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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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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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LIVE RACING ACTION | Sepang | GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS 2026 Race 1 and 2

Here we go again! We’ve got GT World Challenge Racing going on live right here, and we dig road racing and who doesn’t love the World Challenge series? This weekends racing is coming to you live...

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Best of BangShift: EPIC CARNAGE PHOTO FROM ROGER RICHARDS – ONE MANGLED HEMI!

Roger Richards is one of the great modern day drag racing photographers. He’s been shooting races for years and has amassed an amazing library of images. He’s also one heck of a nice guy...

Best of BangShift – Insane Engine: A 12-Rotor – Twin-Turbo – 5,000 Plus Horsepower Monster

Over the coming days, you’ll see some stuff you have probably never seen before but few things will make your jaw drop like this thing. We caught up with the guys from Smith Power this morning...

Best of BangShift – Roadside Find: A 1947 GMC Suburban Carryall That Andy Dufresne Would Hate

While we’re full-blown car dweebs here at BangShift, we’re also minor league movie dweebs as well. That’s why we nearly drove off the road on a recent family day trip to York,...

BangShift Mini-Feature: Yannick Sire’s Insane Twin-Engine Speed Buggy

Yannick Sire’s self-built, twin engine, speed buggy is one of the coolest hot rods to hit the world in our memory. It has rightfully received loads of media attention and there are near riots...

Evan Knoll Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison

Drag racing’s long national nightmare is over. Today, Evan Knoll was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison that will be followed by a five year period of supervised probation. Knoll was also...

Craigslist Find: The Krispy Kritter Jet Powered 1967 Mustang – Vintage Jet Machine With Little Documented History and Lots of Mystery!

It isn’t often when an old drag car hits the interwebs and leaves more questions than answers, but such is the case with the Krispy Kritter jet 1967 Mustang. The car has lived its entire life...

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Bonus Gallery: More Killer Photos From The 2012 Bruce Larson USA-1 Dragfest

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we brought you the first of two galleries captured by Joe Grippo at Bruce Larson’s USA-1 Dragfest 2012. Today we’re throwing the second one all up...

Cool Gallery: Photos From Ken Cox BangShift’s Newest Photo Contributor!

(Photos by Ken Cox) – One of the neatest things about BangShift is that we’ve got a literal network of talented lensmen (and women!) spread clear across the USA, Canada, England, and even...

Test Your Gearhead Knowlegde: A Mea Culpa, Yesterday’s Answer, and Today’s Challenging Part!

First off, an apology. The other day I totally screwed the pooch and identified a 1929 Dodge flatead four banger as a Crosley mill. Gino Ofria had sent the photos over and I screwed up the order when...

BS Barn Find Gallery: The Fortman and Kerr ’32 Ford – Winner At 1954 World Series of Drag Racing

(Words and Photos by Bob Chiluk) – Ok , we have all heard the stories  before. We heard of a guy, who knows a guy,that saw a guy, that knew this guy’s next door neighbors’ best...

Epic Event Gallery: The 2012 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals – Rosemont, Illinois

(Words by Greg Rourke – Photos by Bob Chiluk and Greg Rourke) – The Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals was once again held in Rosemont, Illinois this past weekend and once again,...

Video: The Hard Guys Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car Has Great First Season and Finishes With A Flurry!

Dana Hard’s name is no stranger to the pages of BangShift. We hang out at his machine shop, Custom Auto Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts (because he tolerates us) and we’ve showed you...

Wednesday Moment of Zen: The Most Insane Towing Setup Ever – No Camera Tricks – This is Real

One of the reasons that we love the companies who support us here at BangShift is because they are filled with guys and girls just like us, gearheads who are quick on the draw with their camera...

Chad’s On SHRA Radio Tonight — Like Now — Click Here to Listen!

Chad’s appearing on the Southern Hot Rod Association Online Radio Show tonight, and you NEED to listen! He’ll be talking all things BangShift, the Street Car Super Nationals, and whatever...