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Dylan McCool Bought an UNKNOWN Drag Car at Auction… It Had ROD KNOCK! Can They Race It?

You never know what you are going to get when buying cars at auction, and that’s because you may or may not even be able to start them and hear them run. It totally depends on the auction, and...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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NOTHING BUT VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’S Egilsstaðir 2026!

It’s time for our final coverage from the 3rd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are in for...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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PowerShift LIVE Tonight At 6pm Pacific 9pm Eastern. Drag Racing, Crashes, Kids, And More!

It’s that time again folks and we’ll be broadcasting live from Southern California this evening for another edition of PowerShift LIVE with Chad and Brian. We’ll be talking about...

eBay Find: If I Won The Lottery I Would Buy This Epic 6×6 1959 Chevrolet Apache For Brian

During a recent hunt for something interesting on eBay, I started searching out military 6×6 2.5 ton trucks. They are super cool and often times customized in interesting ways, but you can...

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Ford Racing Debuts Z460 Small Block – Based On New Boss Block, Makes 575/575 Barely Trying (Dyno Video!)

While us media guys like to get our undies in a bunch about Coyote motors and LS mills, the fact of the matter is that there are millions upon millions of hot rodders who still use traditional...

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Show And Race Photos: The Niagara Nostalgic Races In Buffalo Do Not Dissapoint

The Niagara Nostalgic Races at Elegant Builders Raceway in Buffalo New York is a pretty bitchin event. With literally TONS of gassers in attendance, including the famed Jim Oddy machine you’ve...

BangShift Owns The Fall! FOUR Upcoming Live Broadcasts! Make Plans To Tune In! BE HERE!

Typically we do not publish a schedule of our live broadcasts because they’re pretty well stretched out through the year but this fall, starting in about two weeks, we’re going to be...

Watch A Crazy Top Fuel Motorcycle Crash In Slow Motion (Rider OK) – What Took Seconds, Takes Two Minutes! Incredible Footage

Top Fuel motorcycle racer Steve Carey was riding his machine at Santa Pod’s Dragstalgia 2013 event recently and suffered a pretty nasty wreck after his bike went into bad tire shake at about...

More Autocross Action Shots From The Route 66 Rendezvous Autocross In Southern California

Yesterday we shared some great action photos from the Route 66 Rendezvous Autocross event, in sunny So Cal, thanks to Laura McKernan who had her picture taking finger working like a champ. Well...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Your Best/Most Borderline Hack Impromptu Roadside Repair?

I had forgotten about this cell phone photos that I zapped while driving out to Bonneville in August. It was apparent from a distance that all was not well with the Hyundai we were coming up on. The...

1320Video: More Hot Rod Drag Week Debauchery! 1100 HP Burnouts With A Trailer

As you know, we love 1320Video, and despite the fact that this video from Hot Rod Drag Week has been out for a couple weeks, we just had to post it up here. It shows some typically sick Drag Week...

BangShift Question of the Day: What Was Your First Automotive Crush?

Walking through a large cruise night this summer, I saw a 1969 Charger and stopped in my tracks like someone had just hit me with a Louisville Slugger. The copper 1969 Charger with the white vinyl...

Buick GNX #239 Is America’s Hardest Living GNX – You Can Buy It For 30K Off Of CL! This Is One Worn SOB

So I have to thank Matt Smith for the tip on what could be the greatest and most quizzical CraigsList post of all time. Buick produced just 547 examples of the GNX  and we’re here to say that...

Check Out This Chassisworks Equipped Nova: Modern Pro Street OR Pro Touring?

The other day on the Chris Alston’s Chassisworks Facebook page, which you should LIKE because they have tons and tons of great stuff on there, they put up a photo of this ultra bitchin little...

Cruise Photos: Shades Of The Past 2013 In Pigeon Forge Tennessee

Pigeon Forge Tennessee is one of THE premier car towns in the Southern United States, and is home to the Shades of the Past Hot Rod Roundup. In it’s 31st year, this show is most certainly one...

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Car Feature: This 9-Second Blown Oldsmobile Powered Willys Will Bring A Single Tear Of Joy To Your Eye

(Editor’s note: Chuck Lipka’s Willys gasser is awesome, so isn’t the story behind it. The story is even better when he tells it, so that’s what we’re letting him do...