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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Day 5 at Hi-Line Dragstrip in Malta Montana Was Drama Filled!

Big Sky Race Week coverage continuos thanks to Bill and the crew at BANGshift Billy. This time it is their Day 5 video from Hi-Line dragstrip on Big Sky Raceweek.  Can Bill hang on and finish the...

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LIVE STREAMING | Race 1 and 2 | Misano | GT World Challenge powered by AWS 2026

It is endurance racing season, and boy is it in full swing! There have been more endurance races in the last few weeks than we could imagine, and there are even more to come. It’s summertime racing...

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IHRA F1 Powerboats Livestream: Round Round 5 – Alton Powerboat Nationals F1 Powerboat Showdown – Sunday

Boat racing is on! If you aren’t familiar with F1 boat racing, you’re in for a treat. This is side by side racing, “door handle to door handle” so to speak, and these drivers are giving it...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: CASH DAYS at The Hill with Happy and Limpy! KD Dragways Hosts One Hell Of An Event! Watch Here All Weekend!

It doesn’t matter whether you call it KD Motorsports Park, KD Dragway, or The Hill, everyone knows that some bad ass no prep races go on there and that it is one of the more unique drag strips in...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The ACE Triple $20,000 Races Are LIVE From Darana Dragway 42 – SUNDAY

The ACE Triple $20,000 Races are live this weekend from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio, and we’ve got all the action coming to you live and free right here thanks to our friends at MotorManiaTV. Racing...

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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Day 4 Adventures Continue For All The Racers. And It Rains!

Big Sky Race Week coverage continues thanks to Bill and the crew at BANGshift Billy. This time it is their Day 4 video from a rain soaked highway somewhere.  Can Bill hang on to 1st place on Day 4....

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Retro Drag Gallery: Liam Garritty Captures The California Hot Rod Reunion ’70s Style

(Photos by Liam Garritty) When BangShift.com Photo Contributor Liam Garritty shows up at an event he’s not there to capture ALL the action. He’s there to create artistic impressions of...

Big News! BangShift Announces The Violent Valiant Scavenger Hunt! Meet Cool People, See Cool Parts, Win Free Stuff!

As we have been showing you and telling you, Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle has teamed up with some of the best companies in the industry on the completely awesome Violent Valiant build. These guys are...

Gasser Video Perfection – 10 Minutes With The Ohio Outlaw AA/Gassers – Kick Ass Cars Putting On A Kick Ass Show

As it gets cold here in New England and I already crave some of the summer months back, videos like this absolutely awesome gasser film keep me warm and hopeful for next year’s drag racing...

Hedman’s Bringing The Heat For SEMA – A New Catalog And 350 New Part Numbers On The Way!

We’re going to be talking lots about SEMA 2013 this week because it is coming like a freight train and we want YOU to know what’s coming, who has surprises in the works, who is thrashing...

The American Way 1970 AMX Was Customized In 1975 And Never Changed – Street Freak Meets Country Music – eBay Found!

There were lots of regrettable automotive things that happened in the 197os. For a long time it was the decade that we all loved to hate. Like picking on a fat kid with toilet paper stuck to his...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Next Gearhead Movie That Needs To Be Made?

With the death of Hal Needham and the recent successes of the Snake and Mongoose and Rush films, we’re wondering what the next gearhead movie should be. There are lots of men and women out...

Charlotte Goodguys Fall 2013 – The Cool Photos and Killer Cars YOU Want To See!

(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – There was one heck of a shindig down in Charlotte last weekend and BangShift contributor Bob Chiluk was there. The Charlotte Auto Fair fall edition is one of the...

Hal Needham Dead At 82 – Legendary Stunt Man And Director of Films Like Smokey and the Bandit, Hooper, Cannonball Run, Etc

Stuntman, director, racer, and wiley son of a bitch Hal Needham is dead. Needham passed away on October 26th at the age of 82 years old. While that may not be a record breaking number, it is fair to...

The ZL1 vs Z71 Battle Continues: Here is Chad’s Day 3 Update After Saturday’s Autocross

Somehow Brian thinks the Z71 vs ZL1 Battle is a tie so far. I don’t get it, but I’ll play along since he tends to be kind fragile. Don’t get me wrong, I want to break him. Break him...

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Brian and Chad’s ZL1 VS Z71 Battle Moves Into Day Two – They Have Fought To A Draw So Far!

 So if you missed the memo, Chad was handed the keys to a 2014 Camaro ZL1 late last week to test out and review. At about the same time, Lohnes was handed the keys to a 2014 Chevy Silverado Z71...

Follow Our Facebook ZL1 Camaro vs Z71 Silverado Battle This Weekend! We Kick It Off On PowerShift LIVE Tonight At 6pm.

That’s right folks, I’ve got a new ZL1 Camaro and Brian has got a new Z71 Silverado that GM gave us for a week of testing. The fact that they gave us two really cool new vehicles is...

Video: We’ve Got A New ZL1 Camaro For A Week: Dragstrips, Autocross, Smack Talk, Oh My!

That’s right folks, yesterday at 4pm the guys from GM dropped of a brand new Red Hot 2014 ZL1 Camaro for me to beat on, errr test out, for a week. Well at 5:30 we made out first pass down the...

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The Parting Shift: In-Car Video of Ken Montgomery’s 1965 Hemi Belvedere, The Famous Triple Nickle

The late Ken Montgomery bought a Hemi Belvedere in 1965 and raced the hell out of it for decades. Ken named the car the 555, known better as the “Triple Nickle” over the years and it has...

Project Update: The Wally’s World GTO Is Going To The OPTIMA Batteries Ultimate Street Car Invitational!

To say that Wally and the rest of the build team are excited about getting an invitation to the Optima Batteries Ultimate Street Car Invitational would be the understatement of the year! After a...