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A Weekend At The Drags with Joe Grippo: Racing, Photos, And Fun From Darana Raceway Park Maple Grove in Pennsylvania.

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Arguably the biggest bombshell news story that came out of last year’s PRI show was the legendary Pennsylvania drag strip Maple Grove Raceway being acquired by the...

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Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event Is The Father’s Day Car Show! We’ve Got Photos Right Here!

(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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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Making Fiberglass Doors Actually Fit, And Making The Steering Work Properly!

Doors that shut and wheels that turn might not sound super exciting, but they require fabrication and time in order to be right and that’s what we dig. This project has been fun to follow, and...

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PDRA Drag Racing Video: Pro Nitrous and Pro Boost Round 1 North vs South Shootout Qualifying from Maryland International Raceway

We’ve shared some live track testing going on at Maryland International Raceway where PDRA’s top teams were on hand to see what kind of improvements they can make as they got ready for this past...

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Extended Highlights from the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa | GT World Challenge powered by AWS 2026

We share all kinds of live racing action from the 24 Hours of SPA this weekend, but if you missed any of that we’ve got great highlight video below that shows the best racing action from the...

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IMSA 6-Hours of Watkins Glen Endurance Racing Highlight Video Is Right Here! Only The Best Racing Action!

Here we go again! The 2026 IMSA Racing season is in full swing and this weekend the series was visiting Watkins Glen in New York which is one of the most famous race tracks in the country! There was...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Like Christmas Car Art and Cartoons?

We just ran a blog item where the Holley Gearhead News featured a cool Pro Touring Vega backed up to the speed shop and getting all loaded up with goodies by some hot rodder wearing his Santa hat. We...

Coyote Den: This Harmless Looking T-Bird Is One Of The Coolest Sleepers We Have Ever Seen

(Photos by Dave Nutting and Tube Chassis Designz) – We all love sleepers. Whether it is the idea of smashing someone with a flashy ride in the mouth (figuratively speaking) with something that...

Cool Christmas Car Art And More: Holley and Chris Froggett’s Take On Car Guy Christmas

One thing we dig about this time of year is all the funny car guy centric Christmas cartoons that you see depicting car guys decorating a starting line christmas tree rather than a regular green one,...

Car Show Photos: Operation Santa Toy Drive Car Show By La Habra Lions Club

Our SoCal dude on the street Newell Ruggles was back at it this weekend shooting photos at the Operation Santa Toy Drive Car Show hosted by the La Habra Lions Club. He sent us a bunch of cool photos...

Video: Watch A Hyabusa Powered Lawn Tractor Blow Off Cars And Pull High Speed Wheelies

A couple of weeks back we showed you the awesome Australian V8 powered lawn tractor spinning the dyno rollers down under. We’re back today with another exceptionally overpowered lawn tractor...

Ebay Find: Pro Street 1970 GTO. This Goat Has Some Junk In The Trunk!

One of our web geeks, Scott, sent us this one yesterday and we couldn’t pass up throwing it up on the site since we are huge fans of the Pro Street movement around here. We are firm believers...

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Monday Moment of Photo Zen: There are No Words – We Think It Needs A Red Flag On The End

I’ve got to thank my pal Brady Basner from Powermaster Starters and Alternators for this photo that has been making me laugh since he sent it to me a couple weeks ago. He didn’t know...

Brake Tech From Baer: How To Properly Season Your Rotors and Bed Your Brake Pads

High performance brakes are a great upgrade to your street machine, pro touring style car, autocross warrior, or even your daily driver. Most of us start building horsepower before setting the proper...

Video: An Update On The Viper Powered Maverick Project – Fuel Tank Fitment And A Roll Cage Fail With Bonus Guff!

We’ve been following the adventure of our pal Jason Lewis and his cool Maverick project which he has seen fit to jam full of Viper V10 goodness. The car has been an on going project for some...

eBay Find: A Monstrous 1967 Dodge Sweptline Show Truck Rolling On 53″ Rubber – Flawless Paint – Limited Functionality

Functionality is a big part of my automotive tastes. Stuff doesn’t need to be practical, but it needs to function in the manner that you’d expect in my world. My old wrecker runs and...

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Videos: Quarter Mile Dirt Drag Racing In Sonora, Mexico – Recent Videos of Haul Ass Cars On Dirt!

At least we think is it Sonora, Mexico. It could be Sonora, Texas but either way, what you’ll see in the videos below is pretty wild. This isn’t dirt racing like trucks dirt racing, this...

Question Of the Day: What Tool In Your Tool Box Has The Best Story Associated With It?

(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – Do your tools have stories that go with them? We all have had tools that we have used, abused, and abused us over the years. I once had a buddy hand me an...

Buy One: Killer 2013 Calender By Our Own BS Photographer Charles Wickam!

You’ve seen Charles Wickam’s bitchin’ photo work on BangShift for years and now you can own some for yourself! Charles has put together a great 2013 calender featuring some of his...

Video: Watch A Lifted Cummins Dodge Pull A Lifted Duramax Chevy Around The Block During A Tug Of War…Literally

The diesel truck crowd is an interesting set. On one end there are the dudes who fine tune their stuff to get crazy mileage  and on the other hand there are the big lift and big horsepower guys who...