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California Man Reunited with Stolen 1969 Camaro Bought Brand New By His Vietnam Veteran Father!

We hear about car thefts all the time, and have been victims ourselves, so when we saw this story on the national news this morning we knew we had to share it. In 1969, after returning home from the...

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Drag Racing Photos: The PDRA Carolina Nationals 2026 At Darlington Dragway Featured Great Cars And Action!

Here’s the 2nd gallery of photos from the PDRA Carolina Nationals at Darlington. Check the out below and if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link for that too! (Photos by David...

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Newbern’s Ramp Truck Project Continues: Tearing Into Two Builds! C50 Cab Off Plus A Fox Body Engine Gets Pulled!

Newbern is back at it with another installment on the C50 ramp truck build. He’s taking a couple of donor vehicles and putting them together to make his dream ramp truck and we can’t wait...

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Big Power, Small Engine: Double Or TRIPLE The Power Of Your Predator Engine For Go Kart And Mini Bike Fun!

I don’t know any car guys and gals who don’t like mini bikes and go karts, and in recent years there is no better engine than a Predator from Harbor Freight. Freiburger and I built mini...

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This Crew Cab Dually Trade Road Trip Goes South For Mortske! Did He Get TAKEN Or Is This Just Lowered Dually Life?

When you make enough trades, there is no doubt that occasionally you won’t end up making out exactly as planned. Doesn’t mean the car or truck you trade for sucks, but maybe it just...

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Southeast Gassers Association 2026: First Drag Race of The Year from Shadyside Dragway

Here’s a livestream replay from the Southeast Gassers Association’s First Race of 2026 at Shadyside Dragway in North Carolina. If you like traditional nose high gassers that still row the gears,...

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Nut Driver: Dave Nutting’s Life With A 25+ Year Old Car – An Introduction To Actually Taking The Plunge And Making An Old Car Your DD

[“Nut Driver” is a new series that will feature updates on Dave Nutting’s attempts to daily drive his 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in Massachusetts 365 days a year] “Forget this nonsense, I...

Rising Dirtbike Star Kurt Caselli Killed In Wreck During 2013 Baja 1000

Kurt Caselli, the 30-year old off road dirt bike racing master who was set to burst onto the international scene in 2014 lost his life in a crash during the 2013 Baja 1000. When the news of his death...

Roadkill: The Guys Unearth The Infamous 1973 Fury And Attack The 24 Hours Of Lemons – Things Could Have Gone Better

The newest Roadkill adventure featuring David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan has gone live and you can watch it below. Before you press play, you may be interested to know the BangShifty connection...

6,000hp “Top Fuel Mustang” Lives In Australia – Holy Smokes This Thing Is All-Time! (Video)

In the realm of, “holy freaking horsepower Batman!” comes this video from Australia where a crew led by Aussie drag maven Darren Di Filippo has created what they call the “Top Fuel...

MONSTER ENGINE VIDEO: A 28 CYLINDER – 3,000HP – PRATT AND WHITNEY R-4360 STARTS FOR THE FIRST TIME

While jet engines certainly elevated the performance of aircraft to the incredible levels we see today, there is no denying that the massive old radial jobs that won WWII are some of the baddest...

INSANE VIDEO: AUSSIE V8 DIRT DRAG BIKES IN ACTION

We saw videos of lunatic Australians racing side by side on V8 powered motorcycles on a dirt strip and immediately thought of a few jokes. We then did some research and saw that the sport was...

BANGSHIFT TRIVIA – DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE HELL THIS IS? WE DO.

We’ll end today’s blog with this bizarre creation. We’re not going to tell you anything about it until tomorrow, but we’re interested in seeing if anyone out there in...

Wild Rolling Wreckage Video: A Vintage Road Racer is Saved From Certain Death By a Good Cage

A couple weeks back we showed you video of a replica Shelby Cobra racer cheating death when his car rolled. That guy did not have any sort of roll cage protection around him, but the guy in this...

Watch The Baja 1000 LIVE and FREE Here! Streaming Video!

Normally this weekend we’d be live broadcasting the Street Car Super Nationals from Las Vegas but since the folks at the drag strip decided to bring in a pay-per-view crew this year,...

Powershift Will Be LIVE TONIGHT! 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern! —

We’re delaying our (mostly) weekly PowerShift show this week for one day and instead of our normal Thursday evening fun, it will be Friday evening fun! We’ll be live at 6PM Pacific/9PM...

The Parting Shift: Chad Molests Another Transmission At The 2013 SEMA Show

If watching a man play with his stick is offensive to you, then you should probably not watch this video. If it doesn’t bother you however, watch! Instead of the normal gear grabbing action...

Watch The Infamous “Dirty Bird” Pontiac Firebird Lay Down More Than 1,200hp At The Tires On The Chassis Dyno

One of our favorite cars of all time is the formerly Eric Yost owned “Dirty Bird” Pontiac Firebird. This thing has kicked ass on Drag Week multiple times, owned the Hot Rod Top Speed...

Fleming’s Pumpkin Run 2013 – Our Last Blast Of Photos From The Neatest Fall Show In The East!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – For the whole week we have been bringing you photos from the 2013 Fleming’s Pumpkin Run which is held every November in Egg Harbor, New Jersey. Joe Grippo sent us...

Watch The Famed “Choir Boy” Formula Off Road Truck Dominate An Insane Course Through Sheer Gumption! It Flies, Too!

We’ve been showing you Formula Off Road videos from places like Iceland, Norway, and other far off locales for years but we think that this is the coolest one yet. This is not a wreck video, it...