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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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Watch A 7-Second Aussie Ford Capri Barrel Roll Twice and Land on the Wheels at the Strip!

There is no such thing as a “good” way to barrel roll your car down a drag strip, but this racer seems to pull it off with the least possible amount of damage to his car. According to the...

Shop Tour: Schwartz Performance – Awesome Pro Touring Builds Inside!

(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – Jeff Schwartz has long established himself as one of the most innovative and creative thinkers in the realm of pro touring/g-machine type cars. From his own 1982...

Tune In: Live Streaming Drag Racing This Weekend From NMCA/NMRA Georgia

  Our buddy Mark Walter will be on the scene this weekend in Commerce, Georgia to live stream the NMCA/NMRA event that will be happening today through Sunday. Lots of racers are towing in from...

Former NHRA Lead Announcer and Executive Bernie Partridge Dies

(Photo: NHRA) Some sad news from the world of drag racing today, legendary announcer and NHRA former executive Bernie Partridge has died at the age of 79. As the lead announcer for NHRA national...

Drag Racing Sucks: Watch Dyson Vacuum Engineers Build and Race Mini Dragsters Made Out of Old Parts

It seems that everyone we have ever talked to that owns a Dyson vacuum raves about it. They are known for being super powerful and of very high quality. If you have ever priced them out, you know...

Book Review: Carroll Shelby – The Authorized Biography

I was genuinely excited to receive an advance copy of Carroll Shelby: The Authorized Biography by Rinsey Mills. The realm of very good automotive related biographies has swelled over the years with...

Wild Numbers: Bo Butner’s Cobra Jet Hits Sixty MPH in Under Two Seconds in ADRL SuperCar Showdown – 100 in Less than Four!

(Photo Credit: ADRL/Roger Richards)  – With the first ever ADRL SuperCar Showdown class race in the books, some interesting information has come to light regarding just how hard these cars are...

ARCA Team Owner Wants Jeremy Mayfield to Drive For Him – ARCA Not So Sure That is a Good Idea

Former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield’s life is damned close to scraping rock bottom these days, but one team owner in the ARCA series is interested in throwing him a life preserver in the form...

eBay Find: A 1965 Mustang With Twin Paxton Blowers, A Tunnel Ram, and a Small Block Ford Stroker

I recently received an advanced review copy of the new Carroll Shelby authorized biography and since I have been plowing through that book, visions of cool old Mustangs have crowded my brain. While...

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SEMA Needs Help to Exempt all Pre-1981 Vehicles from SMOG in California!

Editors Note: California sucks with regards to Emissions Laws. Regardless of their impact on the environment, we can’t change parts unless a company has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars...

Watch a Toyota Supra Start a Drag Strip Pass on the Tires and Cross the Traps on the Roof!

Supras have been dying at a high rate on drag strips in both Europe and North America. A couple of weeks ago we showed you one blowing up and turning the strip at Englishtown into a hibachi grill....

DIYAutoTune.com: New 4-barrel Throttle Bodies plus Spy Photos of other cool stuff!

If you are a guy who likes tweaking on electronic stuff, and you haven’t checked out DIYAutoTune.com, you are missing out. Not only do they have great products for the do it yourself EFI...

BIG NEWS FROM FAST: LSX-R 102mm Intakes are Smog Legal and EZ-EFI is Guaranteed Forever!

FAST just announced that their 102mm LSX R intake manifolds are now legal in all 50 States, and that FAST EZ-EFI now comes with a Lifetime Guarantee, which reminded us that we are a bunch of spoiled...

Viva Las Vegas 2012: Traditionals, Metal Flake, and Chicks Galore

In true BangShift fashion, our dudes on the street have once again delivered. Newell Ruggles, one of our crack photographers, has a bunch of cool photos from the Viva Las Vegas show in Las Vegas this...