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Route 66 to The SEMA Show 2025: How A First-Year Road Trip Turned into Something Bigger Than Anyone Expected

(Words and Photos by Cole Quinnell, Photos by Patrick Hill) There are roads that get you somewhere, and then there are roads that mean something. Route 66 is firmly in the second category. It’s not...

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FREE LIVE Drag Racing From The 11th Annual New Year Nationals At Bradenton Motorsports Park – Monday

There are only a couple of races happening before the clock strikes midnight on Sunday to ring in the new year and while we’re sure 2026 is going to be awesome, 2025 isn’t done yet! Our last big...

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Tony Angelo Gave All His Guys CORVETTES For Their CHRISTMAS BONUS! You Will Want To See This!

I’m a big fan of a good Christmas bonus, but I’ve never known anyone that got a Corvette for theirs! Have you? When I was at Tony’s shop a couple of months ago we were eating pizza...

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Have You Ever Wondered How They Clean And Flush A Radiator? This Cool Video Shows The Whole Process.

When I lived in Southern California, we used Victor’s Radiator Service, an awesome radiator shop that we used all the time to clean and reseal radiators. They also cleaned and resealed heater...

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NEW WORLD RECORD! This VW 20VT Powered Bantam Altered Breaks Into the 6s At Santa Pod!

Water-cooled VWs may not have the same sex appeal as a vintage air-cooled VW does, but they are still really capable and racers have been pushing them to their limits in all kinds of ways for...

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Street Weekend Drag and Drive 2025 – The Movie! Racing Action From England’s Second Drag and Drive

With the success of Hot Rod Drag Week, which started in 2005, other Drag and Drive events started popping up around the world. While nobody in the United States wanted to put one on in the early...

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Wheelie Good News: Rocket Racing Wheels Adds New Sizes To The Rocket Strike Series

The dudes and dudettes at Rocket Racing Wheels have rolled out some new sizes for their Rocket Strike design series of hoops and they’re perfect for those of you looking for big ‘n...

Gallery: Pigeon Forge Rod Run, Undoubtedly the Most Diverse Car Event of All Time

(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Alright, we’ll be the first to admit that we go nuts over weird cars and trucks. And without a doubt, the home of weird cars and trucks HAS to be Pigeon...

Celebrity Car Death Match: The 1955 Chevy From Two Lane Blacktop VS The Same 1955 Chevy From American Graffiti!

We know what you’re saying right now and it has lots of swear words in it. We’re good with that because this is death match that absolutely has to happen and you know it does too. There...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Cops and Rodders – The Winners (Year Unknown)

Here’s a little 1960s-era surf instrumental to get your Tuesday off to a groovy start. The name of the tune is “Cops and Rodders” and the cool part is that the song is set to some...

NEW PRODUCTS: C10 5 and 6 Speed Pro Fit Transmission Kits From American Powertrain.

Stand up and applaud all you C10 owners out there, because American Powertrain has come up with a brand new kit for C10 trucks that is so simple it almost installs itself. Whether you are looking to...

Gallery: 2013 Fabulous Fords Forever At Knott’s Berry Farm – Ford Fans Rejoice!

The largest Ford show in the western US is held every year at California’s Knott’s Berry Farm amusement park. The Fabulous Fords Forever show should be a bucket list item for anyone that...

Obscene Power Video: Watch An Aussie Outlaw 10.5 Car Try To Take Flight At Half Track!

Outlaw 10.5 cars are completely nuts. Teams that run these cars walk the razors edge on ever run with regard to chassis tuning and traction. One hit may result in near instant tire smoke while the...

Action Gallery: Killer Stock Car Racing Photos From Houston Motorsports Park

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – One of the great things about our man in Texas Charles Wickam is that he is like a photographic whack-a-mole. You never know where the guy is going to pop up. One...

Video: “Ballistic” BJ Baldwin Tearing Up The Desert, The Streets, And More In His Monster Energy Trophy Truck

“Ballistic” BJ Baldwin is a bad ass, and we like him even more after watching this video of him drifting his Monster Energy Chevy Trophy Truck on the street, and on the dirt. Oh, and we...

Craigslist Find: Diesel Louie Force’s Famous 1953 Kenworth Wheelstander! A Great Piece Of Drag Racing History!

Thank to BangShift reader Paul Hendrickson, we know that “Diesel” Louie Force’s famous 1953 Kenworth wheelstander is up for sale on Craigslist in Kansas. Louie Force is John...

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Car Show Gallery: 43rd annual Early Ford V8 Club Car Show & Swapmeet at the Fitchburg Airport – Fitchburg, MA

(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – For more than 40-years the Early Ford V8 Car Club has been putting on a well known car show in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and this year, BS contributor Johnny...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Road Course Would You Most Like To Make Laps On?

After attending the Long Beach Grand Prix this weekend, and having driven on or visited amazingly famous road courses all over the world, it struck me that there are still a ton of them I want to...

Celebrity Car Death Match: Eleanor From The Original Gone In 60 Seconds VS Eleanor From The Remake Of Gone In 60 Seconds!

BangShift’s Celebrity Car Death Match series has taken the world by storm. Water cooler talk at offices has centered around it, relationships have been driven apart because of it, and...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Trans Am (Highway Wonderland) – Sammy Hagar (1979)

Sammy Hagar is back on the BS Daily Tune up docket today. Last time we saw Sammy he was younger, wearing embarrassing pants, and singing about motorcycles with Montrose. Today we’re...