a few hours on my hands so I hit the road and headed down to Redline Motorsports...

Rumor In The Pits: Drag Race Central May Not Continue For 2014 Season – Hoping This Is Not True

All the buzz coming from the teams and people here at the 2014 PRO Winter Warm up has been super positive but there is one rumor that we heard in the pits today that has us bumming out, if it is...

A Jag V12 Powered Ferguson Tractor Plowing Snow At High Speed Is BangShifty Perfection

Last week I showed a video of a six second, street legal Camaro making laps and cruising the back roads of Maryland and joked that it was Chad’s wet dream come to life. Well kids, this is mine....

eBay Find: This One Of None 1962 Lincoln Continental Station Wagon Need A Home!

We have shown lots of cars built as “what ifs” or “one of none” factory combinations here on BangShift over the years, especially never made wagons. These wagons range from...

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NutJob: A Brave New World Of Performance – Why The Kia GT4 Stinger Is A Game Changer

We’re going to play a quick game where I give you clues about a new car and you have to guess what it is:   First clue: Rear-wheel-drive, two doors, and powered by a four cylinder pumping...

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Rumor And Video: Mike Ryan, Driver Of The Drifting Freightliner, Is Shooting A New Crazy Video

When Mike Ryan came out with his first video, Size Matters, it set the internet on fire. Sure it’s kick as when Ken Block gets all bad ass in his all wheel drive rally cross car, but Mike Ryan...

The Best Ad For An Unfinished Project Car Ever Comes From Australia

Subtlety is an often underrated element of humor. This dude in Australia who has listed his “Supra project car” on the Aussie on-line marketplace known as Gumtree covers the subtle humor...

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Yes, These Guys Built A 1964 Ford Galaxie Baja Racer – It May Be The Coolest Thing Ever (Video)

You can stop rubbing your eyes. That isn’t a photo-shop job, a camera trick, or a ruse. That really is a 1964 Ford Galaxie Baja Racer competing in the  NORRA Mexican 1000 with a Dart 427ci...

Killer Baja Video: Ford Takes A New F-150, With Ecoboost Power, And Races It At The Baja 1000.

We’ve said it many times. The Baja 1000, like Bonneville, is an iconic event that is biblical in many ways. The locals are totally different, and the surroundings nothing alike. But the people,...

Planet Barrett Jackson: Ridetech’s Bret Voelkel Is Blogging Daily From The Auction!

When Ridetech announced that they were going to be selling Sharon Voelkel’s bitchin 1971 GTO Convertible, and the famed “Grouchy” 1933 Ford, at the 2014 Barrett Jackson Auction in...

The Last Of Our Photos From The Uraidla South Australia Car Show And Cruise

For the last two days we’ve been showing you photos from the Uraidla South Australia Car Show and Cruise, and today is the final batch. Darryl Daniels shot more than 300 photos, and if you have...