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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Thursday Dragster Roller Shootout!

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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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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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Am Time Trials & Qualifying From Darana Raceway

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Dragway National Trail in Ohio, where racers are going to be battling it out for...

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Here’s The Story Of Freiburger’s Original Muscle Truck, And How We Helped Make This Awesome Squarebody A Thing!

I am willing to bet that there probably isn’t anyone who’s cut more stuff off of Freiburger’s Muscle Truck than I have. Since I was there for the original build, as part of our...

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The 2027 Dakar Rally Route Has Been Announced! Check Out Where It’s Going Below!

We’ve been fans of the Dakar Rally for decades, and we love to share coverage from the race here whenever possible. It’s been an interesting journey for the Dakar Rally in the last 10...

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Drag Race Feature: This 900HP, 511 Cubic Inch FE Powered, 1967 Mercury Comet Nostalgia Super Stocker Runs 9s!

This 1967 Mercury Comet is a really cool Nostalgia Super Stocker that brings back memories of some cool Mercury drag cars I grew up with at Fremont Dragstrip in Northern California. One of my...

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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...