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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – $30,000 Saturday!

It’s time to finish off the Spring Fling Million in Las Vegas, after one heck of a Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the country’s big dollar bracket racers head...

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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million Dollar Main Event! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – Million Dollar Friday!

It’s Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring...

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$43,000 to Win!!! Cleetus’ AWD vs RWD Shootout At Bradenton Motorsports Park was INTENSE, Fun, And Surprising! Who Took It All?

When Cleetus first put up the challenge to pit the best two wheel drive no prep rides up against the best all wheel drive no prep rides, the world lost its mind. The arguing, smack talk, bragging,...

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Stories N’ Steel: Rick Lefever – From a small town to becoming one of the countries most sought after fabricators.

Our friend Brad King, an amazing pinstriper and letterer, is back with another Stories N’ Steel episode where he is interviewing another legend of the hot rodding world. This time it’s...

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ROAD TRIP GOLD with David Freiburger and an AMAZING SURVIVOR 1961 Plymouth Belvedere

Man these cars are something. Ugly? Kinda. Weird? Absolutely. 100% Mopar? You ain’t kidding. There is something about the 1950s to mid 1960s Mopars that makes them really stand out. Styling...

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Rocket Racing Wheels Adds Black Lug Nuts To Wheel Accessory Lineup – Spiff Up Your Stuff!

As any good BangShifter knows, the devil is in the details when building a car. Hell, you’ll see tomorrow in a Buford T Justice project update just how drastic a difference a small cosmetic...

Ebay Find: A Vintage 1954 Anderson Travel Trailer That We Would Love To Own

Vintage travel trailers and motorhomes rule, and we are always lusting for some project online, just like we do for hot rods. Well, this is one of the nicest travel trailers we have ever seen....

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Gallery: More Killer Photos From the SoCal Bob’s Big Boy Cruise Night! Awesome Iron!

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) – Bob’s Big Boy in Toluca Lake has sponsored a Friday night cruise since the early 1990’s when it was saved from a developer intent on bulldozing...

Celebrity Car Death Match: The 1957 Chevy From Thunder and Lightning VS The 1957 Chevy From Return To Macon County (W/Video)

Yeah, we took a few days off from Celebrity Car Death Match. Why? Frankly because all of the rotting corpses of these celebrity cars were stacking up too quickly and we needed to clean house. We did...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Roadtrip Plans Do You Have For This Summer?

As the start of Power Tour approaches, we know that all you Forum Freaks will be out in force at Hot Rod’s annual pilgrimage of horsepower, but what about the rest of you? Are you going to do...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Uneasy Rider ’73” Charlie Daniels – The Audio Version Of The Dukes Or Bandit

There are two “Uneasy Rider” songs, but this is the first and was recorded in 1973. The second is like Part II to this one, but in this one Charlie Daniel’s amazing story telling...

VIDEO: Legend Kent Fuller’s “Last Car” Streamliner Fully Funded! Bonneville Here We Come?

Kent Fuller is a living legend in the world of chassis fabrication. He’s built hundreds of chassis, including those that have taken the legendary drivers of the sport on to championships....

We Drive The 2013 Camaro SS Hot Wheels Special Edition – Full Road Test And Review!

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – When the 2013 Hot Wheels Special Edition Camaro SS made the left hand turn into our driveway, my six year old son had eyes the size of pie plates and then literally...

Video: The Colorado Hill Climb Association “Best Of” Video From Temple Canyon

We have always wanted to run a hill climb event because, like Bonneville, there is always such a fun mix of cars. In this video you are going to see it all. Buggies, sprints, sedans, crazy winged...

Gallery: A High Desert Mecca For The Cool And Strange, Where Everything Is For Sale!

We’ve passed this joint so many times on our way to and from Willow Springs or LACR, and it’s always to early or too late to stop and check it out. But last week we had just enough time...

Gallery: The Famous SoCal Bob’s Big Boy Cruise – May 2013

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – Our man Scott Liggett kicked his Memorial Day weekend off in style with a visit to the famous Bob’s Big Boy Friday night cruise in Toluca Lake, California. He...

Magnante Speaks: The Story Of The Bad Seed Chevette – Cheap Project Car Insanity – Part 2

(Words and Photos by Steve Magnante) – 11 Seconds For $2,000 Fast & Cheap! Editors Go Insane! This is the continued story of the Bad Seed Caddy 500 powered Chevy Chevette, one of the more...

Watch A Shelby GT500 Blow A Small Portable Dyno To Smithereens! Carnage Galore!

Holy testicle Tuesday is this wild! We were tipped off to this video by our pal Martin and for good reason as this is 100% wild ass BangShifty carnage! In the video you will see a Shelby GT500...

Would You Drive It?: A Rambler With A Supra Heart. A Transplant Nobody Would See Coming!

This past week we were driving through Palmdale, former home of LACR, and came across Bad Ass Ridez, where lots of cool and crazy cars are for sale. This one is probably the strangest thing we saw on...