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John Jackson visits Squeeg’s Kustoms: Shop Tour, Projects, an insane Dodge A100, and photographing the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster!

After missing it for a couple of years, it was good to be back at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona in 2025. It was especially cool because the field of cars that were in contention for...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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The State of American Performance: Corvette ZR1X vs. Mustang GTD vs. Lucid Sapphire vs. Czinger 21C on the Road and the Track.

Horsepower has never been easier to make, more readily available, or more usable than it is in 2026. And while car prices have climbed, and I certainly can’t afford any of these machines here,...

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1320 Video Decided to Throw a Parking Lot Party and 1,000 Cars Showed Up! Check Out The Video from Omaha!

1320 Video is back at it, this time with new video from their parking lot party car show. We’re used to having big spaces here in the States, but in many big cities in the rest of the world...

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A Weekend At The Drags with Joe Grippo: Racing, Photos, And Fun From Darana Raceway Park Maple Grove in Pennsylvania.

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Arguably the biggest bombshell news story that came out of last year’s PRI show was the legendary Pennsylvania drag strip Maple Grove Raceway being acquired by the...

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Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event Is The Father’s Day Car Show! We’ve Got Photos Right Here!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Our Final Blast Of Photos From Day Of The Drags 2013 – Dig It!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – So here’s our last blast of awesome photos from the 2013 Kontinentals Day of the Drags at Little River Dragway in Texas. The setting, the event, the cars, and...

We’ve Got The Massive List Of Cackle Cars For The 2013 CHRR – There’s 80 Of Them!

Holy smokes this is going to be amazing! We told you yesterday that we’re going to be live broadcasting the 2013 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion from Bakersfield, California this weekend...

The Absolute Mother Of All COE Trucks Is For Sale On eBay – This Thing Is Mind Blowing

We have professed our love for old cab over trucks many, many, many times here at BangShift. We have posted dozens of them over the years, actively searched them on eBay for fun, and been poked and...

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Watch Dave McClellend, Bob Frey, and Jon Lundberg Talk About Their Experiences In The Tower And Drag Racing History

The Quarter Mile Foundation has been doing lots of important work over the last couple of years to gather and preserve the history of drag racing. Some of that work has centered around video...

Car Show Gallery: The 2013 DICE Alliance Fall Car Show – Arizona

(Words and photos by Bryan McTaggart) – DICE Alliance threw their second car show of 2013 in Prescott, Arizona. An all-inclusive car show (DICE meaning domestics, imports, classics and...

The Georgetown Hot Rod Hill Climb – A Fun Look At A Cool Event (Video)

About 60 years ago in the hamlet of Georgetown, Colorado local hot rod clubs gathered together and raced (in time trial fashion) up the twistiest, steepest road in town. Their impetus for this kind...

Question of the Day: What the Slowest/Least Powerful Car You Have Ever Owned?

After talking to a friend who races Formula Vee cars yesterday, we got to thinking about low powered cars we have owned over the years. Now, the Formula Vee weighs 850lbs so it is pretty quick so the...

Day Of The Drags 2013 – More Great Photos From The Event!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Yesterday we brought you the first great gallery of Charles Wickam photos from his time at the 2013 Kontinentals Day of the Drags event at Little River Dragway in...

Watch Wild In Car Video Of A Mitsubishi EVO Spinning Out Of Control At The Drags! Shockingly No Wreckage!

Justin Richards went to Milan Dragway in his 1967 Ford F100 truck for a little test and tune action last weekend. It is obviously fall in Michigan so the air is crisp, there is plenty of horsepower...

Original Mercury 7 Astronaut Scott Carpenter Dies At 88 Years Old

And then there was one. 92-year old John Glenn stands as the last living member of the original Mercury 7 with the passing of Scott Carpenter on October 10th. Carpenter was the fourth American in...

Project Violent Valiant: A Mopar Powered Pro Touring Ass Kicker That Is Anything But Nice!

We’re proud to announce that BangShift will be teaming up with the talented guys at Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle in Addison, Illinois to bring your the full blow by blow account of the build of...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Favorite Non-Internet Automotive Information Resource?

While it is true that the internet can provide an answer for virtually any question you can dream up (automotive or otherwise), sometimes firing up the ol’ Google machine and punching keys...

Incredible Craigslist Find: A 1979 Dodge D-50 Truck – Motor In Cab, Driver Sits In Bed, Thing Hauls!

One of the many reasons that the BangShift readership rules all others is because whenever you see something in your internet or physical travels you whack a photo, save the link, and then send it to...

Car Show Gallery: The Space City Cruisers Car Show – League Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re back with more Wickam action! You know it has finally cooled off in Texas because the shows and races are going full bore and Charles literally cannot...