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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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Ride Along On The World’s Angriest Scooter – 11.60/114mph Pass On A Hot Rodded Two Stroke Scooter! No Foolin’!

When Joe Elliot send us an email and basically said, “Hey! I have the world’s quickest scooter! both Chad and I were not exactly chomping at the bit to write the story. Then I watched the...

LIVE STREAMING SEMA 2013 VIDEO: Chevrolet Performance Shows Off New Parts, Concept Cars, More – We’ve Got It Live!

Chevrolet Performance normally has a neat event the evening before the SEMA show opens and 2013 is no exception. The difference? This year they are live streaming the sucker for the whole world to...

SEMA Top 10: Brian’s Favorite Cars and Trucks From SEMA 2012 – Get Ready For 2013 SEMA Coverage STARTING TODAY!

Editor’s note: As you read this, Chad and I are both on the way to the 2013 SEMA show in Las Vegas. We’ll have photos, live streaming video, and all kinds of kick ass stuff for you this...

eBay Find: An Old Donovan 417 Block Originally Delivered To Don Garlits – Never Run

We have to thank Dave Reinikka for the tip on this one. He sent us a note for an eBay ad that shows a never run aluminum Donovan 417 block. In a neat twist, this block had been delivered to Don...

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Awesome Video: 1960s Street Racing In Detroit! Jumping Starters, Plenty Of Cool Iron And A Visit By The Law!

When we hear guys talk about “the way it was” it is nice and all but their stories only go so far. When you see video evidence of exactly “how it was” we’re enthralled...

eBay: One Of The Blown Pontiac 389s From Mickey Thompson’s Challenger 1 – UPDATE – Maybe Bogus

Update 2: The seller has added this to his eBay ad:  I am replying to this message publicly so all interested potential buyers can read it. There have been a few people that have questioned the...

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Boston Red Sox Pitcher Jake Peavy Buys Duck Boat He Rode In During World Series Celebration Parade

I have pretty much kept my lips zipped about the Boston Red Sox winning the 2013 World Series but the story has taken a BangShifty turn so now I have a perfect excuse. For those of you outside the...

This On-Bike Video Of A Crashing Hayabusa Reminds Me Why I Can’t Own A Motorcycle – Wreckage!

I admire people that race motorcycles largely because I know that I am incapable of doing it. I have seen land speed racers and drag races on two wheels a lot this year and I am always impressed with...

Watch A Duramax Diesel Blow Up While Making 1,844hp On A Chassis Dyno – Big Smoke, Big Power, Big BOOM!

Back in September, I announced a diesel truck event at Tulsa Raceway Park and one of the stars of the show was a truck called Overkill owned and driven by Dmitri Millard. This is a wild machine that...

Group Announces Plans To Open Eighth Mile Drag Strip In Connecticut – Would Be First New Dedicated Facility In New England In Decades

The Holeshot Drag Racing Association has made a name for themselves in the Connecticut area by hosting 100′ drag races at places like the Waterford Speedbowl. The events have allowed area...

Weld Launches New GT-S Premium Sports Car Wheel Line With Killer Designs And Construction

Weld Racing Wheels are iconic in the hot rod and racing world, there is no question. But a lot of folks think of them strictly as muscle car or drag race wheels. Not true. Their RT-S series of wheels...

Free Mammograms In The Pits Turns Out To Be Way More Popular Than You’d Think

Hey now, don’t get all creepy on us. We’re being serious here. You know that throughout the month of October that Chad Reynolds with BangShift.com had a pink beard in support of Breast...

Jim Dunn Racing Is Bringing Back The Mooneyes Funny Car For The NHRA Finals In Pomona!

Every drag race fan, hot rodder, and racer loved the Mooneyes Funny Cars that were run by “Big” Jim Dunn. When I collected Die Cast Drag Cars, it was one of my first purchases. Well now...

Quarter Mile Foundation Announces Project 1320 Documentary To Be Produced By John Mullin

Some of you may not be familiar with the Quarter Mile Foundation, or Project 1320, if you don’t follow west coast and Nostalgia Drag Racing very closely but you should be. The Foundation, which...