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NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert May 1-7!

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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RebelDryver Got A New Project Car! This 1977 Chevy Monza Is Going To Become A Drag And Drive Machine!

Our boy Scott Liggett is back with a new drag and drive project! After buying a 1950 Chevy coupe a year or two ago, and realizing it would be more work than he was really wanting to tackle, he sold...

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Better Than Rain-X?! Is This The Best Windshield Water Repellent Windshield Coating Ever? 10 Brands Tested!

I am a big fan of Rain-X. I own, and have owned, a few vehicles that don’t have windshield wipers at all and have found that if you apply it right and often enough it works wonders. I’ve...

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Our Final Gallery of 2026 PDRA East Coast Nationals Photos! Pro Mods, Dragsters, Door Cars, And So Much More!

Here’s gallery #4, our final gallery of PDRA East Coast Nationals action, and if you missed the photos we already posted, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by David Whealon) The...

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This Awesome Dent Side Ford F100 Pre-Runner RIPS The STREETS, The Dirt, And More!

There is something awesome about vintage bodied pre-runner trucks, and this dentside F100 is a great example. My uncle had a SuperCab back then, and even though I was never a Ford fan growing up I...

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The Wild 1981-1985 Era Of Formula One Cars Race At Monaco Again! 1980s F1 Gold at the 2026 Monaco Historic Grand Prix!

Here we go with more awesome vintage F1 action from the streets of Monaco! The Monaco Historic Grand Prix is one hell of an event, and it’s back after a few years off! If you dig old race cars, you...

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Project Buford T Justice: We Go On Hot Pursuit Of Horsepower-Our 9C1 Caprice’s 350 Gets A Slap!

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Buckle up kids, ’cause we’re going for a long ride. If you remember a couple of months back, we had a grand plan of hitting the drag strip, and then the...

Question of the Day: Do You Care About the New Corvette Stingray? Do You Like Its New Look?

Unless the rock you are living under is completely disconnected from the outside world, you know by now that the brand new Corvette Stingray was unveiled by General Motors yesterday in Detroit. The...

Ford Fans Rejoice: Trick New Billet Serpentine Belt Systems For Small Block Ford From Eddie Motorsports

All you Ford guys are used to being left out in the cold lately as everyone develops new bolt-ons for LS and tradition Small Block Chevy engines, but Eddie Motorsports has pulled out all the stops to...

Video: The 1960s Crash Test Footage – They (Thankfully) Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To!

There’s certainly something to be said for the safety features of modern cars. Sure, they’ve caused said modern cars to balloon up in the weight department, but they also keep people from...

Gallery: An Unexpected Treasure Trove Of Weirdo Roadside Finds! We Love Mechanical Freaks!

With the kids out of school the week between Christmas and New Year’s, we took a bunch of little day trips to places we had always been meaning to visit in about a 100 mile radius of home. One...

Event Coverage: Pomona Swap Meet Photos From The First Event Of 2013! It Was Cold, But It Was Packed!

When I rolled out of bed to head down to the first Pomona Swap Meet of 2013, it was almost 30 degrees outside. Yep, it gets cold here in California sometimes too. Too damn cold for me, but 28 degrees...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Record Run” by the Pyramids With Great Old Drag Racing Footage

We hadn’t even heard of this song until Ed Hohenberg sent us the link to this video, but it turns out that the song “Record Run” wasn’t the only hit from the Pyramids, but it...

Gallery: 50 Photos of Ford Mustangs From the BangShift Photo Archive

Over the years, we have amassed a pretty incredible photo archive here at BangShift so we’re going to start sticking together galleries like this one to bring you some specific photos of...

Craigslist Motherload: A Junkyard Owner Is Selling 40+ Cool Cars In California!

Here’s one that make your eyes bug out. A junkyard owner in California is apparently getting out of the business after more than three decades in operation and with his departure, he’s...

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Tech Video: MSD’s Flying Magnet Crank Trigger System. How To Install One And Why

We did this video 30 lbs and two years ago for MSD, but thought you guys might want to check it out. It’s one of many videos that MSD has that are aimed at giving you technical support and...

Movie Trailer: CLUTCH, Muscle Cars, Racing, Chicks, Car Chases, And More!

We hadn’t heard about this thing before, but apparently this independent film is the “Most Driven Car Film Ever Made”. That sounds cheezy to us, but the trailer looks like it could...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: The Beach Boys “Shut Down” The Coolest Street Race Song Ever?

The Beach Boys “Shut Down” may be the coolest street race song ever. I grew up listening to it, and my first album was the Beach Boys Greatest Hits on Vinyl. I loved it then and still...

Crash Test Video: Watch A DeLorean Fold Up Like A Wet Cardboard Box In A 40-MPH Crash Test!

There’s been some recent discussion in our BangShift forum are about DeLorean cars. I don’t have a whole lot of good stuff to say about them, but after watching this video, I can say that...

Thursday Moment of Photo Zen: 1959 – When Giant Cars Were Truly Giant

I have been spending a ton of time recently leafing through and reading all of the old magazines and newspapers I gathered at my late grandfather’s house. The photo you’ll see below is a...