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FREE LIVESTREAM: The IHRA New Orleans Powerboat Grand Prix LIVE Racing Action Starts Here!

The International Hot Rod Association’s Offshore Racing Series kicked off their 2026 season in St. Petersburg Florida a couple of weeks ago, and featured big speed from giant offshore boats and...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Division 2 Divisional Lucas Oil Sportsman Drag Racing At South Georgia Motorsports Park – Sunday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 2! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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Stinky Pinky 6 Debut! Disco Dean Karns NEW CAR Debut! FIRST HIT And It Runs 3.70! Now It’s Time To Race!

Last fall Disco Dean Karns crashed his awesome Pontiac Firebird Trans Am they called Stinky Pinky 5, and while Dean came out of it okay, the same could not be said for the poor Trans Am. This was an...

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Better Than a Bugatti? Here’s Why Jay Leno Paid Full Price for his 2026 Corvette ZR1X. How Bad Ass Is It Really?

Jay Leno has got some of the most awesome cars on the planet, as we’ve all seen parts of his collection over the years. And he’s wealthy enough to buy any car he could ever want, so it...

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Holley Swap Essentials: Holley’s Complete LS & LT Swap Kits for GM Cars & Trucks Make Installs A Sure Thing

It’s never been easier to LS or LT swap something, and there are a ton of companies making parts. Engine mounts, gotta be 100 companies making them. Headers, probably 100 as well. Brackets,...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: IHRA Outlaw Nitro Racing Series Action From Virginia Motorsports Park

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie Virginia, where racers are going to be battling...

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Project Re-Introduction: Fat Lane – The 2,500hp Heavy Street 1964 Ford Fairlane – Construction Restarts

Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, Project Fat Lane has begun anew! For those of you that have been reading BangShift for some time, you’ll remember that back in early 2010 we...

Show Coverage: Part 2 Mooneyes Christmas Party Show Photos… Rods, Customs, Drag Cars

If you missed the 2012 Mooneyes Christmas Part Show, don’t worry because we have tons of photos for you to check out this week. Part 2 of our coverage has even more rods, customs, drag cars,...

Video: Mark Stielow Talks Hot Rods In The Latest Faces Of GM Spotlight

We happen to know Mark Stielow from traveling all over the country and seeing him at events. He’s quiet, reserved, and all in all pretty mellow until you throw him behind the wheel of something...

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Ebay Find: Award Winning Super Double Bitchin’ Ford F-100 Pickup You Need

Cowboy David Woods, of Winged Express fame, sent us an email the other day telling us that he is selling his super double bitchin’ 1954 Ford F-100 pickup. And it’s not just some standard...

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Event Coverage: Mooneyes Christmas Party Car Show Photos Up The Wazoo Part 1

The Mooneyes Christmas Party Show is always one of Southern California’s hottest winter events, and one where everyone comes to see and be seen. You can always count on traditional hot rods,...

BangShift Submission Spotlight: Scott Bouwens’ 10-second 1966 Olds Cutlass

We get A LOT of content submissions from folks all over the world, with cool video links, show coverage, and story ideas each and every week, which helps us shape the content on BangShift. But one of...

Larry Larson’s Drag Week Winning Chevy II With The Wheels Up At 1000 Feet

Larry sent us this photo, from Scott Gillean at Boogey Man Artworks, showing his car at 1000 feet with the front wheels at least 3 or 4 inches up off the ground. What’s funny about this to us...

PRI 2012: Moroso Performance Products Rolls Out New Programmable Fuse And Switch Panel

For the last few years, Moroso Performance Products has been rolling out a constant stream of new hard parts. Oil pans, valve covers, oil separators, water pumps, and other pieces along those lines....

eBay Find: A Late 1960s George Barris Creation Fit For the Aging Pimp Looking To Regain His Youth

I have never really pretended to be any fan of George Barris’s work after the early 1960s. His late model “kustom” Camaros and Prius hybrids are the kinds of things that make you...

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LIVE TONIGHT: PowerShift with Chad and Brian 8PM EASTERN 5PM PACIFIC — CLICK HERE TO WATCH!

That’s right folks, we’re trying out a new BangShift LIVE presentation and it is sure to be something. Good or bad, we aren’t quite sure yet, but we will be live from SoCal and Mass...

Flying The BangShift Flag! Hot Rod Drag Week Racers Full Of BS In Hot Rod

(Photos of Photos by Hot Rod Magazine) It’s always cool when we go to a race or car show and see someone with a BangShift decal on their car. We’ve been lucky enough to have them on NHRA...

Show Coverage: Even More Great Photos From The Uraidla Car Show In Australia

(Photos by Darryl Daniels) Thanks to Darryl, we’ve got more Australian car show coverage than we can shake a stick at. This is our final photo gallery from the Uraidla Picnic Cruise show that a...

Project El Monte Carvo: An In-Depth Look At Exactly What We’re Starting With

(Words and Photos by Dave Nutting) – We last left off after a brief introduction and history of El Monte Carvo. Now let’s dig into the current condition of the car a little more deeply...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Last Week’s Answer And Today’s Freakish Challenge

Now that I am back home from a brief escape to warmer climes, we’ll get the Test Your Gearhead Knowledge train back on the tracks again. Last we left you, the guys at Valley Head Service had...