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Build Your Own Magnetic Clamping Table! This Magnetic Lifter Shop Hack Is A Game Changer for Grinding Or Sanding Sheet Metal!

Clamping stuff to the workbench so you can grind or sand on it is a pain sometimes. And if you are having to move and flip and rotate your part to grind on multiple surfaces, it can really take some...

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IHRA Acquires Heartland Motorsports Park In A Move To Resurrect Yet Another Abandoned Race Track!

The International Hot Rod Association has been making huge waves in the drag racing community with some pretty unbelievable announcements and purchases over the past year and there is no sign of them...

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Drag Racing HISTORY: The Hot Rod Hoarder’s Best Vintage Drag Cars of 2025 Are All Right Here!

We love all the folks that we regularly showcase here on BANGshift.com and one of our favorites is Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder. He hits great events, features some great historical race cars...

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REAL STREET CARS BATTLING ON NO PREP!!!! EXTREME STREET AT DOD CHRISTMAS CLASH 6 AT ROCKINGHAM

Dig or Die Christmas Clash 6 is in the books but boy was it fun! In the video below you’ll get to see all the action from the 2025 race thanks to our friends at Spoold Media. Check out all the...

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Billet, Custom Graphics, Tweed And More: This 1993 Buick Roadmaster Is 1990’s Custom Greatness And Can Be Yours!

The 1990’s were awesome for the custom car and truck scene because horsepower was just starting to come back and everyone was into making big visual changes to their rides in order to keep them...

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Goodwood Revival 2025 24/7 Livestream: Relive All The Action From Goodwood’s 2025 Edition Of Their Famed Revival

Goodwood puts on some really cool events, and there Revival and Festival of Speed are two of the most famous. They recently showed this year’s Festival of Speed livestream replay, and now...

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VIPER UNDEAD! WILL RETURN AS 2012 OR 2013 MODEL BUT WILL NO LONGER BE CALLED A DODGE

Some good news from Detroit today as Chrysler officially announced that the Viper will be back and it will be manufactured in the same Detroit plant as the previous models were. The plant will be...

HELP A DESERVING HOT ROD FAMILY THIS CHRISTMAS! BUY OR DONATE PLEASE!

By Chad Reynolds —   Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, the holiday season is about spending time with family, eating too much, and celebrating the season of giving....

EVAN KNOLL UPDATE: PSYCHOLOGIST CLAIMS KNOLL FAKED MENTAL RETARDATION ON EVALUATION TESTS

In our fury of blog items last week, we missed a good one regarding our coverage of the Evan Knoll trial. If you remember, he spent the summer being evaluated by psychological experts to determine...

NEW BS SHIRTS FOR SALE – JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

After muddling along for a couple of years with our standard “logo” shirts, Chad and I hooked up with proud BangShift sponsor Snooky’s and enlisted their services in coming up with...

FOLLOW ALONG: FREIBURGER AND FINNEGAN ARE ON THE WAY TO ALASKA IN THE HOT ROD RANCHERO

Well Freiburger and Finnegan departed the semi-comfy confines of So-Cal yesterday and have been hauling north toward their ultimate destination of Alaska, where the plan to ice race the 1968 Ford...

COOL OR NOT: A CUMMINS DIESEL POWERED FUNNY CAR

We’re back with another installment of your favorite opinion game, Cool or Not? This time we’re taking a look at John Robinson’s Cummins diesel powered funny car. Robinson has been...

NHRA ANNOUNCES 2012 HERITAGE SERIES SCHEDULE – LOTS OF NITRO AND SPORTSMAN ACTION

The NHRA has announced the 2012 Heritage Series schedule and it looks pretty swell to us. All the big races you know and love, the March Meet, National Hot Rod Reunion, and California Hot Rod Reunion...

PRI 2011: BOMBPROOF FABRICATED FORD 9-INCH HOUSING FOR 2005-2011 MUSTANGS FROM S AND W RACE CARS

S and W Race Cars has been in business since the late 1950s. Their operation is impressive in both the scope and quality of work that they churn out. From the large line of parts they manufacture...

SHOW GALLERY: THE LONG BEACH SWAP MEET – DECEMBER 2011

While most of the country is feeling the cold of winter, the Bang Shifters of SoCal just keep right on cruising in the warm weather. It’s OK to hate them cause in the first eleven days of...

NMRA ANNOUNCES CREATION OF COYOTE STOCK – SPEC ENGINE DRAG CLASS

We didn’t plan for this to be Ford Coyote V8 Monday here at BangShift, but it seems to be shaping up that way! On Friday, the NMRA announced the creation of the “Coyote Stock” drag...

PROJECT UPDATE: PROGRESS ON THE FORD COYOTE POWERED THUNDERBIRD BUILD

Last weekend I loaded the boys into Brutus the wrecker and headed down to Tube Chassis Designz to catch up on the very cool classic Thunderbird build Jon and John are working on. The last time we...

EVENT COVERAGE: MOONEYES X-MAS PARTY SHOW AND DRAGS 2011

Every December here in Sunny So Cal, every car junkie worth his salt is looking forward to the Mooneyes X-Mas Party Show and Drags, and this year did not dissappoint. Beautiful whether in the...

THE PARTING SHIFT: A SUPER STOCK 289CI 1965 MUSTANG BUZZSAW!

It has been weeks since we last ran the weekly homage to manual transmission prowess called, “The Parting Shift”. There have been shows, live broadcasts, and holiday weekends in the way...

Mountain Motor: A Closer Look at the 1005ci – 2100hp Naturally Aspirated Monster From Sonny Leonard

Of all the engines at the 2011 PRI show, none were spoken about more or with more wonderment than this one. This is a motor that Sonny Leonard Racing Engines calls, “The Godfather” and...