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Happy New Year 2026 From BANGshift.com! Here’s To A Happy, Healthy, And Fun New Year Full Of Horsepower, Tire Smoke, And More!

On behalf of the entire BANGshift Family, I want to thank you all for being a part of our 2025 and hope that your 2026 is even better! We are super thankful for such a great year of racing in 2025...

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More Big IHRA Moves: IHRA Purchases Rockingham Speedway and Shares Long-Term Vision for “The Rock”!

Well, we thought that the news about Heartland Park Topeka would be the last big IHRA announcement of 2025, but they squeaked another one in under the wire with a New Year’s Eve announcement...

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If You Could EV Swap An Old Ride For Cheap, Would You? This Mercury Comet Had One Donor Vehicle And Cost Less Than $6,000

I know everyone likes to bash on electric vehicles, and I’m clearly not the market they are aiming for, but there is something kind of cool about guys doing EV swaps on certain rides. Sure, I...

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Drag Racing HISTORY: The Hot Rod Hoarder’s Best Vintage Drag Cars of 2025 Are All Right Here!

We love all the folks that we regularly showcase here on BANGshift.com and one of our favorites is Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder. He hits great events, features some great historical race cars...

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Build Your Own Magnetic Clamping Table! This Magnetic Lifter Shop Hack Is A Game Changer for Grinding Or Sanding Sheet Metal!

Clamping stuff to the workbench so you can grind or sand on it is a pain sometimes. And if you are having to move and flip and rotate your part to grind on multiple surfaces, it can really take some...

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IHRA Acquires Heartland Motorsports Park In A Move To Resurrect Yet Another Abandoned Race Track!

The International Hot Rod Association has been making huge waves in the drag racing community with some pretty unbelievable announcements and purchases over the past year and there is no sign of them...

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Finnegan Got His CSI On And Sherlock’d His Dead Big Block Chevy and Found Out Why It Broke!

Finnegan is back at it, in the garage and tearing stuff apart. This time it’s the 632 cubic inch Big Block Chevrolet that he broke. But what broke? Sometimes you tear up something so bad that...

How Different Are 1939 Ford And 1939 Mercury Coupes? Ford And Mercury Are The Same Right? Or Are They?

Many of us are used to Ford and Mercury models of cars sharing a ton of style and bones. There were a ton of them that shared platforms and architecture in the 1960’s and beyond, but how about...

CARBURETED M90 LS TEST-HOW TO: RUN A CARB ON A CHEAP M90 SUPERCHARGER! JUST CUT A HOLE IN THE TOP!

Richard has been testing these low buck M90 Superchargers like a mad man and has found the limits of their performance, along with simple ways to run them on just about anything. It’s awesome...

Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #6 – The High Class Diamond T Rig

Here’s the sixth video of Steve’s Truck Week series! This time it’s a Diamond T. These were high dollar rigs back in the day. Check it out. Our friend Steve Magnante has been out of commission...

Iron Trap’s Hidden 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod: Mocking Up The 331 Cadillac Engine In This 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod.

In a previous video we shared the 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod that the guys at Iron Trap Garage found stashed away in an old garage, gave a first wash, and discovered had a seized engine. But lucky...

World’s Worst 1957 Chevrolet: Clearing Over The Patina, The Moss, And So Much More!

We’ve been sharing all the build videos on this DD Speed Shop 1957 Chevrolet project and it’s getting close to done after a jillion hours of welding in dozens of free patch panels, a rebuilt...

Facebook 5.3 LS Build: Part 4 – Honing The Block After Boring. You Can’t Make Power Without It! Powell Machine Builds A High Performance 5.3 Step By Step

Here’s Part 4 of the Facebook 5.3 LS build that Powell is doing. If you missed the first three videos in this build, use the link below to check them out too. We’ve talked about Powell...

More From I-24 Lebanon Dragfest – Indoor Drag Racing Showcase Photos: Grippo Got All The Coolest Rides And The Photos Are Right Here!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) It’s after the holidays and as per usual here in the northeast, everything is under a layer of snow and ice. It’s brutal. I sometimes wonder why I choose to live...

Influence And Impact Episode 13: Mini Truck History Part 2 – Air Suspension, Body Drops, Wild Paint Graphics and Custom Metalwork

Here’s episode two of the Mini Truck episodes, but if you missed the first then just use the link below. I’m an unapologetic mini trucker. There was a time, not so long ago actually, where...

Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #5 – We’d Love To Own This GMC 6000 Dump Truck.

Here’s the fifth video of Steve’s Truck Week series! This time it’s a big GMC 6000 Square Body Dump Truck. Our friend Steve Magnante has been out of commission for a few months as he’s...

I-24 Lebanon Dragfest – Indoor Drag Racing Showcase Photos: Grippo Got All The Coolest Rides And The Photos Are Right Here!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) It’s after the holidays and as per usual here in the northeast, everything is under a layer of snow and ice. It’s brutal. I sometimes wonder why I choose to live...

NEW American Powertrain #SaveTheStick 5 & 6 Speed Shift Knobs Now Available Plus Cool New Hoodies And Swap Kits!

American Powertrain is always making cool stuff that we want to own, but it’s not always about their full swap kits and Magnum upgrades. Sometimes it is about their accessories and cool...

Zingers: A Brief History Of What May Be The Most Aggressively Awesome “Toys” From The Muscle Car Era

If you have ever seen a Zinger in person, it is something you’ll never forget and that you will want for yourself. I mean who wouldn’t want something that looks like a tiny version of...

Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #4 – A Big Bad Dodge C800 Junkyard Find

Here’s the fourth video of Steve’s Truck Week series! This time it’s a big Dodge C800! Our friend Steve Magnante has been out of commission for a few months as he’s literally been fighting...