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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This 351, 4-SPEED, 3.50:1 TRACTION LOCK 1971 TORINO GT Is Cool!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Ford. How about a real deal 1971 Torino GT with a 351, 4-speed, and a 9 inch with...

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SHADYSIDE OUTLAWS APRIL 2026: THIS OUTLAW SMALL TIRE SHOOTOUT SETS THE LIST! SEE WHO MAKES THE CUT!

Shadyside Outlaws is back for 2026 and that means it is time to set the list for Outlaw Small Tire, and that means it is shootout time. Check out the video from our friends at Spoold Media and let us...

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Derek is Taking A 1,600 Mile Journey To Trade One Of Vice Grip Garages More Popular Trucks For The Ride He Sold And Instantly Regretted It

We’ve all traded or sold a car or truck and then regretted it. Sometimes that regret is as soon as the deal is done and sometimes it takes a week or month or year to realize that you just...

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1972 Chevrolet Crash Test Video: Watch A 1972 Chevrolet Vega Crash Head On Into A 1972 Chevrolet Impala For Science

Everyone thinks of a Vega as being super small, because it was a compact car back in the day, and that an Impala is super huge because at the time they really were and especially when compared to a...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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Dirthead Shed Tire Testing: Putting Avix Trailtek R/T Tires To The Test As Butter Jeep Takes On Tough Moab Trails

Dirthead Dave is back at it, with the newly LS Swapped and running Butter Jeep out on the trails in Moab for a bit of tire testing. Dave has been wheeling Jeeps and everything else under the sun for...

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Drag Gallery: The Mo-Kan Dragway Spring Nostalgia Reunion

(Photos by Steve Wilson Motorsports Photography) – Asbury, Missouri is home to historic Mo-Kan Dragway. The place has been going strong for more than 50 years and they host some of the coolest...

Should They Build It? Our Take On What A Street Going Retro COPO Camaro Would Look Like Today

(Rendering by Stu Wotypka/ID Motorsport Design) – Every year on April Fool’s Day we run a cool rendering from our buddy Stu up in Canada who is the brains and talent behind ID Motorsport...

Bad Ass Save: Aussie Top Door Slammer Driver Gonzo Travalini Suffers A Major Top End Explosion And Drives The Car Like A Champ!

You know a guy is a hardcore drag racer with a name like Gonzo Travalini and he proved it with a driving performance for the ages at the Perth Motorplex recently. Travalini was competing in the Top...

Happy 17th Anniversary Ridetech!!! Praise The Lowered, You Have Been Blessed With FREE Shipping

Maybe it’s because they are super cool people, or maybe it’s because they started a company from nothing just like we’ve done here at BangShift.com, but something about the guys and...

Gallery: Mustangs And Only Mustangs From Fabulous Fords Forever 2013

The automotive world changed forever in 1964 when Ford rolled out its new car called the Mustang. It sold beyond anyone’s wildest expectations and would go on to become one of the most iconic...

Drag Gallery: Sportsman Action And Pit Photos From Thunder Valley Raceway Park – Oklahoma

(Photos by Brad Klaassen) – Yesterday we ran Brad Klaassen’s cool story and photos from the recent outlaw fuel altered meet at Thunder Valley Raceway Park in Oklahoma. The AA/FAs were...

Celebrity Car Death Match: The Indestructible 1968 Ford F-100 From Mr Majestyk VS The Unstoppable 1982 Dodge Ramcharger From Lone Wolf McQuade (W/Video!)

Celebrity Car Death Match has become a bonafide national craze (because Chad and I live on opposite coasts and laugh like idiots coming up with the fights!) and cannot be stopped. The list of match...

Chevrolet Performance Offering COPO Camaro Rollers For $55,000! Limited Quantity Almost Sold Out!

Have you wanted a COPO but been shunned from the list? Maybe you’ve got $55,000 saved up for a factory drag race Camaro but not a penny more. Well, consider your prayers answered because...

Craigslist Find: A 2006 “Custom One-Of-A-Kind” Car -TRANSLATION – 2006 WTF?

There are lots of days when I go outside, see the Caprice and think, “Man, you are a total weirdo.” Then I get tipped off to stuff like this creation and suddenly, I am as normal as a guy...

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Drag Gallery: Texas Outlaw Fuel Altereds Re-Baptize Thunder Valley Raceway In Nitro!

(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) -I remember the day nitromethane, methanol, and high octane racing fuel brought Thunder Valley Raceway Park (TVRP) near Noble Oklahoma to life on May 30th, 1992,...

Wild Video: Watch x275 Racer Shane Fischer Make An Amazing Save At Holly Springs Dragstrip!

Another day, another small tire insanity video! Our buddy Mark Walter was at Holly Springs Drag Strip last weekend filming their famed Shootout race. During one round of X275 action, racer Shane...

Gallery: Bitchin’ Early Broncos From The 2013 Fabulous Fords Forvever Show!

Early Ford Broncos are iconic for all the right reasons. The trucks were relatively inexpensive at the time they debuted, they were built like anvils, had a nice short wheelbase for capable off...

Question Of The Day: Has A Racer’s Switch Of Brand Ever Broken Your Heart?

In today’s racing world, brands are mostly defined by headlight stickers and whichever patch is ironed on to the fire suit of the meat in the seat driving. There’s not real love or...

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...