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The Martin Lundqvist Racing Street Week Sweden Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project Continues! The 8HP and LS Get Custom Mounts!

I can’t wait to see Project 508 in person in Sweden in a few weeks! This project is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple...

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Our Final Gallery of Lost Buckeye Skips Day One Drag and Drive Photos! We’ve Got On Track Action and Checkpoints, and More From Day 2 Coming!

Here’s our third gallery of lost photos from Day 1 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos...

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All The Racing Action From This Weekend’s SCTA El Mirage Flying Mile. 200 MPH Plus On Dirt! Watch Right Here.

While Bonneville gets most of the attention in Land Speed Racing, because it clearly is home to the biggest and baddest land speed racing events of the year, most land speed racers will tell you that...

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Dirt Daily with Fred Williams. His Barn Find 1989 Land Cruiser FJ-62 gets a Dissent Off Road Rear Bumper!

Years and years ago I built a 1987 Toyota FJ-62 for my buddy Sean and I loved it. We painted it, lifted it, improved a bunch of suspension and drivetrain, and then he drove the hell out of it. It was...

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Larry Chen AWD K24 Turbo EG & Drift S13 Feature Video: Indonesia’s Top Tuner Show Produced These Two Amazing Builds!

These things are siiiccckkkkk. Yes, I love the EG hatch a bit more than the S13, but that’s because I have one at home. This one here looks absolutely insane and I love it. But so does the S13...

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Have They Successfully Turned This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 4!

In Part 3 of the series, this beast went for its first test drive. Now it’s actually being put through its paces! Here’s the Part 4 video in the series, and that means actual testing!...

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Drag Action Gallery: XDRL Doorslammer Insanity From St Louis

(Photos by Brad Klaassen) -The XDRL series recently rolled through St Louis and our own Brad Klaassen was there with the Keith Haney racing operation helping to wrench on the car, shoot photos, and...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Coolest Form Of Amateur Racing?

As I will be fully immersed in sportsman drag racing this weekend at the 2013 NHRA New England Nationals, I’ve been thinking about amateur racing and all of its different forms. From the dirt...

Videos: Watch An Insane Big Rig Outrun A Viper And A Can-Am Spyder Three Wheeler

Canadians do lots of stuff well. Their beer is good, their flannel is good, and their fast big rigs are DAMNED good. Take this wild example. This is the famous or infamous (if you are on the...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Foggy Mountain Breakdown – Earl Scruggs and Friends edition (2001)

I’m not going to lie to you. Almost every time I hammer the throttle on a car or truck, slide something sideways in the dirt, or participate in some sort of automotive tom foolery, this song is...

PowerShift LIVE Will Not Air This Week. See You Next Thursday.

Sorry folks, but we will be traveling this week and won’t be able to broadcast from the Southwest flight I’ll be on. We’ve tried actually, and the internet people get pissed and so...

Breaking News! Drag Week Stars To Participate At NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl! Lutz and Larson!

That’s right folks, BangShift.com has learned that Jeff Lutz, Larry Larson, and your favorite Unlimited Class heroes of Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week will be battling it out at the NMCA...

Video: Jungle Jim Nova Funny Car Cackling In The Campground At Beech Bend During NHRR!

Allegedly, Jungle Pam was instrumental in the decision to drag the Jungle Jim Nova Funny Car from the pits at the Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, down the road to the campground for a little...

Event Coverage: Small Town Weekend, El Reno Oklahoma, Legal Street Racing Included

(Words and Photos By Brad Klaasen) Small Town Weekend is an annual event held in El Reno, Oklahoma, that exemplifies what Oklahomans are all about. Not only does this non-profit event benefit...

BangShift Exclusive: We’ll Be The First On The Web To Show You Rat Rod Magazine’s 2013 Tour Rat – Teaser Inside! Super Controversial Build!

Our pals over at Rat Rod Magazine have teamed up with Rocket Racing Wheels again this year on a build that will be put to the test on the magazine’s yearly rat rod road tour that will see it...

Ethanol Is Eating Your Carb – Driven Has A Solution! Lear More About Carb Defender HERE!

15% Ethanol gasoline is a reality for many of us in the USA and while modern cars are largely designed to accept and comfortably live with this fuel, old cars are not, especially those with carbs on...

Question of the Day: What Track in What Country Would You Most Like to Visit For a Race?

Last year’s Optima Batteries Face Off at Road America was a killer event and I am headed back this year for the 2013 version, at a track that is considered to be one of the most famed in road...

Bizarro Find: The Most Insane Custom Show Truck Ever Built – We Can Only Ask Why?!

A tip from intrepid BangShift reader Ed Hohenberg led us to look at, ponder, verp a little, and then post this 1970 GMC custom truck currently listed on Hemmings for sale. For the low, low price of...

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BangShift Daily Tune Up: GTO Rock (Artist Unknown) 1970

I am a total sucker for these promotional songs and albums that Detroit manufacturers put out in the 1960s. Jim Wangers seems to have been the king of these things promoting Pontiac and specifically...

Holley’s 110th Birthday Bash: You Get The Gifts! Buy Stuff And Get Free Stuff. Our Kind Of Birthday Party!

Holley is celebrating 110 years of mixing air and fuel so that internal combustion engines can make horsepower, all while putting smiles on the faces of drivers. It’s that simple. Sure,...