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NHRA Pro Mod Series Qualifying Session 1 LIVE from the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte. Ultimate Door Car Action!

NHRA 4-Wide Drag Racing is going on in Charlotte this weekend and that means Pro Mods! 4-Wide Pro Mod drag racing might be some of the coolest, and the action is always amazing at this race. We know...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Friday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Thursday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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New Junkyard Inventory: Dent Side Ford Pickup Trucks from the 1970’s! Including an XLT 4X4!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more new rides coming into the wrecking yard this week. Just when you think there can’t possibly be anymore old Ford trucks sitting around, he shows up with some...

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What Makes the East Coast Gear Supply KP 540 Axle Housing So Good? Ian Johnson Walks Us Through Them.

Heavy duty axles for off-road rigs have come a long way over the years and putting “tons” under a Jeep, or anything else for that matter, is the norm anymore. And you can buy all kinds of...

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Factory Hemi Superbird Feature Video: This 1,500-Mile HEMI Superbird Has SERIOUS Drag Racing History!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it and in this video below you are going to get a look at an awesome 1970 Plymouth Superbird that came from the factory with the famed 426 Hemi under...

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Video: Rocky’s Evil Twin Dual Motor Small Block Dragster Running At Billetproof 2012

When Rocky Phillips first started working on his twin-engine Rocky’s Evil Twin dragster, he started a Project Build Thread on our forums that allowed us to follow along as he created this...

Historic Drag Video: Amazing 8MM Footage of National Challenge ’72 – Every Pro Legend You Can Imagine!!

Forty years ago this coming weekend, the greatest protest drag race ever staged was run at what was then called Tulsa International Raceway. Don Garlits and the PRA (Professional Racers Association)...

Shop Tour: Jet Hot High Performance Coatings Visits Petty Garage… Yeah, Like Richard Petty… The King

When Cheryl, Gordon, and Tim from Jet Hot told us that they got to go tour Petty’s Garage we were pretty jealous. But, they made up for it a bit when they sent us some cool photos of the place...

$200 Hauler Update: We Give It A Butt Lift With Some New Chrome And Ghetto Bodywork

In our last installment of the $200 Hauler build you saw us replace our broken grille, bashed lower valance, and boring bowtie which cleaned up our front end a lot. In fact, we’re not sure...

Insane Roadside Find – A Crew Cab Ford Pickup Mounted On A Massive 6×6 Truck Chassis – Zombie Apocalypse Certified!

(Photos by Albert Heiles/Autobahn Auto News) – This is pretty much the roadside find to beat all roadside finds. BangShift reader and automotive blogger Albert Heiles spotted this monster...

Follow Along As A BangShifter Attempts to Road Trip His Old, Long Sitting, Big Block Powered Truck From Arizona to Cape Cod!

So here’s the deal, BangShifter Caveman Tony is a pal of mine from here in Massachusetts. Tony was in the Air Force and spent time stationed in Tuscon, Arizona. While there, he had a 1974 GMC...

Cobra Mustang Or ZL1 Camaro? Comp Cams Asks: Which Would You Rather Drive?

Comp Cams has a new Facebook question up asking which you would rather drive. The new Mustang Cobra, or the new ZL1 Camaro. My choice is clear, but that’s because the front of that Mustang...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Are Hot Rodders Worried About Their Carbon Footprint?

Are you worried about your carbon footprint? On the surface it seems like such a simple question. In reality, it’s a fairly complex one. To keep it simple, I’ll say that yes I’m...

eBay Find: The Craziest Monster (Street Legal) Dually We’ve Ever Seen – Six 54-Inch Mickey Thompsons!

Yes, this is apparently a street legal truck in Ohio. We need to move to Ohio. This nearly 11′ tall 2003 Dodge Ram dually sports an astounding six 54″ Mickey Thompson Baja Claw tires and...

Eargasm Video: An Awesome Collection of Exhaust Sounds From Exotics to Hot Rods to Modern Muscle Cars!

Our pal and video maven Jason Lewis is back with another great piece of work. We’ve showed you Jason’s kick ass V10 Maverick project, some of the work he has done with stuntman Mike Ryan...

Video: Victor Cagnazzi Owned, Dave Connolly Driven, Grumpy Jenkins Tribute COPO Dive Bombs The A/Stock Auto Record in Testing

Pure COPO porno, that’s what this is. A gritty, short, no nonsense video shows Dave Connolly, the multi-time NHRA national event Pro Stock winner at the wheel of Victor Cagnazzi’s new...

Watch the Hot Rod Thump Truck Kenworth Dump Truck Dominate At the Big Rig Drags in Canada!

We featured Leon Smith’s crazy ass Kenworth dump truck last winter and the interwebs went wild for it. Leon sent us a note recently that he was racing up in Canada at another of the awesome big...

BangShift Interview: We Talk To Scott Monty, Ford’s Global Head of Social Media

There are lots of interesting jobs in the automotive world, especially at the OEM level. Scott Monty has one of the neatest in our opinion as Ford’s Global Head of Social Media. Monty’s...

Disney’s Art of Animation CARS Resort – America’s Coolest Gearhead Hotel (Big Photo Gallery!)

Last week, Chad did a killer job pulling the shift lever on the blog while I escaped to Florida for a family vacation with my wife Kerri and my sons, Tom and Jack. It just so happened that we...