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MiniTruckin Nationals Photos From Maggie Valley North Carolina – Old School, New School, Mini’s And More!

I didn’t make it out to the 2024 Mini Truckin Nationals in Maggie Valley, but boy I can’t wait for next year. That’s because our friend Damon Steinke from E3Extreme hit the show and...

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Mud And Dirt Racing Photos: The Lee County Darryl Jones Memorial Race Was Epic And We’ve Got The Photos!

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) With the unfortunate passing from a courageous battle with cancer back in 2021 of famed and beloved mud racer Darryl Jones, pilot of the legendary “Scooby Doo”...

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BIG TIRES & BLOWERS – The Hot Rod Hoarder Hits Up The Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run 2024 And Man There Were Cool Cars On Parade.

Pigeon Forge is a tourist destination, and home to several awesome car and truck events, in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. It’s a cool town full of restaurants, shops, hotels, Dollywood,...

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Our Final Gallery Of 2024 PDRA East Coast Nationals Action Photos: Check Them All Out Here, Along With A Link To Any You Might Have Missed!

We’ve got our fifth, and final, photo gallery from the PDRA East Coast Nationals below, but if you missed the previous galleries from the race, you can use the link we’ve included as...

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Newbern Helped His Neighbor Get This SS Chevelle Up And Running For Burnouts After Sitting For 40 Years And A Seized Small Block

There are lots of will it run videos out there of engines being started after sitting for years and years and years. But when an engine is actually stuck, or seized, the success rate goes down...

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Featured Product: This Easy to Apply KBS Bed Liner Protects Truck Beds and Body Panels And You Can Do It At Home!

We’re big fans of KBS products around here, but if you haven’t seen their products here on BANGshift or haven’t caught up with them at the PRI or SEMA shows, then you need to check...

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Auto Trader Classics Find: A Real Z-11 1963 Chevy Impala Factory Racer

With Hot Rod Drag Week coming up next week, we’re in door-slammer mode mentally. While shopping for the whip we would take on the tour, this real Z-11 1963 Chevy Impala jumped out at us. The...

Wreck Video: Full Contact Aussie Road Racing

During our days announcing SCCA road races, one of the most fun classes to call was Spec Miata. What they lacked in power and speed they made up for in contact. It was Saturday Night Thunder with...

Hot Rod Drag Week is Coming, Sign Up Now! Gossip Inside!

Hot Rod Drag Week is just around the corner and if you are getting your heap ready to compete, you only have a couple days left to preregister! September 10th is the final day to save some cash by...

Video Bonanza: Duesenberg Drag Racing!

Recently the Ab Jenkins Memorial Duesenberg Festival of Speed went down in Indiana. The event was a historic gathering of the magnificent American machines and it also featured a Duesenberg drag race...

BangShift Barn Find: A Survivor 1968 Camaro From Ohio

These days it is rare for a “barn find” car to actually be found in a barn, but BangShift member Stiney did just that, scoring this totally awesome 1968 RS Camaro from an Ohio barn. Like...

Book Review: Legendary Corvettes by Randy Leffingwell – Photos by Dave Wendt

The Corvette certainly has a special place in American automotive history. As the only enduring American sports car, the Corvette has carried the Stars and Stripes in the road racing world since the...

Event Gallery: The Orange County Cruisin’ Association Labor Day Cruise 2010

The show and event galleries continue to stream in from our nationwide network of rogue agents. Earlier we took you to Lead East in New Jersey and now we’re headed to Orange County in sunny...

Event Gallery: Lead East 2010

Lead East continues to be one of the most fun, and full, car shows on the East Coast. Founded by Terry Cook to be a massive 1950s party, Lead East features not only cars, but events like a drive in...

Event Coverage: The Kemah, Texas, Kruise, September 2010

BangShift.com’s unrelenting barrage of show coverage continues with this dispatch from Charles Wickam, our Texas, based photos contributor. He once again hit up the Kemah Kruise in Kemah,...

Event Coverage: The 2010 Symco Shakedown, With Fire!

After seeing event coverage from both coasts, BangShift reader Shane Hansen sent us a load of 400 photos from the 2010 Symco Shakedown that happened back in August. The event is a traditional hot rod...

Updated Event Coverage: 2010 Goodguys Midwestern Nationals at Kansas Speedway

The 2010 Good Guys Midwestern Nationals at Kansas Speedway is in full swing this weekend, and we’re going to be here all weekend snapping pictures. The Friday crowds were great, and we had...

Event Gallery: The Goodguys Blue Suede Cruise 2010, Norwalk, Ohio

The Goodguys Blue Suede Cruise is one of the biggest and coolest car show/drag races held anywhere in the country. Combine the true awesomeness of Summit Motorsports Park with a humongous crowd of...

Event Gallery: The Radir Wheels Dead Man’s Curve Hot Rod Party 2010

The Radir Wheels Dead Man’s Curve Wild Hot Rod Party, held at Rich Conklin Farm in Montville, New Jersey, is the unofficial kickoff to the massive Lead East car show and ’50s party in...

Be There: The Yellow Bullet Nationals Happening This Weekend

The YellowBullet Nationals are set to begin today and run through this weekend at Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun, Maryland. The race will feature Pro Mods, Outlaw 10.5 action, Outlaw Drag Radial,...