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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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It’s Time For Buckeye Skips 2026! We’ve Got Photos Starting With Day 0 Right Here! Who Showed Up, and Who Are The Favorites?

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 0, when everyone shows up...

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More Car Show Photos From Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event! The 2026 Father’s Day Car Show!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Australian Drag and Drive Machine! This 1400hp HQ Ute was Built to Survive Drag Challenge. Street and Strip Greatness!

The Aussies are something special when it comes to hot rods, race cars, and especially their street strip machines. With all the restrictions they have on what you can do to a car or truck over...

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John Jackson visits Squeeg’s Kustoms: Shop Tour, Projects, an insane Dodge A100, and photographing the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster!

After missing it for a couple of years, it was good to be back at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona in 2025. It was especially cool because the field of cars that were in contention for...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! From All Of Us At BANGSHIFT.COM!

Happy New Year!!! It’s been a wild and crazy but super bitchin ride in 2012 for us here at BangShift.com and we hope that you have enjoyed it as much as we have. We also hope that 2012 has been...

Thank You BangShift.com Contributors! We Owe You For All The Crashes, Wheelstands, Stories, and Coverage.

WE RULE!!! No, really, we do… BangShift.com is the coolest place on the web because we have the greatest guys and gals ever contributing to what we do. Each and every week throughout 2012,...

Watch a Rear Axle Failure Completely Destroy The Back Of 1968 Camaro Drag Car

We’ve all seen the videos of rear ends completely breaking free from drag cars, launching them into the air and smashing back down to Earth. This video is different from those in the fact that...

Lucas Oil Needs Your Help: They Need 78 More Likes On Facebook To Hit 40,000. LIKE THEM NOW!

We’re excited for Lucas Oil because they are almost at 40,000 likes on Facebook and need your help to get over the hump today! We have to help them do it today because that was they can start...

BS Photo Highlight Reel: Greg Rourke’s Favorite Photos From 2012 – Autocross, Drags, and More!

(Words and Photos by Greg Rourke) – Not long ago I would try to get access to the wall at drag strips to take photos. The answer was always “no”. Then I started sending a few...

RacingJunk Find: Bobby Allison’s 1980 IROC Championship Winning Camaro – When Stock Cars Were Cool!

For many years the IROC (International Race of Champion) Series was a big deal to both racers and fans. Drivers from all different disciplines of racing were pitted against one another in identically...

BS Photo Highlight Reel: Tommy Lee Byrd’s Favorite Photos Of 2012 – Races, Shows, Cool Stuff!

(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – This year gave me lots of opportunities for cool pictures, as I rarely had a free weekend without some sort of car show, drag race or other motorsports...

BS Daily Tune Up: Kickstart My Heart – Motley Crue (1989)

The hair was big, the lifestyle was rampantly out of control, and the music was packing stadiums and arenas as big as were available in the late 1980s. Motley Crue was at the top of their game during...

FREE California Hot Rod Reunion LIVE Replay 2012: If You Missed It The First Time We’ve Got It Again

Didn’t make it to Famoso for the California Hot Rod Reunion? Were racing and missed some of the action? Live under a rock and didn’t know BangShift would be there LIVE broadcasting from...

A-FAB, Owners of AFCO, Dynatech, and US Brakes Now Owns ProShocks Too

A-FAB, the  parent company of AFCO Racing and Dynatech, as well as US Brakes, has just purchased Pro Shocks as well. “Pro Formance” brand shocks have been around for years and, like...

Best of BS 2012:Toyota to Join NHRA Pro Stock – Rendering – GM Furious Over Engine

(Original air date – 4/1/2012) – BangShift has learned that Toyota will be joining NHRA Pro Stock in 2013 by entering a version of the upcoming 2013 Toyota Solara as their chosen body...

BS Photo Highlight Reel: Joe Grippo’s Favorite Images From 2012

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) – (Editor’s note: Joe Grippo was our very first photo contributor to BangShift. He’s OG as far as Chad and I are concerned!) I don’t remember...

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Best of 2012: Wild Video of a Funny Car Driver Getting Bathed In Boiling Hot Trans Fluid And Escaping

Driving a Funny Car, whether it is powered by a blown alky engine, a nitro mill, or even a gas motor takes real courage. This video is proof in living color. My pal Jon Wall owns and drives the...

BS Daily Tune Up: The Ramones – Go Lil’ Camaro Go!

The Ramones need no introduction. Loud, fast, gritty, and infamous, the band wasn’t a chart topping wonder during their time touring and releasing new albums but over the years their stature...